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010 _a 2009004151
020 _a9781856175555 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a1856175553 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aEG-NcFUE
_cEG-NcFUE
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_erda
050 0 0 _aTH9745.S59
_b.C73 2009
082 0 0 _a658.477
_222
_bC.G.H
100 1 _aCraighead, Geoff.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aHigh-rise security and fire life safety /
_cGeoff Craighead.
250 _aThird edition.
264 1 _aAmsterdam ;
_aBoston :
_bButterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier,
_c[2009]
264 4 _a©2009.
300 _axliii, 652 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c27 cm. +
_e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and Use -- 2. Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings -- 3. Security and Fire Life Safety Threats -- 4. Risk Assessments -- 5. Building Security Systems and Equipment -- 6. Building Fire Life Safety Systems and Equipment -- 7. Management of the Security Function -- 8. Investigations -- 9. Office Buildings -- 10. Hotel Buildings -- 11. Residential and Apartment Buildings -- 12. Mixed-Use Buildings -- 13. Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire Authorities -- 14. Laws, Codes, Standards, and Guidelines.
520 _aHigh-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions, including the development of response p.
650 0 _aSkyscrapers
_xSecurity measures.
650 0 _aSkyscrapers
_xFires and fire prevention.
942 _cBK
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