High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety
Autor Geoff Craigheaden Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 iun 2009
- Differentiates security and fire life safety issues specific to: Office towers; Hotels; Residential and apartment buildings; Mixed-use buildings
- Updated fire and life safety standards and guidelines
- Includes a CD-ROM with electronic versions of sample survey checklists, a sample building emergency management plan, and other security and fire life safety resources
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781856175555
ISBN-10: 1856175553
Pagini: 696
Ilustrații: Illustrated
Dimensiuni: 184 x 260 x 270 mm
Greutate: 1.7 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
ISBN-10: 1856175553
Pagini: 696
Ilustrații: Illustrated
Dimensiuni: 184 x 260 x 270 mm
Greutate: 1.7 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Public țintă
Security and life safety directors, security consultants, and contract security firms, building designers and architects, commercial building owners and property managers.Cuprins
Author's BiographyAcknowledgmentsPreface Foreword to the Third EditionForeword to the Second EditionForeword to the First EditionChapter 1: High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and UseChapter 2: Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise BuildingsChapter 3: Security and Fire Life Safety ThreatsChapter 4: Risk AssessmentsChapter 5: Building Security Systems and Equipment Chapter 6: Building Fire Life Safety Systems and EquipmentChapter 7: Management of the Security FunctionChapter 8: InvestigationsChapter 9: Office BuildingsChapter 10: Hotel BuildingsChapter 11: Residential and Apartment BuildingsChapter 12: Mixed-Use BuildingsChapter 13: Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire AuthoritiesChapter 14: Laws, Codes, Standards, and GuidelinesEpilogueThe World's Tallest BuildingsAcronymsAbbreviations and ConversionsIndex
Recenzii
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:
"High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is the book to have on your desk. With all the information out there, this is the practical, day-to-day compendium for all your security and life safety concerns." —Jesse E. Peterman, Director of Security, Empire State Building, New York City, 2003
"This well-edited book will serve as a reliable reference to all high-rise practitioners of fire/life safety, building operations, and security, from the front-line worker to the corporate executive. Its lively writing style is an added bonus for readers used to leaden prose in books of this type." —Robert X. McInerney, CPP, president of Robert X. McInerney Associates, Inc., Security Management, July 1996
"Outstanding book. Tons of facts and graphs. Some of the best historical information that I have seen in a book in yaers. Extensive research utilized as well as many great references used throughout the book." —Mark H. Beaudry, CPP, author of Contemporary Lodging Security
"The third edition of High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is extraordinarily thorough. It is not possible to think of an issue relating to high-rise building security that has not been covered." —Dennis O. Challinger, Fellow of the Criminology Department, University of Melbourne, Australia; author of From the Ground Up: Security for Tall Buildings
"The text also provides valuable information on how to conduct risk assessments, and Craighead is again comprehensive in explaining the topic without being too technical. This new edition also comes with a CD-ROM that provides sample fire safety and security surveys, as well as a sample of a building emergency management plan and information pertaining to additional security and life-safety resources. Practitioners responsible for issues related to fire, life-safety, and security, as well as building managers, will find this third edition highly useful. It is a reliable textbook for anyone who requires a thorough, solid reference." --Security Management.com
FOR THE SECOND EDITION:"To survive and succeed in our ever-changing environment, security professionals must not only read, but apply the principles detailed in the second edition of High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety. It truly is a must read for people who are charged with maintaining a safe and secure high-rise workplace." —Carlos Villarreal, Director of Security, Sears Tower, Trizec Properties, Inc., Chicago; Chairman, ASIS International Commercial Real Estate Council, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
"Highly acclaimed in its first edition, the update of Geoff Craighead's High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety manages to outdo the original...It's destined to be a bible to building security professionals, an in-depth overview for other security professionals, and an engaging read for laypersons. This exceptional guide to the industry thoroughly addressess all relevant areas of security and life safety for high-rise buildings, exactly as the title promises." —Gina Arbeau, CPO, CSS, human resources manager for Group 4 Falck and former coordinator of security and life safety for Gulf Canada Square, Canada, Security Management, July 2005
"High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is the book to have on your desk. With all the information out there, this is the practical, day-to-day compendium for all your security and life safety concerns." —Jesse E. Peterman, Director of Security, Empire State Building, New York City, 2003
"This well-edited book will serve as a reliable reference to all high-rise practitioners of fire/life safety, building operations, and security, from the front-line worker to the corporate executive. Its lively writing style is an added bonus for readers used to leaden prose in books of this type." —Robert X. McInerney, CPP, president of Robert X. McInerney Associates, Inc., Security Management, July 1996
"Outstanding book. Tons of facts and graphs. Some of the best historical information that I have seen in a book in yaers. Extensive research utilized as well as many great references used throughout the book." —Mark H. Beaudry, CPP, author of Contemporary Lodging Security
"The third edition of High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is extraordinarily thorough. It is not possible to think of an issue relating to high-rise building security that has not been covered." —Dennis O. Challinger, Fellow of the Criminology Department, University of Melbourne, Australia; author of From the Ground Up: Security for Tall Buildings
"The text also provides valuable information on how to conduct risk assessments, and Craighead is again comprehensive in explaining the topic without being too technical. This new edition also comes with a CD-ROM that provides sample fire safety and security surveys, as well as a sample of a building emergency management plan and information pertaining to additional security and life-safety resources. Practitioners responsible for issues related to fire, life-safety, and security, as well as building managers, will find this third edition highly useful. It is a reliable textbook for anyone who requires a thorough, solid reference." --Security Management.com
FOR THE SECOND EDITION:"To survive and succeed in our ever-changing environment, security professionals must not only read, but apply the principles detailed in the second edition of High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety. It truly is a must read for people who are charged with maintaining a safe and secure high-rise workplace." —Carlos Villarreal, Director of Security, Sears Tower, Trizec Properties, Inc., Chicago; Chairman, ASIS International Commercial Real Estate Council, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
"Highly acclaimed in its first edition, the update of Geoff Craighead's High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety manages to outdo the original...It's destined to be a bible to building security professionals, an in-depth overview for other security professionals, and an engaging read for laypersons. This exceptional guide to the industry thoroughly addressess all relevant areas of security and life safety for high-rise buildings, exactly as the title promises." —Gina Arbeau, CPO, CSS, human resources manager for Group 4 Falck and former coordinator of security and life safety for Gulf Canada Square, Canada, Security Management, July 2005