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9781856175555

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety

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  • ISBN13:

    9781856175555

  • ISBN10:

    1856175553

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-05-07
  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

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High-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 plans for building emergencies. This latest edition clearly separates out the different types of skyscrapers, from office buildings to hotels to condominiums to mixed-use buildings, and explains how different patterns of use and types of tenancy impact building security and life safety. * New to this edition: Specific security and fire life safety information for hotels, residential buildings, and mixed-use buildings * Outlines how to conduct risk assessments and provides Web access to electronic versions of physical security and fire prevention survey checklists * Provides response plans for high-rise building emergencies * Revised to include updated fire and life safety codes

Table of Contents

High-Rise Building Definition, Development and Use
Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings
Security and Fire Life Safety Threats
Risk Assessments
Security Systems and Equipment
Fire Life Safety Systems and Equipment
Management of the Security Function
Investigations
Office Buildings
Hotel Buildings
Residential and Apartment Buildings
Mixed-Use Buildings
Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire Authorities
Laws, Codes, Standards, and Guidelines
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