High-rise security and fire life safety

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 securit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Craighead, Geoff
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, ©2009.
Edition3rd edition
Subjects
Skyscrapers > Security measures.
Skyscrapers > Fires and fire prevention.
Fire extinguishers.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080877853
0080877850
9781856175555
1856175553
Physical Description1 online resource (xliii, 652 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. 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.

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