| Edition |
3rd edition |
| Description |
1 online resource (xliii, 652 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 p. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Skyscrapers -- Security measures.
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Skyscrapers -- Fires and fire prevention.
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Fire extinguishers.
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Fire Extinguishing Systems |
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Safety Management |
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Security Measures |
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Gratte-ciel -- Sécurité -- Mesures.
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Gratte-ciel -- Incendies et prévention des incendies.
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Extincteurs.
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fire extinguishers.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Emergency Management.
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Fire extinguishers
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Skyscrapers -- Fires and fire prevention
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Skyscrapers -- Security measures
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Craighead, Geoff. High-rise security and fire life safety. 3rd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, ©2009 9781856175555 1856175553 (DLC) 2009004151 (OCoLC)229032527 |
| ISBN |
9780080877853 (electronic bk.) |
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0080877850 (electronic bk.) |
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9781856175555 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1856175553 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000046038882 |
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CHBIS 010730080 |
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CHVBK 369222717 |
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DEBSZ 430856938 |
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NZ1 13700949 |
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UKMGB 017585639 |
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