High-rise security and fire life safety / Geoff Craighead.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, 3e, 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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Chapter 1 High-Rise Building Definition, Development and Use
• Chapter 2 Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings
• Chapter 3 Security and Fire Life Safety Threats
• Chapter 4 Risk Assessments
• Chapter 5 Security Systems and Equipment
• Chapter 6 Fire Life Safety Systems and Equipment
• Chapter 7 Management of the Security Function
• Chapter 8 Investigations
• Chapter 9 Office Buildings
• Chapter 10 Hotel Buildings
• Chapter 11 Residential and Apartment Buildings
• Chapter 12 Mixed-Use Buildings
• Chapter 13 Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire Authorities
• Chapter 14 Laws, Codes, Standards, and Guidelines

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Geoff Craighead is Vice President of High-Rise Services for Pinkerton, a Securitas Company. He has been involved with the security and life safety operations of high-rise facilities for over twenty years. He has been the security and fire safety director of a 62-story skyscraper and has conducted extensive security surveys and training, developed security policies and procedures, and written building emergency plans. He is certified by the Los Angeles Fire Department to provide high-rise life safety services and is Board Certified in Security Management (CPP) by ASIS International. He currently serves as President of the Professional Certification Board that administers certification programs for security professionals throughout the world, and Co-Chair of the BOMA Greater Los Angeles Security and Emergency Preparedness Committee