High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Geoff Craighead (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0750674555 | ISBN-13: 978-0750674553 | Edition: 2

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety servers as an essential took for building architects, building owners and property managers, security and fire safety directors, security consultants, and contract security firms.

* Provides the reader with complete coverage of high-rise security and safety issues
* Includes comprehensive sample documentation, diagrams, photographs to aid in developing security and fire life safety programs
* Serves as an essential tool for building owners and managers, security and fire safety directors, security consultants and contract security firms

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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

"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; Chairman, ASIS International Commercial Real Estate Council, Chicago, Illinois

"Highly acclaimed in its first edition, the update of Geoff Craigheads' 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. Craighead's narrative is often fascinating. Plentiful visuals further enrich the text. This exceptional guide to the industry thoroughly addresses all relevant areas of security and like safety for high-rise buildings, exactly as the title promises. In addition, the writing is clear, concise, and cogent."
- Security Management Magazine

"The author presents a thorough review of high-rise building architecture and a wide array of high-rise infrastructure systems. There are numerous valuable and relevant checklists and other typical "appendix" tools at the end of each chapter . There are solid fundamentals here on high-rise architecture and physical security systems and related programs."
- Homeland Protection Professional, April 2005

Book Description

New revised edition with 25% more material! Includes an analysis of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 548 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (March 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750674555
• ISBN-13: 978-0750674553
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,565,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the megacities of the world- Tall Building Checklist!, August 2, 2000

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Richard A. Candee (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Rise Security and Fire Life Safety (Hardcover)

for investors, managers, and inspectors of tall buildings, this is an exceptionally useful book. Mr. Graighead combines his Australian roots and his California experience in a clear guide to fire safety and security management of these "vertical villages." I have quoted from this work in forums around the world, and have made this book a special present for colleagues in the fire service and architecture and "authorities having jurisdiction." It is a how- to and why guide to active systems. I recommend it highly. And, given that so many skyscrapers are now being built in Asia and in Latin America, I hope this is translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. - Richard A. "Nick" Candee, Executive Director, Global Operations, NFPA International

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent, September 26, 2011

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Raul - See all my reviews

This review is from: High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety (Hardcover)

This book has everything if you are to become a Facilities Manager. I recommend it!! I used it in college and I learned lots of things about buildings! Not only high rise building, but all buildings...From security, to alarms and to history.