High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety (Hardcover)

by Geoff Craighead (Author)

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'With this book, author Geoff Craighead takes on a dauntingly wide-ranging and potentially dry topic and renders a comprehensive and thoroughly engaging work. The author demonstrates in-depth knowledge of various topics, but wisely devotes greater attention to the more important ones, and always keeps the work flowing...This well-edited book will serve as a reliable reference source to all high-rise practitioners of fire/life-safety, building operations, and security, from the front-line worker to corporate executive. Its lively writing style is an added bonus for readers used to leaden prose in books of this type.'
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"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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750695765
• ISBN-13: 978-0750695763
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,001,076 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the megacities of the world- Tall Building Checklist!, August 3, 2000

By	Richard A. Candee (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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