High-rise Security and Fire Life Safety
High-rise Security and Fire Life Safety

Author: Geoff Craighead

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0750674555

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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.

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety
High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety

Author: Geoff Craighead

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2009-06-15

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 0080877850

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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. - Differentiates security and fire life safety issues specific to: Office towers; Hotels; Residential and apartment buildings; Mixed-use buildings - Updated fire and life safety standards and guidelines - Includes a CD-ROM with electronic versions of sample survey checklists, a sample building emergency management plan, and other security and fire life safety resources

Evaluation of Fire Safety
Evaluation of Fire Safety

Author: D. Rasbash

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-04-21

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0470020075

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Fire safety is a major concern in many industries, particularly as there have been significant increases in recent years in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport. Plants are becoming larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas, and the hazards are continually highlighted with incidents such as the fires and explosions at the Piper Alpha oil and gas platform, and the Enschede firework factory. As a result, greater attention than ever before is now being given to the evaluation and control of these hazards. In a comprehensive treatment of the subject unavailable elsewhere, this book describes in detail the applications of hazard and risk analysis to fire safety, going on to develop and apply quantification methods. It also gives an explanation in quantitative terms of improvements in fire safety in association with the costs that are expended in their achievement. Furthermore, a quantitative approach is applied to major fire and explosion disasters to demonstrate crucial faults and events. Featuring: Full international coverage and a review of several major fires and explosion disasters. Presentation of the properties and science of fire including the latest research. Detailed coverage of the performance of fire safety measures. This is an essential book for practitioners in fire safety engineering, loss prevention professionals, technical personnel in insurance companies as well as academics involved in fire science and postgraduate students. This book is also a useful reference for fire safety officers, building designers, engineers in the process industries, safety practitioners and risk assessment consultants.

Encyclopedia of Security Management
Encyclopedia of Security Management

Author: John Fay

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2007-05-02

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 0080546064

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The Encyclopedia of Security Management is a valuable guide for all security professionals, and an essential resource for those who need a reference work to support their continuing education. In keeping with the excellent standard set by the First Edition, the Second Edition is completely updated. The Second Edition also emphasizes topics not covered in the First Edition, particularly those relating to homeland security, terrorism, threats to national infrastructures (e.g., transportation, energy and agriculture) risk assessment, disaster mitigation and remediation, and weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives). Fay also maintains a strong focus on security measures required at special sites such as electric power, nuclear, gas and chemical plants; petroleum production and refining facilities; oil and gas pipelines; water treatment and distribution systems; bulk storage facilities; entertainment venues; apartment complexes and hotels; schools; hospitals; government buildings; and financial centers. The articles included in this edition also address protection of air, marine, rail, trucking and metropolitan transit systems. - Completely updated to include new information concerning homeland security and disaster management - Convenient new organization groups related articles for ease of use - Brings together the work of more than sixty of the world's top security experts

Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention
Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention

Author: Lawrence J. Fennelly

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2003-12-08

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 0080495214

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The Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive reference of its kind, covering the latest information on every topic from community-oriented policing to physical security, workplace violence, CCTV, information security, homeland security, and a host of specialty areas. The handbook shows how to prevent or minimize corporate losses, including security breaches, theft, and lack of resources due to natural or man-made disaster. This revised volume brings together the expertise of more than forty security and crime prevention experts who provide practical information and advice. Each chapter provides a wealth of information that can be put to use immediately. This is a must-have reference for security managers, security students, and all levels of security professionals. Covers every important topic in the field, including the latest on high-tech security systems, homeland security, and many specialty areas Brings together the expertise of more than 40 security and crime prevention experts Each chapter provides a wealth of practical information that can be put to use immediately

The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual
The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual

Author: Ralph Brislin

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2014-03-22

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0128001925

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The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third Edition teaches today's security officers the most important aspects of performing the job of a security officer professionally and effectively. Training is the most important element in becoming a professional security officer, but it is also often overlooked or underutilized. This straightforward, easy-to-follow, and well-organized text covers the essentials that security officers need as they face issues of growing technology and an emphasis on proactiveness and vigilance. The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third Edition also covers many topics of current concern such as sexual harassment, crowd control, cultural diversity, persons with special needs, new technologies, and much more. With discussion questions at the end of every chapter and a full ancillary package accompanying the text, this manual is a comprehensive tool for developing a career as a successful and trusted professional security officer. - Meets ASIS International's guidelines for Private Security Officer Selection and Training - Addresses the latest technological advancements that impact how today's security officers do their jobs - Discusses the increased role security officers have in observing and reporting suspicious activities and events - Includes end-of-chapter discussion questions to enhance understanding

Women in the Security Profession
Women in the Security Profession

Author: Sandi J. Davies

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0128038888

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Women in the Security Profession: A Practical Guide for Career Development is a resource for women considering a career in security, or for those seeking to advance to its highest levels of management. It provides a historical perspective on how women have evolved in the industry, as well as providing real-world tips and insights on how they can help shape its future. The comprehensive text helps women navigate their security careers, providing information on the educational requirements necessary to secure the wide-ranging positions in today's security field. Women in the Security Profession describes available development opportunities, offering guidance from experienced women professionals who have risen through the ranks of different security sectors. - Features career profiles and case studies, including interviews with women in the industry, providing a deeper dive inside some exciting and rewarding careers in security - Provides a history of women in security, and an exploration of both current and expected trends - Offers experienced advice on how to resolve specific biases and issues relating to gender