High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, by Geoff Craighead

HIGH-RISE SECURITY AND FIRE LIFE SAFETY
THIRD EDITION
by Geoff Craighead

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 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.

READERSHIP

Security and life safety directors, security consultants, and contract security firms, building
designers and architects, commercial building owners and property managers.

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:

"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, 2003

"This well-edited book will serve as a reliable reference to all high-rise practitioners of fire/life
safety, building operations, and security, from the front-line worker to the corporate executive.
Its lively writing style is an added bonus for readers used to leaden prose in books of this
type." - Robert X. McInerney, CPP, president of Robert X. McInerney Associates, Inc.,
Security Management, July 1996

... AND FOR THE SECOND EDITION:

"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, Trizec
Properties, Inc., Chicago; Chairman, ASIS International Commercial Real Estate Council,
Chicago, Illinois, 2003

"Highly acclaimed in its first edition, the update of Geoff Craighead's 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. This exceptional guide to the industry thoroughly addressess all relevant areas of
security and life safety for high-rise buildings, exactly as the title promises." - Gina Arbeau,
CPO, CSS, human resources manager for Group 4 Falck and former coordinator of security
and life safety for Gulf Canada Square, Canada, Security Management, July 2005

... AND STILL MORE FOR THE THIRD EDITION:

"Outstanding book. Tons of facts and graphs. Some of the best historical information that I
have seen in a book in years. Extensive research utilized as well as many great references
used throughout the book." - —Mark H. Beaudry, CPP, author of Contemporary Lodging
Security

"The third edition of High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is extraordinarily thorough. It is
not possible to think of an issue relating to high-rise building security that has not been
covered." - Dennis O. Challinger, Fellow of the Criminology Department, University of
Melbourne, Australia; author of From the Ground Up: Security for Tall Buildings

'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.” - Security
Management - Review

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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

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2009, 696 pages.
ISBN: 978-1-85617-555-5
Order #DR837
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