Fire and security
Language: English Series: Building ; 252 (7478) 16 January 1987, 45-61 (14)Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: A special report on the importance of protecting buildings from fire and providing adequate security. 1) Trespassers will find no hiding place: security alarm systems. R. Carter identifies three important requirements for successful security systems - reliability, tamper-proof and failsafe devices. 46-47 (2). 2) Confused regulations add fuel to the fire: fire regulations. G. Atkinson looks at the aims of fire regulations, studies on fire safety, risk appraisal, the role of the professional in fire safety and proposed DoE changes to fire regulations. 48-50 (3). 3) Designer detectors: specifying for security. P. Greenwood examines user needs, the design of trunking layout for security and BSI standards for the security of buildings against crime. 51 (1). 4) Products. Examples of alarms and detectors, locks doors and ventilators and fire-prook materials. 53-61 (7).| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS37292 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 3557-1001 |
A special report on the importance of protecting buildings from fire and providing adequate security. 1) Trespassers will find no hiding place: security alarm systems. R. Carter identifies three important requirements for successful security systems - reliability, tamper-proof and failsafe devices. 46-47 (2). 2) Confused regulations add fuel to the fire: fire regulations. G. Atkinson looks at the aims of fire regulations, studies on fire safety, risk appraisal, the role of the professional in fire safety and proposed DoE changes to fire regulations. 48-50 (3). 3) Designer detectors: specifying for security. P. Greenwood examines user needs, the design of trunking layout for security and BSI standards for the security of buildings against crime. 51 (1). 4) Products. Examples of alarms and detectors, locks doors and ventilators and fire-prook materials. 53-61 (7).