Security Professionals: A Guide for Emergency Situations

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Security Professionals: A Guide for Emergency Situations provides practical guidance and detailed explanations of the private security professional's roles and responsibilities in managing a wide variety of situations.

Situations such as:

• Dealing with and understanding the role and rank structure of police, fire services, and emergency medical services
• Operation of elevating devices during emergency situations
• Operation of fire suppression devices and fire alarm notification equipment
• Chemical spills and hazardous materials
• Proper handling of crime scenes

The publication covers:

• Emergency or disaster management
• Call centres
• Crime scene management
• High-rise incidents
• Elevators
• Fire extinguishers
• Hazardous Material (HazMat) incidents
• Hospitals and assisted living facilities
• Terrorism

Appendices include:

• Fire alarm systems integrated with mass notification technology
• Code brown evacuation

It also contains a comprehensive index for easy reference.

Written by the author team of a highly trained and experienced fire-fighting professional and a seasoned veteran law enforcement officer, both of whom also have spent a number of years teaching at the community college and career college level, this publication is an ideal on-the-job reference, training manual, and teaching resource for security professionals, security companies, trainers, and course instructors.