• Premises Security explores how to incorporate architectural, technical, and operational security elements into a comprehensive and effective security plan.
• Protecting Against Extreme Events outlines how to increase a building's resilience to such events and better protect its occupants.
• Flammability Hazard of Materials discusses test methods for measuring and characterizing ignitability, heat release rate, flame spread propensity, smoke yield and extinguishability components of flammability hazard for solid combustibles.
• Strategies for Occupant Evacuation During Emergencies examines considerations that include building characteristics, occupant characteristics, criticality of building operations; and, outside influences such as weather or the threat of violence.

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