6. Life Safety and Exit Devices
Chapter objectives
1. Learn the Basics in the Chapter Overview
2. Understand the Top Priority in Access Control — Life Safety First
3. Security versus Life Safety
4. Understand National and Local Access Control Codes
5. Understand How Locks Can Affect Life Safety
6. Understand How Exit Devices Can Affect Life Safety
7. Understand How Access Control Systems Depend on Fire Alarm Systems
8. Answer Challenge Questions on Life Safety and Exit Devices
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This may be the most important chapter in this book. In fact, if someone learns everything else in the book, but does not learn the material in this chapter, that person would be a failure in the security industry. Life Safety is the most important element of security. ...

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