Loss Control Auditing: A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits

Loss Control Auditing: A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits is a comprehensive resource for developing and executing a loss control audit program, focusing on workplace safety, physical security, and fire risks. It covers documentation review, physical inspection, and employee interviews, and presents a three-phase model. The book benefits from the addition of auditing and system measurement material from ISO 45001 and ANSI/ASSP Z10 standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs. It also discusses the integration of qualitative and quantitative measures to assess organizational performance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 29 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Loss Control Auditing: A Comprehensive Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits is a comprehensive resource for developing and implementing a successful loss control audit program. This extensively revised second edition provides insights into loss control auditing from the perspectives of workplace safety, physical security, and fire risks. It emphasizes the three core areas of an audit: documentation review, physical inspection, and employee interviews, and presents a three-phase model—pre-audit, audit, and post-audit activities—that can be applied across all three core areas.

This new edition leverages the latest auditing and system measurement guidelines as promulgated in ISO 45001 and ANSI/ASSP Z10 standards, as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs. It offers an expanded discussion of the application of auditing to emergency management and introduces new text explaining how leading and lagging measures can be utilized during the auditing process, both during assessment and in the post-audit evaluation. The book also delves into the integration of qualitative and quantitative measures to establish a more holistic scoring mechanism for assessing organizational performance.

In sum, the extensive coverage of material in this thorough book showcases the steps to develop and execute a high-quality loss control management system audit program. It is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, students, and postgraduates in the fields of fire service, loss prevention, and safety management.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032436852
Edition number: 2 ed