lockdown procedures
Shelter-in-place measures
Lockdown procedures are the standardized protocols an institution follows when restricting movement to protect people from an active threat.
Schools, hospitals, and workplaces drill these responses: secure doors, turn off lights, stay silent, move away from windows.
The school practiced lockdown procedures twice a year.
The term gained prominence alongside concerns about mass shootings.
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- threat assessmentEvaluating potential for harm
- evacuation plansOrganized emergency exit protocols
- perimeter securityProtection of outer limits
- quarantine protocolsRules for separating the sick
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Rehearsed emergency departures
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Continuation of normal routine
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