Safety & Security

The Hold action is used when the hallways in the school need to remain clear. Classroom learning will still take place as normal during a Hold, but students may not be able to change classes until after the Hold has been lifted. 

Hold may be used for situations like medical emergencies, or a student in crisis.

The Secure action is called when there is a threat or hazard outside of the school building. Secure uses the security of the physical facility to act as protection. During Secure, all students and staff are brought into the secure building and all exterior doors are locked. Classes are able to continue uninterrupted inside the building.

Secure may be used for police or unsafe activity outside the building or nearby.

The Lockdown action is called when there is a threat or hazard inside the school building. The Lockdown Action advises making rooms look unoccupied by locking individual classroom doors, offices, and other securable areas, moving occupants out of the line of sight of corridor windows, turning off lights, and having occupants maintain silence.

Lockdown may be used for an intruder or the building, or an unsafe situation in building.

The Evacuate action is called when there is a need to move people from one location to another. During an evacuation, students and staff are asked to move from one location to another in an orderly fashion.

Evacuate may be used for a fire, gas leak, or hazmat incident.

The Shelter action is called when specific protective actions are needed based on a threat or hazard. Sheltering requires that all students and staff follow response directives based on the threat or hazard.

Shelter is most commonly used for severe weather.