Lockdown Development & Implementation

The objectives of this workshop are to:

• Teach educators to understand what a lockdown plan is
• Demonstrate why every school in this country needs a lockdown plan
• Examine the numerous realistic considerations there are in
  developing a lockdown plan
• Empower the educator with the knowledge that regardless of the size of their campus, a lockdown plan can be developed and implemented
• TO SAVE LIVES!

What is a Lockdown?  
A Lockdown is a pre-set and rehearsed crisis response plan implemented by an institution and usually activated once there is an actual or perceived threat of harm to that institution's students, staff, faculty and/or visitors. This plan requires the participation of all employees on the institution's property to implement the plan in order to mitigate the risk of injury or loss of life to those affected by the threat.

What is the purpose of a Lockdown?
The purpose of a lockdown is to secure staff, students, and visitors into the nearest secured facility and minimize their exposure to a potential threat and/or to allow them other survivable options such as evacuation, hiding, running, crawling, playing dead, speaking or fighting for their life if necessary, during a potentially lethal threat situation. The lockdown plan, when implemented, serves to minimize the risk of injury or death to students, staff, faculty and any visitors who are on campus at the time of the threat.  

All lockdown type situations will be covered with in-depth discussions on audible alarm system options, announcement strategies, building and campus design and layout including open environment and outdoor situations. Other topics include staging, Public Relations, contact plans, mutual aid agreements, student, staff and parent notification systems and staff responsibilities during a lockdown. Jesus will convince you that any size institution, regardless of the campus' size or number of buildings on it, can develop and implement an effective lockdown plan!

Topics covered will include:

• History of school lockdowns
• What are the two critical components of a realistic lockdown plan?
• Do lockdown plans really save lives?
• How to plan for best and worst case scenario
• Considerations for development and implementation
• Determine the pros and cons of a coded vs non-coded announcement
• Plan for transportation and staging issues
• Understand why having schematic designs for buildings and campus available to first responders is so important
• Communicating with students, staff, parents, police, fire and the media
• Educate faculty, staff and students - they need to know their responsibilities and what they will need to do to survive pending the arrival of law enforcement
• How the Tactical Team response has changed
• Duck and Cover-Why it really doesn't work and why it's getting our students and staff killed during an Active Killer event!
• We will discuss many of the high profile school shootings and present what actions students and staff took during an Active Killer event that led to their survival!
• How to implement a true "all-clear" notice.
• L.E.A.S.T. Lockdown, Evacuation And Survival Tactics...an all encompassing personal survival plan!

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