LOCKDOWN
A lockdown is an emergency protocol that usually prevents people or information from leaving an area. The protocol can usually only be initiated by someone in a position of authority. Lockdowns can also be used to protect people inside a facility or, for example, a computing system, from a threat or other external event. Of buildings, a drill lockdown usually means that doors leading outside are locked such that no person may enter or exit. A full lockdown usually means that people must stay where they are and may not enter or exit a building or rooms within said building. If people are in a hallway, they should go to the nearest safe, enclosed room.
Types
Procedures for using both emergency and preventive lockdowns must be planned.
Preventive lockdown
A preventive lockdown is a preemptive action plan implemented to address an unusual scenario or a weakness in the system to preempt any danger to ensure the safety and security of people, organization and system. The focus for preventive actions is to avoid dangers and risks arising from the nonconformances to the normal circumstances, but also commonly includes improvements inefficiency.
Preventive lockdowns are preemptive lockdowns to mitigate risk. Most organizations plan for the emergency lockdowns but fail to plan for other situations that might quickly degrade to dangerous levels. These protocols must be based on the type of threat, and should be kept simple and short for quick learning and implementation, and flexible enough to handle several scenarios. This allows administrators more options to choose from which are easier to use in various scenarios. For example, in case of a loud scene by a parent or an unarmed petty thief being chased by the police through the school playground, this flexible procedure allows school administrators the flexibility to implement a more limited lockdown while teaching in school continues, thus eliminating the need for complete emergency lockdown, disruption, and delays in the resumption of teaching, etc. The consequences of not having procedures to implement such lockdowns are that the situation might quickly escalate where there could be a loss of human lives.
Emergency lockdown
Emergency lockdowns are implemented when there is an imminent threat to the lives or risk of injury to humans, for example, a School's Emergency lockdown procedures must be kept short and simple to make them easier to use under real-life crisis conditions. Simple procedures can be easily taught with periodic lockdown drills instead of lengthy training.[1]
In infectious diseases
During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the term lockdown was used for actions related to mass quarantines. Lockdowns can limit movements or activities in a community while allowing most organizations to function normally, or limit movements or activities such that only organizations supplying basic needs and services can function normally.
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