HOLD
The official SRP directive spoken after "Hold!"
What is "In your classroom or area"?
The official SRP directive spoken after "Secure!"
What is "Get inside. Lock outside doors"?
The official 3-part directive for Lockdown.
What is "Locks, Lights, Out of Sight"?
During a fire evacuation drill, what is the following command?
What is "evacuate for fire this is a drill, x2"
The announcement that you hear during an earthquake drill?
What is "shelter in place, this is an earthquake drill x2"
Two common situations that require keeping hallways clear during a Hold.
What are medical emergencies, altercations, or hall spills?
The primary reason a Secure protocol is initiated.
What is a hazard or safety threat outside or near the building?
The student protocol regarding silence and mobile phones during the initial stages of a Lockdown.
What is remaining completely silent and turning off or silencing phones?
What students are expected to do with their personal belongings during an emergency evacuation.
What is leave their stuff behind?
The required safety strategy when the stated hazard is an Earthquake.
What is "Drop, Cover, and Hold"?
The primary student expectation when a Hold is announced.
What is remaining in (or returning to) the classroom and doing business as usual until the "All Clear" is announced?
The expectation for staff regarding exterior doors during a Secure.
What is bringing everyone inside and locking all outside doors?
Why teachers should NOT slide red/green status cards under classroom doors during a Lockdown.
What is because first responders must visually verify the room regardless, and it risks giving information to a threat?
What teachers should bring with them when evacuating the classroom.
What are the attendance sheet/roster, phone, keys, and Go Bag?
The safety strategy used when there is a Hazmat (chemical) threat nearby.
What is "Seal the Room" (taping plastic around doors/windows/vents)?
True or False: You must keep students completely silent during a Hold.
What is False? (Classes continue business as usual inside the room).
What happens to normal instruction inside the building during a Secure?
What is "business as usual"?
The ONLY way a Lockdown is officially cleared or ended for a classroom room.
What is an administrator or law enforcement officer unlocking the door from the outside with a key?
Key student expectation regarding physical stance during a police-led evacuation line.
What is keeping hands empty and visible (or holding hands in line)?
The safety strategy for a Tornado hazard.
What is "Evacuate to shelter area"?
Unlike a Lockdown, this method can be used to release a Hold protocol.
What is a Public Address (PA) announcement?
The three stages of a Secure protocol lifecycle regarding movement in and out of the school.
What are "No One In or Out," "Controlled Release," and "Monitored Entry"?
Statistics show that 70% of active threat events end in this timeframe, underscoring the critical importance of locking doors quickly.
What is 5 minutes (and 90% in 10 minutes)?
The concept that allows students or staff to leave campus independently if official calls haven't been made and it is safer to run.
What is Self-Evacuation?
The method teachers use at the evacuation or shelter area to report student status to responders/administrators.
What is the Red Card / Green Card method?