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Hardin-Simmons University Emergency Desk Reference Page 11
LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES A lockdown is used when there is an immediate threat of violence in or around the university. A
lockdown minimizes access and visibility and shelters students, faculty, staff and visitors in secure
locations. Faculty/staff members are responsible for students and ensuring that no one leaves the
safe area.
Lockdown procedures would only be invoked in situations that constitute life-threatening events,
and during which a facility evacuation could be fatal. A lockdown will be called by the president, a
senior administrator, or the HSU Police Department. Public safety and Facilities Services
personnel will secure building entrances, ensuring that no unauthorized individuals leave or enter
the building.
Notification of a lockdown will occur through the following methods:• HSU alert text system.
• Email.
• University homepage.
• Using staff to make physical contact at each building.
• Vehicle and other public address systems.
• Using local media outlets (if considered necessary).
During a lockdown, faculty, staff, and students should follow these procedures:• Remain in your classrooms.
• Do not answer the door.
• Stay away from windows and doors, and lie flat on the floor or seek protective cover.
• Remain calm and assist others around you to remain calm, quiet, and out of sight.
• Place signs in exterior windows to identify the location of injured persons.
• Close and lock, or barricade, all doors and windows.
• Turn off all lights and close blinds.
• Switch cell phones to silent mode.
• Call 911or HSU police (325) 670-1461 and give the dispatchers the phone number(s) at
which your group may be reached for further instructions.
• Account for everyone in the classroom or office.
• Do not approach emergency responders; let them come to you.
• Remain where you are until an “all clear" is issued.
• No one will be allowed to enter or leave the building(s) or area(s) until an “all clear” is
declared.
• Parents, friends, and concerned loved ones will not be allowed to pick up faculty, staff, or
students from the university, unless instructed to do so.
HSU police and other emergency responders will remain near outside entrances, if possible
without putting themselves in danger, to discourage others from entering the building(s) until
authorities have issued an “all clear.”