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404.2.3 Lockdown Plans
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Where facilities develop a lockdown plan, it shall be in accordance with Sections 404.2.3.1 through 404.2.3.3.
Lockdown plans shall only be permitted where such plans are approved by the
fire code official and are in compliance with Sections 404.2.3.1 and 404.2.3.2.
The effective date of this Rule is May 1, 2019.
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
The effective date of this Rule is May 1, 2019.
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
Lockdown plans shall be approved by the fire code official and shall include the following:
- Initiation. The plan shall include instructions for reporting an emergency that requires a lockdown.
- Accountability. The plan shall include accountability procedures for staff to report the presence or absence of occupants.
- Recall. The plan shall include a prearranged signal for returning to normal activity.
- Communication and coordination. The plan shall include an approved means of two-way communication between a central location and each secured area.
Lockdown plans shall include the following:
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
- Identification of individuals authorized to issue a lockdown order.
- Security measures used during normal operations, when the building is occupied, that could adversely affect egress or fire department operations.
- A description of identified emergency and security threats addressed by the plan, including specific lockdown procedures to be implemented for each threat condition.
- Means and methods of initiating a lockdown plan for each threat, including:
- The means of notifying occupants of a lockdown event, which shall be distinct from the fire alarm signal.
- Identification of each door or other access point that will be secured.
- A description of the means or methods used to secure doors and other access points.
- A description of how locking means and methods are in compliance with the requirements of this code for egress and accessibility.
- Procedures for reporting to the fire department any lockdown condition affecting egress or fire department operations.
- Procedures for determining and reporting the presence or absence of occupants to emergency response agencies during a lockdown.
- Means for providing two-way communication between a central location and each area subject to being secured during a lockdown.
- Identification of the prearranged signal for terminating the lockdown.
- Identification of individuals authorized to issue a lockdown termination order.
- Procedures for unlocking doors and verifying that the means of egress has been returned to normal operations upon termination of the lockdown.
- Training procedures and frequency of lockdown plan drills.
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
The training frequency shall be included in the lockdown plan. The lockdown drills shall not substitute for any of the fire and evacuation drills required in Section 405.2.
Lockdown plan drills shall be conducted in accordance with the approved plan. Such drills
shall not be substituted for fire and evacuation drills required by Section 405.2.
The effective date of this Rule is May 1, 2019.
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
The effective date of this Rule is May 1, 2019.
The Statutory authority for Rule-making is G. S. 143-136; 143-138.
The method of notifying building occupants of a lockdown shall be included in the plan. The method of notification shall be separate and distinct from the fire alarm signal.
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