Invacuation and Lockdown Training and Drills
Training and drills that prepare your staff to bring people inside to safety and secure your premises when evacuation would be more dangerous. We help you set clear triggers and scripts, train your team and run an observed invacuation or lockdown drill, followed by a written report.
Course Overview
Sometimes the safest place is inside. Invacuation means bringing people into a building or a safer area, away from a threat outside. Lockdown means securing your premises, or part of it, to stop a threat getting in or moving through. Both are required procedures under Martyn’s Law, and both are far less familiar to staff than evacuation.
This service starts with your plan. We help you set clear trigger points for when to invacuate or lock down, the message and alert staff will use, which doors and areas can be secured, where people should go, and how you will communicate with them and with the emergency services.
We then train your staff in the procedure and run an observed drill, timing how quickly people are brought inside and the premises secured, checking doors, safe areas and communication, and debriefing the team. A written report follows with observations and recommendations.
This is one of our emergency procedures services: Tabletop Exercises, Evacuation Drills, Invacuation and Lockdown, Bomb Threat and Suspicious Item Procedures, Multi Agency Live Exercises and Debriefs and Lessons Identified. If you need the plans themselves written or reviewed, see our Emergency Plans consultancy.
About the Trainer
Certified by 1705 Consultancy and delivered by former emergency services staff who have planned, run and taken part in real incidents and exercises. 1705 Consultancy also writes emergency plans and provides event command and safety management on live events, so we know what a plan needs to do when it is tested for real.
Frequently Asked Questions
Invacuation brings people inside, or into a safer part of a building, away from a threat outside. Lockdown secures the premises, or part of them, to stop a threat getting in or moving through. Many sites need both.
Yes. Standard tier premises and events must have procedures for evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication. This service helps you set yours up, train your staff and test them.
We plan the drill around your operation. It can be run with staff only, outside opening hours, or as a carefully briefed drill with visitors present.
Yes. You receive a written report with timings, observations and recommendations.
The training and drills are certified by 1705 Consultancy and delivered by former emergency services staff.
Two levels. An observed lockdown or invacuation drill with a written report is from £750 + VAT. A fully planned drill with scenario design, staff briefing beforehand and a full written report is from £1,495 + VAT. Includes travel in Essex and the surrounding counties. Travel elsewhere in the UK is quoted separately.
What You Get
- Clear triggers for when to invacuate or lock down
- Simple scripts and alerts staff can use
- Staff trained in their role in the procedure
- An observed and timed invacuation or lockdown drill
- A debrief with your team straight after the drill
- A written report with clear recommendations
Who Is This Course For?
- Venues, stadiums and event sites
- Schools, colleges and universities
- Shopping centres, retail and hospitality
- Places of worship and community venues
- Offices and public buildings
- Responsible persons under Martyn’s Law
- Duration Half day on site, plus planning
- Format Training and observed drill
- Delivery At your site, UK wide
- Delivered by Former emergency services staff
- Price From £750 + VAT
- Report Written report
Upcoming course dates
No open dates are scheduled right now. We also run this course on site for teams.
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