Invacuation
Bringing people inside, or moving them to a safer place within the building, when it is safer than evacuating.
Invacuation is the opposite of evacuation. When a threat is outside, the safer response can be to bring people in — off the street, out of an exposed forecourt — or to move them to a more protected part of the building.
It is one of the four public protection procedures. A good invacuation plan knows where the safer areas are and how to move people there quickly, including those in beer gardens, queues or smoking areas.
Who it affects: Every in-scope venue planning its four procedures.
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