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Barricades

Barricades are physical security controls used to restrict access to designated areas, available in a range of sizes and configurations for both pedestrian and vehicle traffic management.

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Barricades are physical security controls used to restrict or redirect access to specific areas, applicable to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic scenarios. Like fencing, they create a defined boundary, but they are more commonly deployed as temporary or situational measures rather than permanent infrastructure. Their form factor varies considerably depending on the intended use, ranging from small, lightweight indicators that signal restricted zones to large-scale structures engineered to stop vehicles. One widely used barricade design relies on hollow, portable units that are filled with water after placement. This approach allows security teams to transport and position the barriers with relative ease, then add water on-site to significantly increase their mass and structural resistance. Once filled, these barriers become substantially more capable of withstanding vehicle impact, making them a practical and cost-effective solution for temporary perimeter control in high-traffic or high-risk environments.

What you'll learn

Describe the purpose and common forms of physical security barricades as access control measures.

What's covered

Barricades

Primary Purpose
- Keep people out
- Keep businesses out
- Suggest restricted areas
Sizes and Forms
- Various shapes and sizes
- Small temporary types
Traffic Control Uses
- Pedestrian traffic
- Vehicle traffic
Portability and Stability
- Most are portable
- Water-filled for stability

Key terms

Access Control: A security mechanism that restricts access to resources based on policies, roles, or identity.
Barricade: A physical obstacle or structure used to restrict or control access to a specific area, available in permanent or portable forms.
Physical Security: The use of tangible controls — such as locks, barriers, surveillance cameras, and access badges — to protect facilities, hardware, and infrastructure from unauthorized physical access, theft, or damage.

Topics

Physical Security Access Control Perimeter Security Barricades Vehicle Access Control

Transcript

Similar to fencing, it can keep people out of a certain area, but it is usually keeping businesses out of an area or suggesting that people should not go into a certain area.

Now, barricades come in lots of different sizes and shapes and forms, but just think of something that would be set up to keep somebody out of an area. Sometimes they are just really small and they are just temporary, just to let people know, do not go in this area. A lot of times it is for pedestrian traffic, or in this case right here, it is for actual vehicle traffic.

And this right here, what they do is they will fill these with water and it becomes a pretty solid barrier. So most barricades that I have seen are portable and they set up, but these will become a little more steady, or sturdy, once they fill them up with water.

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