Panic Room | RCD Article

 

Hello RCD readers,

 

Welcome to our voted themed OG RCD article post. This is maybe a last blog post for this theme. This bonus article we'll discuss:

-          Safe rooms

-          Hiding places

-          New technology in safety

Level 1: Perimeter Protection Security System (FENCE)

Level 2: Middle Area Protection Security System (YARD)

Level 3: Inner Perimeter Protection Security System (WALLS)

Level 4: Internal Security System (INSIDE HOUSE)

Safe rooms

• How to create a safe room in existing house?

• Tips for safe room

http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/how-to-create-a-safe-room-in-your-house-or-apartment-11092014 

How to create a safe room in existing home? 

BEGIN STAGE

• A safe room or panic room is a fortified room that is installed in a private residence or business to provide a safe shelter, or hiding place, for the inhabitants in the event of a break in, home invasion, tornado, terror attack, or other threat.

• When designing your home you can also think about making a safe room and/or closet. 

• Make a layout from the ground up

• Adapt part of our living space to make a safe room. 

• Convert the smallest area of the house that will required number of family members.

DOORS

• Buy the very best exterior steel slab door that you can afford.

• Your door is only as solid as the frame that holds it, so replace your standard interior door frame with reinforced steel. 

• Paint the door to match the rest of the door frames in your home. 

• Hang your door so it swings inward. Then you can add extra layers of security to the door.

• Add more locks than just the doorknob type. 

• Primary lock can be a heavy duty reinforces deadbolt system.

• Add a jimmy-proof security lock for an added deterrent.

• Add a door bar, the hardware for which would be fairly unobtrusive when the bar is not across it.

WINDOWS

• Replace the windows with a bulletproof security window. If expensive than purchase ballistic film and apply it to your existing window.

• Get heavy curtains and make sure they’re completely closed with no gaps whatsoever.

WALLS

• If your walls aren’t sturdy enough to withstand bullets, then you’ve basically just put your family into a box to be shot more easily. One way to lessen the expense of this is to choose a room in the basement.

• If you build your retreat into a corner, then you have two exterior walls that are concrete surrounded by dirt – virtually unbreakable. 

A few different ways to reinforce the walls of your safe room:

• Armored steel panels

• Kevlar

• Poured Concrete

• Sand

Temporary options:

• Have a heavy duty item you can shelter behind, like a steel desk or deep freezer.

• Line your walls with heavy furniture, like loaded bookcases with real wood backs, not flimsy particle board.

• Line your walls with metal filing cabinets, fill the drawers with anything, and stay low.

CAMOUFLAGED SAFE ROOM

• The success of this rests on the residents of the home quickly moving into hiding without the intruders even knowing that they are home.

• Use hidden door hinge systems that you can use to create a bookcase door. 

• You can also use a trap door in the floor hidden under an attached throw rug 

• Or a discreet door at the back of a closet behind all the clothing.

DEFENSE

• If you have primary defense weapons store in your safe room.

• Your extra ammunition should be stored there too.

• You need to have a plan in the event your defenses are breached.

Tips for safe room

• Do not leave it until you’re safe and your home has been cleared. 

• Have a plan (as well as a few back-up plans) and running practice drills for a safe room

• All family members that are physically able should be able to quickly access the room

• You should have security measures in place that let you know that the home has been breached 

• Locate the safe room in a place that can be quickly and easily accessed by family members. 

• Have multiple safe rooms.

• The best use of space would have the room used regularly for other purposes.

• The modifications you’ll make don’t have to be obvious. 

• No windows to the outside

• Ventilation

• Thick/reinforced walls

• Water and a bathroom

• Enough space for the number of people likely to shelter there

• Ease of accessibility for the family from multiple locations in the house

Some good options are:

• Walk-in closet

• Master bedroom with attached bath

• Basement family room

• Storage room

• Wine cellar 

• Interior den with no windows

• Inside an attached garage

Communications:

• Cell phone or Landline phone

• Computer

• Two-way radio or Ham radio

• Cameras

Needed supplies

• Food & Water

• Cold weather gear

• Entertainment

• Sanitation

• Special needs items

• First aid supplies & Emergency supplies

Hiding Places

• Hiding places for kids

• Hiding places for expensive belongings

• Hiding guns 

Hiding places for kids

• Make a layout of your house and try to find unused spaces/rooms in your design.

• Choose a small closed room with no natural lighting or reconstruct one.

• Try to make more than 1 hiding place for your little ones.

• Teach your kids how to use the rooms in case of emergency.

Hiding places for valuables

• Take a good look in your house for spaces in your everyday object,

• Reconstruct these objects for hiding 

• Be creative when designing  this

• Hide your expensive valuables

Hiding places for guns

• Use tactical walls as hiding places for guns

• Use hidden spaces in bookshelves

• Create hidden spaces behind mirrors

• Create hidden spaces in your closets

• Create hidden spaces behind your paintings or pictures. 

• Be creative when choosing these places 

• Important to hide your guns if you’re a gun owner. 

• Place it somewhere that it’s easy to access in case of an emergency.

• Place it where it’s not easily noticeable.

• Make sure to rethink the scenario of an intruder so that you can place it in the right hiding spots.

Newest technology for safety

TappLock (using all levels)- http://www.tapplock.com/

Skybell (using level 3)- http://www.skybell.com/

AllBe1 (using level 2&4)- http://www.allbe1.com/

EveryKey (using all levels) - https://everykey.com/

The Easylock (using level 3)- http://www.the-easylock.com/

BeON  (lighting using level 4)- http://beonhome.com/

Newest technology for alarm systems

• abode - http://www.goabode.com/

• Ulo - http://vivien-muller.fr/

• Branto Smart Home - http://branto.co/

• Amaryllo iSensor HD - https://live.amaryllo.eu/store/store_...

Newest technology for camera security systems

• Nest Cam Security Camera

• Arlo Smart Home Security Camera System

• Piper Classical All-in-One Security System with video monitoring camera

• Samsung SmartCam HD Pro 1080p Full- HD Wi-Fi Camera

• Vimtag (Fujikam) 361 HD

 

Newest technology for home security systems

• Presence:http://www.presencepro.com/

• Sandbox:http://www.mysandboxhome.com/

• Point:http://www.pointsecured.com/

• Cocoon:https://cocoon.life/

• Buddy Guard:http://buddyguard.io/

RC Designs Articles: Safe House BONUS CLIP, April 26th 2017

 

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