**Construction Techniques**:
– Basic safe rooms have solid-core doors with deadbolts and reinforced ceilings.
– More expensive safe rooms use steel, Kevlar, or fiberglass reinforcements.
– Safe rooms can have ventilation systems and escape shafts.
– Safe rooms on concrete slabs or basements can have concrete walls.
– Steel grillwork is used by the U.S. State Department for security in high-risk areas.
**Features**:
– Safe rooms may contain communication equipment and monitoring devices.
– Basic safe rooms are stocked with emergency items.
– High-end safe rooms may have gun closets and air-filtration systems.
– Safe rooms can be hidden behind household features like mirrors or bookcases.
– Panic buttons in high-end safe rooms can lock down the entire house.
**Citadel on Ships**:
– Warships have central citadels with armor and filtered air systems.
– Citadels on ships are used for CBRN protection.
– Safe rooms on ships, known as citadels, are a countermeasure against piracy.
**Anti-Piracy**:
– Safe rooms on ships allow crews to retreat and call for help during pirate attacks.
– Safe rooms are concealed within the ship to resist pirates.
– Safe rooms have features to disable ship systems remotely.
– Safe rooms are armored to protect the crew.
– In 2010, 342 seafarers were kept safe in a citadel during pirate attacks in Somalia.
**Related Concepts**:
– Blast shelters, bomb shelters, and fallout shelters are related concepts.
– Merkhav Mugan and Panic Room (movie) are associated with safe rooms.
– Preppers and retreat (survivalism) may have safe rooms.
– Storm cellars are similar to safe rooms.
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. Safe rooms usually contain communications equipment, so that law enforcement authorities can be contacted.
Definition from ChatGPT:
Safe room:
A safe room is a specially designed, fortified room within a building that is intended to provide shelter and protection during emergencies such as natural disasters, home invasions, or other threats. Safe rooms are typically constructed with reinforced walls, doors, and windows to withstand high winds, projectiles, and intruders, and may also be equipped with communication devices, supplies, and other emergency provisions.