Panic room ‚must haves‘
Here at The Panic Room Company, we’re regularly asked “what’s actually required inside a panic or safe room?” and the answer is perhaps more straightforward than most people would think. There are certainly a number of absolute ‘must-haves’ that every room must be equipped with to ensure maximum efficacy. For example, we will always specify […]
Increase in secure walls in private residences
Over the last six months, we’ve noted a marked increase in the number of enquiries about the inclusion of secure walls inside properties from owners of private residences. We’ve recently completed a secure wall installation in a property in south London that saw The Panic Room Company team complete the design, manufacture and install of […]
Another insightful conference
This year’s Security & Counter Terror Expo was once again hugely insightful with a variety of speakers covering some extremely important topics. James Brandon, director of geopolitical risk at Stirling Assynt, held a seminar on ‘the threat assessment challenge for critical business and infrastructure protection in the UK’. He offered his analysis of how business […]
Team strengthened with senior consultants
We are delighted to announce that security professionals, Paul Watkins and Ian Weatherhead, have joined The Panic Room Company team on a consultancy basis. With a focus on business development, Paul has a wealth of experience in retail, commercial, government and hospitality industry security and is a director of KTP, a company that consults, […]
First rental commission in prep!
We’re delighted to announce that we have received our very first commission for a rental panic room for a commercial client in the south of England. Having designed the panic room to the client’s desired specifications, we are now at the build stage and the planned install is scheduled to take place towards the […]
Will hotels be made responsible for guests‘ safety?
On 26th June 2015, 38 guests staying at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia were killed when jihadist, Seifeddine Rezgui, opened fire indiscriminately on the hotel’s beach in one of the country’s most appalling terror attacks. At the end of February, a coroner ruled that all 30 British victims of the attack were ‘unlawfully […]
What is the terror level threat?
If you’ve ever watched the news after a terror attack you will probably have heard the newsreader or reporter refer to ‘the terror level’ or ‘terror level threat’. But what actually is a terror level threat and what do they mean? “Terror threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of […]
Secure rooms and safe areas can save lives
The terror attack ten days ago at one of the world’s most famous and popular tourist attractions, the Louvre museum in Paris, thankfully didn’t result in any loss of life. Having read about the attack in The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/03/paris-knife-attack-louvre-evacuated-police-reportedly-shoot/ we were very interested to note that: “hundreds of panicked visitors at the Louvre were rushed […]
Could a secure wall be the answer?
Yet another hotel has come under attack from terrorists with a number of people killed and injured by Al-Shabab fighters, this time in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/25/15-dead-islamists-storm-mogadishu-hotel/ The question that many people ask when an incident of this nature occurs is “how could this be prevented from happening again?” The team here at The […]
Choose rent
If you want to have flexibility around having a safe room or simply have access to a panic room for a set period of time for additional security, we’ve got just the answer. Explains Paul Weldon, managing director of The Panic Room Company: “Renting a safe room is a highly affordable and flexible alternative […]