Staff at petrol station in Bristol sought refuge in a safe room after a man entered the premises wielding a knife https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-09-09/attempted-murder-arrest-after-knife-attack-at-bristol-petrol-station The man, thought to be in his 50s, was detained and then arrested by Avon & Somerset police on suspicion of attempted murder. Commenting on the attack, Paul Weldon, managing director of The [...]
When the oil tanker ‘Nave Andromeda’ came under a suspected hijack whilst idling off the coast of the Isle of Wight, there was only one organisation to call – the Special Boat Service (SBS). Around 16 SBS commandos boarded the ship and implemented a textbook operation to rescue the crew and capture the hijack which [...]
Over the years, we have installed panic rooms in some of the most dangerous areas in the world, for both commercial and private clients. For example, panic rooms are a common inclusion in embassies. Embassy panic rooms are specifically designed to provide a fully efficient safe haven that can sustain life for many days. With [...]
Here at The Panic Room Company we’re always on the look-out for ways to further improve and enhance our residential offering and, thanks to a new partnership with Alan Bishop Theme Works Limited, we’re now able to add a brand new product to our portfolio: secure garden retreats in the shape of a ‘panic cave’. [...]
Forget panic buying toilet roll and hand soap, the way to tackle the coronavirus is with a luxurious home bunker or a ‘germ-free’ panic room according to the multi-millionaires of this world https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/6/deluxe-home-bunkers-vip-emergency-rooms-how-the-ri/ The super-rich are choosing to self-isolate and protect themselves in their home bunkers and panic and safe rooms as the number of [...]
A “new breed of professional thief” is targeting the wealthy suburbs of London and the Home Counties. ‘Burglary tourism’ poses the latest risk to residents in these areas with high profile victims including top chef, Marcus Wareing and his wife, falling foul of crime. Burglary tourism sees gangs of criminals, predominantly from South America, flying [...]
Thieves have once again targeted a property on ‘Billionaires’ Row’ in Kensington this time stealing £50 million pounds worth of jewellery from Formula 1 heiress, Tamara Ecclestone https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50806902 The burglary took place just hours after Ecclestone and her husband and their daughter had left the UK for Switzerland for their Christmas holidays. Even with 24-hour [...]
Thieves have stolen over £1million worth of jewellery, cash and designer clothes from a house in Hampstead, one of London’s most expensive places to live, while a mother and her children were inside. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/thieves-steal-1m-of-jewellery-from-north-london-mansion-while-mother-and-children-at-home-a4290291.html Detectives have called the burglary “brazen” as the intruders scaled a wall and ransacked the property close to ‘Billonaires’ Row’ with [...]
There’s no such thing as an ‘off-the-shelf’ panic room, safe room or nuclear shelter here at The Panic Room Company; bespoke design comes as standard for every single project we undertake. No two houses or commercial premises are ever the same, just as no two clients ever have the same requirements. We’re individuals and, as [...]
Three robbers have attacked the home of a Stellenbosch protea farmer just hours after a fellow farmer in the same region had also been attacked and shot dead https://www.all4women.co.za/1769567/news/south-african-news/stellenbosch-farmer-recounts-terrifying-farm-attack-i-just-want-to-leave-this-place Mr and Mrs Knight have farmed and lived in Stellenbosch for 25 years and are now contemplating leaving following the violent ambush that happened on Sunday [...]