safe room
Fortified home shelter
A safe room is a fortified space within a building designed to provide protection during emergencies.
The term covers two main uses: a reinforced shelter against tornadoes or hurricanes, and a secure retreat during home invasions or other threats.
Safe rooms range from converted closets with reinforced doors to purpose-built steel or concrete enclosures: They waited out the tornado in the basement safe room.
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- refugePlace of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
hideaway · bolt-hole · cover · storm cellar · fallout shelter · underground · concealed · sealed
Secure storage chamber
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- steel doorReinforced metal entryway
- bulletproofResistant to gunfire
- kevlarBullet-resistant synthetic fiber
biometrics · access control · surveillance · security cameras · alarms · lockdown · intruder · protection
Kept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
- covertIntentionally concealed
undisclosed · disguised · invisible · false wall · bookcase door · trapdoor · clandestine · obscured
Serious sudden danger
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- preparednessState of being equipped
- survival kitLife-preserving supply bundle
- water purificationRendering liquid safe to drink
non-perishable · backup generator · rationing · self-sufficiency · survivalist · evacuation · disaster · earthquake
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
retreat · hideaway · bolt-hole · cover · storm cellar · fallout shelter · underground · concealed · sealed · basement
vault
Secure storage chamber
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- steel doorReinforced metal entryway
- bulletproofResistant to gunfire
kevlar · biometrics · access control · surveillance · security cameras · alarms · lockdown · intruder · protection · barricade
hidden
Kept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
covert · undisclosed · disguised · invisible · false wall · bookcase door · trapdoor · clandestine · obscured · undetectable
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- preparednessState of being equipped
- survival kitLife-preserving supply bundle
water purification · non-perishable · backup generator · rationing · self-sufficiency · survivalist · evacuation · disaster · earthquake · tornado
- building protectionfireproofing, insulation, waterproofing, lightning rod, fire alarm
- anti-piracynaval patrol, naval patrols, escort mission, hostage rescue, warships
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- basementsbasement stairs, basement walls, basement door, basement bar, finished basement
safe roomdanger zone
High-risk location
kill zone · death trap · hot zone · war zone · combat zone
safe roomtorture chamber
Space for inflicting suffering
gas chamber · execution chamber · dungeon · interrogation room · prison cell
safe, room, safety, unsafe, bathroom, roomy, bedroom, safeguard, safely