Entrapment is virtually impossible
Our panelized design allows easy emergency egress from any panel location.
Sadly, storm debris can block exits from ANY shelter or safe room. It doesn’t matter whether it’s above ground or underground; whether the door swings inward or outward. Heavy storm debris can still block the door, making escape impossible without the aid of rescuers.
This is why it is best to avoid shelters that have only one way in and and one way out.
Before you buy, consider the potential hazards posed by in-the-garage-floor style safe room designs:
- Storm debris is almost certain to come to rest on top of your door.
- An automobile will most likely be sitting directly above your only means of escape.
- That automobile’s fuel tank will be directly above your head.
- Your home’s main water supply is typically in or near your garage. Storm-damaged water pipes will become uncontrolled fountains of water flowing across the garage floor.
- Heavier-than-air vapors (often flammable) can accumulate in your confined space below the floor, displacing the oxygen your family needs to breathe.
- The cool, dark and rarely distured space makes it a favored nesting place for brown recluse (fiddleback) spiders.
We’ve eliminated the possibility of entrapment
Our above ground, unique panel design eliminates this possibility. With two small wrenches stored inside the safe room, any wall or roof panel can be used as an immediate emergency exit route in the event the door is blocked by debris. The occupants would simply unbolt the panel – top, sides, back, or end, then loosen the 24 bolts of that panel, and push it out for an emergency escape. If you can’t push it out… pull it in! You WILL be able to get out quickly. A few safe rooms provide hydraulic jacks or mechanical leverage devices to pry the door open (which are often not included), but there may still be debris blocking the only exit route. Not at Tornado Alley Armor!