Security cell
A security cell is an enclosed space in which special precautions have been taken to protect people or property. Mostly this is done with particularly solid materials or thick materials.
- The best-known example is the safety cell in the car, more precisely called the safety passenger cell . The deformability also plays a role here. See also crumple zone .
- Safety cells play a special role in auto motorsport, see roll-over device (generic term for roll bar or roll cage ).
- Especially in the Austrian-speaking world, so-called IT security cells protect server rooms in data centers from fire, water ingress, break-ins, earthquakes or other dangers.
- Houses also have security cells for their residents. These can be living rooms specially equipped with bars, such as sleeping areas, or retreat rooms in the event of a break-in. Naturally, such equipment is more likely to occur in countries with an exceptionally high crime rate or wealth gap, e.g. B. for employees from other countries, so-called expats .
- Since the resurgence of piracy in some areas, security cells in ships have also become the focus of attention. On October 25, 2010, the crew of the "Beluga Fortune" could only protect themselves from attacking pirates by retreating into a panic room.
The designation of such security cells in houses or ships is still inconsistent. In English one speaks of the panic room (see film of the same name ) or safe room. In German, the terms panic room or citadel are also used.