Do you have a Plan ? Surviving A Home Invasion Robbery

[Vince]

So, does anyone have a plan to share? or at least ideas? The only actual plan steps I read in this post is the "safe word" for the child which I like very much and get a bio alarm (which would quickly turn in to my bio alarm.)

I am looking for good ideas so my family can "work as a team" and not survive by luck alone.

Here is a thread with quite a few plan ideas. My wife and I live alone and have a safe room/hurricane room that is reinforced, has a phone and if a laptop is taken in can see surveillance of the house in and out. She goes immediately to the safe room (which is really her walk in closet that has been reinforced) and can bar the solid pocketing door so it can only be opened from the inside. I would position myself just outside that door by the bedroom entrance putting myself between her and the potential BG(s). She can see and listen and call the police.

[Misty02]

So, does anyone have a plan to share? or at least ideas? The only actual plan steps I read in this post is the "safe word" for the child which I like very much and get a bio alarm (which would quickly turn in to my bio alarm.)

I am looking for good ideas so my family can "work as a team" and not survive by luck alone.

I forgot to mention, every plan for emergencies should be revisited often and adapted to fit things that change (age of kids, etc). Those are not the only changes to be considered, whenever you read of a story or you become aware of something else you believe to be a good idea, incorporate them.

Not everything needs to be memorized and done 100% to plan, keep it fluid so parts can be applied to different situations and also so that if someone forgets a step they don’t become immobilized trying to remember it. Some parts will be non-negotiable, calling 911, going to where the children are, communication with other shooters (communication is not always with words, don’t limit yourself).

[ZO6Vettever]

Scary story, glad y'all came out alive. Nice to see the court did their job. It could happen to anybody, anywhere, anytime. These thugs think they can take anything they want!

[bladenbullet]

Here is a thread with quite a few plan ideas. My wife and I live alone and have a safe room/hurricane room that is reinforced, has a phone and if a laptop is taken in can see surveillance of the house in and out. She goes immediately to the safe room (which is really her walk in closet that has been reinforced) and can bar the solid pocketing door so it can only be opened from the inside. I would position myself just outside that door by the bedroom entrance putting myself between her and the potential BG(s). She can see and listen and call the police.

in the event the house is set ablaze is there an escape?...i'm only asking out of curiosity...its the one thing that scares me about safe rooms if they are not fireproofed...and although the door is solid is it reinforced to make it bulletproof?...what type of reinforcement has been added?...

[groats]

Did anyone else mention the "warning shots" she fired?
You never shoot warning shots.

If she hadn't, she would have had ammo left to use on the other guy.

[MiklColt45]

Here is a thread with quite a few plan ideas. My wife and I live alone and have a safe room/hurricane room that is reinforced, has a phone and if a laptop is taken in can see surveillance of the house in and out. She goes immediately to the safe room (which is really her walk in closet that has been reinforced) and can bar the solid pocketing door so it can only be opened from the inside. I would position myself just outside that door by the bedroom entrance putting myself between her and the potential BG(s). She can see and listen and call the police.

What thread?

[aterwilleger]

We need a better plan but for now when the big one barks its go time when the Little one barks every thing is probably OK but still check on it. The wife takes the our son into our daughters room and stays there and calls 911 shots any thing that comes in the door that does not know what to say.

[dredwes]

We need a better plan but for now when the big one barks its go time when the Little one barks every thing is probably OK but still check on it. The wife takes the our son into our daughters room and stays there and calls 911 shots any thing that comes in the door that does not know what to say.

Napoleon & Lafayette

[fuzzy03cls]

Amazes me that a BG is still intent on going through with his crime even though he gets fought.