Bulletproof Security Cabin

Product information

An armoured shell, not a reinforced booth

The Bulletproof Security Cabin is a guard post built around an armoured outer shell rather than a standard cabin body with plating added to it. The exterior is clad in armour steel panels, the glazed areas use bullet-resistant laminated glass, and the doors are steel-framed with high-security locking. That combination is what separates it from an ordinary observation booth: the structure is intended to protect the person inside, not simply to give them somewhere to stand and watch the approach.

Protection is specified for the project

The armour panels and glazing are produced to international ballistic resistance standards and have been through ballistic testing. What the standard does not do is fix a single level across the range — cabins are built to different ballistic classes, and the class is agreed for the project rather than being a fixed property of the model. Where a scheme has to meet a particular resistance level, that level needs to be set out at the point of order.

Room to work, and room for equipment

The range runs from 1.50m × 1.50m up to 3.00m × 5.00m. The smallest sizes are single-occupant posts, sized so that one officer has a working position and a clear view out without carrying more structure than the location can take. The mid sizes add space for monitors, radio equipment, camera control panels and document storage alongside the operator. At the wide end, two or more personnel can work at once and the cabin functions as a small control point or temporary coordination centre rather than only a checkpoint — with room for computers, communications equipment, secure storage and, on the largest models, an area to stand down between shifts.

Fitted out for long shifts

Interiors are lined to provide heat and sound insulation, and lighting, ventilation, air conditioning, power outlets and the cabling for communications and security panels can be built in before the cabin leaves the works. Cabins arrive ready for use, so bringing one into service is a matter of siting it rather than fitting it out on the ground.

Heavy, but still movable

For all the weight of the shell, these are modular structures rather than fixed buildings. A cabin is placed with a forklift or crane and can be lifted again and moved to another position when the picture on the ground changes, which is what makes it usable for temporary postings as well as permanent ones.

Where bulletproof cabins are used

• Custodial and judicial sites — prison perimeters and access control points, courts, police stations and government building entrances.

• Diplomatic premises, including embassies, consulates and their surrounding approaches.

• Critical infrastructure such as power stations, dams, water and communications sites, and data centres.

• Border, port and airport control points, including apron entrances and restricted areas.

• Cash-in-transit and banking, at transfer points and cash centres.

• Defence sites, at base and facility entrances and on production sites.

• Large public events — stadiums, arenas and exhibition grounds, as a temporary high-security control point.