Post by Sophie on Mar 3, 2013 12:01:17 GMT -5
There is a pen of three gates that abut each of the Main Entrance Gates. This includes gates on the Compound and the Annex.
The entire gate system is covered in large chunk gravel. Each section is large enough for an eighteen wheeler with one trailer to pass through with three feet of clearance behind the vehicle and room for the gates into the next pen to swing clear.
They are sided with eleven feet of chain link fencing topped by rolls of concertina wire. And, while they are not active, the outside fences are connected to the New Haven power grid and can, in the event of an incursion, be electrified. This does include the gate on the last ‘pen’. The poles are fifteen feet deep, sunk three feet deep into concrete. In addition, the bottom foot of the chain link is set in concrete. This ensures that it cannot be burrowed under before the guards can react.
Each ‘pen’ has a set of swinging gates that are opened when the previous gate is closed. They are secured with heavy lockable chains. In addition, there is a failsafe built into each gate to ensure that it cannot be opened to ensure maximum safety of everyone in New Haven. However, in the event of an emergency, or movement of large volumes of livestock from property to property, the failsafes can be manually overridden. These gates only open outward, away from New Haven, so pressing inward against them will prevent the gates inadvertent opening into a secured area.
In the middle section of the gate, there are four secured changing rooms. Anyone asked to submit to a bite check will need to step into one of the rooms and disrobe. One of the medics will then examine the individual for signs of a bite. If this is a newcomer, then the medic will also take a tube of blood to be delivered for testing; the medics are trained in phlebotomy. They are trained professional and will do nothing to humiliate, embarrass or hurt the person being examined.
The entire gate system is covered in large chunk gravel. Each section is large enough for an eighteen wheeler with one trailer to pass through with three feet of clearance behind the vehicle and room for the gates into the next pen to swing clear.
They are sided with eleven feet of chain link fencing topped by rolls of concertina wire. And, while they are not active, the outside fences are connected to the New Haven power grid and can, in the event of an incursion, be electrified. This does include the gate on the last ‘pen’. The poles are fifteen feet deep, sunk three feet deep into concrete. In addition, the bottom foot of the chain link is set in concrete. This ensures that it cannot be burrowed under before the guards can react.
Each ‘pen’ has a set of swinging gates that are opened when the previous gate is closed. They are secured with heavy lockable chains. In addition, there is a failsafe built into each gate to ensure that it cannot be opened to ensure maximum safety of everyone in New Haven. However, in the event of an emergency, or movement of large volumes of livestock from property to property, the failsafes can be manually overridden. These gates only open outward, away from New Haven, so pressing inward against them will prevent the gates inadvertent opening into a secured area.
In the middle section of the gate, there are four secured changing rooms. Anyone asked to submit to a bite check will need to step into one of the rooms and disrobe. One of the medics will then examine the individual for signs of a bite. If this is a newcomer, then the medic will also take a tube of blood to be delivered for testing; the medics are trained in phlebotomy. They are trained professional and will do nothing to humiliate, embarrass or hurt the person being examined.