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Plan low-power security (see the secure module)

Home and perimeter hardening, security in a power cut and privacy now live in the secure module, ordered from the perimeter in. This step only keeps the power link.

How

1. Plan doors, locks, windows, lighting, outbuildings and alarms in the secure module (secure-25 to secure-29, including security in a power cut), ending with the household security plan (secure-23).
2. Put the alarm panel, motion lights and any cameras on the critical loads circuit (safety-18).
3. Keep gates and fencing from blocking emergency access (safety-3).

Do these first

• power-1
• animals-1

Sources

1. Rural Crime Prevention Handbook. Queensland Police Service (Australian example), accessed 2026-11

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