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There is a whole highly developed industry behind fire safes: they are usually made of metal, are designed to be fire and environmentaly resistant and are using high tech electronics, laser-cut doors or memory recall capabilities. One of the world's largest home security providers is Buy A Safe. Our Fire Safes offer high quality at competitive prices.
The safes generally have two main destinations - for home or office use - and can be classified in three main types:
1) Burglary Safes � they offer protection against theft, but very little against fire. Usually they have solid metal walls and a heavy door resistant to a drilling, cutting or prying attack. Hardened resistant metals are often used to slow down attempts to break in to this safe.
2) Fire Safes � usually they are made of a thin metal double wall and have a fire-resistant insulating material between the walls. They have a minimum level of security, because they are designed to protect (especially papers) against fire. They have to maintain an internal temperature of below 200 degrees C (the point at which documents will be destroyed) .The safes provide the fire protection for either 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Similar to them, but a bit more effective, there are the �Data Fire Safes� which maintain less than 52 degrees C (the point at which data media is destroyed) and also protect against high humidity, electro magnetic contamination, etc.
3) Fire / Burglary Safes - They are generally multi-purpose safes and offer good protection both against thefts and fire. They are designed like a burglary safe and a fire safe, but have a secondary wall inside, which contains insulation (the material that helps maintaining a low temperature).
Usually home safes are used to prevent stealing or destruction of our family's property: money, papers like receipts, contracts, personal and financial documents, jewels and sometimes other things which can be irreplaceable: photos, videos. For good protection of these valuables we need Fire/Burglary Safes. Usually, these safes are located in the floor or in the walls.
The wall safes demand a special framing and it is better to place them as low as possible because, in the event of a fire, the temperature is lower at ground level. These wall fire safes are very practical for those of us who value their possessions, but don't want to keep them in a bank. They are easy to install and access and they do not require special modifications of the interior or the design of the house.
If you think a fire can�t happen to your business, think again. All it takes is some faulty wiring and a few moments of inattention for your business to go up in flames. Losing the site of your business can be devastating�but even more so, you�ll lose the documents and software that made your business possible. If you lose your important business documents in a fire, the best that can happen is that your credit rating will be damaged. The worst that can happen is that you�ll lose your business entirely�and many do.
If you aren�t using a fire-resistant safe to store important documents, you�re taking a gamble with your business. Fire safes are graded based on the amount of time they can protect your documents from fire�most provide 60 to 120 minutes of protection.
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