Value Safes

Have you ever thought about what it would take to replace some of the valuable documents that you keep in your home or business?  What would happen if you had a fire?  Stock certificates, wills, business records, valuable computer backup media - all of these things could cost you money and time to replace.   A fire proof safe can ensure that if you ever do have a fire situation, these items would survive.  For a safe to be fire proof it must be rated.  Ratings are usually given as a number of hours.

For example, a fire proof safe with a rating of 1 hour has been tested under actual fire conditions at a temperature of 1700 degrees F.  In order to pass the test, the temperature on the inside of the safe did not rise above 350 degrees F.  In addition, the humidity did not rise above 80%.  This is to protect the contents from the harmful efffects of the water used to put out the fire.  Both of these numbers are low enough to ensure that there is no permanent damage to your valuables.  A special media fire proof safe is required to protect computer backup media - they keep the temperature and humidity to an even lower value.  For more information on the fire proof safe.