Five Tips for Buying A Fire Safe
If you’ve decided that buying a fireproof safe is a good idea then you’ve made a great choice and you’ll be ready to start searching online. However before you being you need to consider some of the advice written below. Not only will it gives you tips on choosing the correct fire safe but you’ll also probably end up saving a chunk of money as well.
1. One of the firs things you need to consider is that you when you buy a fire safe you also buy a waterproof bag and place you valuables inside the waterproof bag inside the safe as well. This might seem rather odd if you’re looking to protect yourself from fire and not water so allow me to explain. When the fire services come to you’re building to put out the ifre they’ll be hosing the hole place down with pressurized water. This will be squirted everywhere and will end up hitting your fire safe so you’ll need that waterproof bag for protection from this.
2. You’ll want to get the most expensive safe that money can buy. Why? This is because a fire safe will not last forever and only will have a time limit placed on it. The higher the fireproof rating of the safe the longer it will last. Fire safes will be resistant to fire from 30 minutes all the way up to 4 hours. So you’ll want to get the most expensive fire safe that you can afford to ensure that your valuables will be protected for as long as possible.
3. You don’t just need to have a freestanding fire safe, you can also get wall fire safes and floor fire safes. In many ways these fire safes will be much more resistant to fire than traditional freestanding fire safes. The concrete protects all sides of the fire safe bar one so wall and floor safes have added protection from the concrete. Therefore if you’re looking for added protection from burglary and fires then a wall or floor fire safe is a brilliant choice to make.
4. It’s important that you understand the difference between a document and a data fire safe. A document fire safe should only store papers and cash. It can resist high temperatures and is built to keep the contents inside the safe under 177°C. A data fire safe is built to be even stronger and keeps the temperature inside below 52°C. This needs to be lower as CD’s, DVD’s and tapes are destroyed at a much lower temperature. Therefore whilst data fire safes may be more expensive they do all you to store not only data but documents as well.
5. Most people don’t consider this but have you thought about installing buying a portable fire safe instead. These fire safes can be carried around just like a briefcase and if a fire emergency does occur you can carry the safe with you out of the building.
