Are there fire proof safes?

No, the fire safes that you find are "fire resistant" safes. There is not a safe out there that can protect your valuables indefinitely against fire. Each fire resistant safe is tested against a fire and given an hourly rating at 350°. They give little burglary protection, because they are easy to break into and they cannot have holes drilled into them to bolt them down.

Is a regular fire safe appropriate to store computer data?

No. A standard fire safe is tested and rated to keep the interior of the safe at 350° for a certain amount of time. Paper burns at 450°. Media safes are tested and rated to keep the interior of the safe at 125° for a certain amount of time. Computer data will melt well before the interior of the safe reaches 350°.

What size safe should I purchase?

Our suggestion is to think of the items that you are going to be putting in the safe, and then add some room for growth. Once you purchase your safe and start putting things into it, you will find yourself saying, "I should have gotten a bigger safe because I could have put my video camera in it, or my coin collection,” etc. It costs twice as much to take a safe out than it does to install it. And you will always grow into a safe.

What is the difference between a burglary and fire safe?

A burglary safe has been tested and rated against an opening attack. A fire safe has been tested and rated against a fire. Here at 888-LOCK-NEV, we carry BF units. The initials BF stand for Burglary/Fire. They are fire tested for 1 hour and have also been tested against burglary attacks. Since 1996, some manufacturers have developed safes which offer different degrees of protection against both fire and burglary and are tested and labeled accordingly.

BUYER BEWARE!

Some manufacturers of fire-only safes, show pictures of jewelry dripping out of their safes in their catalogs and literature. This suggests that they offer burglary protection as well as fire protection. In reality, they give as much burglary protection as a locked glove compartment in a car. If a safe is a burglary or fire container or both, it will be labeled as such on or in the safe.

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