When Might You Need a Higher Fire Rated Safe?

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When Might You Need a Higher Fire Rated Safe?
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• Just as you would expect of any security product,
  the amount of fire rating you require from a safe
  depends on the specifics of both your needs and
  circumstances.
• With needs, were talking about what you plan to
  put inside the fire rated safe, and your
  circumstances are things like how long will it
  take for the fire department to get to you.
  Youll also need to think about whether you plan
  to keep any electronic storage media or paper in
  the safe, the value of the safes contents, and
  where you will be putting it.

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• Fire rated safes are a fantastically secure
  storage solution for protecting valuable items
  from the ravages of a fire, but what level of
  fire protection you require, will depend upon
  some, or all of the following factors
• Whether youre likely to experience longer
  response times from emergency services
• If you live in a rural area, youll benefit from
  a safe with a higher fire rating, since it might
  take firefighters longer to get to you. For
  example, if firefighters might typically take an
  hour to reach your location, you should add an
  hour to the rating you need.

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• Whether the safe is going to be kept in a big
  home or multi-unit complex
• Fires in big homes or multi-unit complexes will
  be much harder to control and extinguish than in
  smaller properties, and if your home is over 1500
  square feet, you should purchase a safe with a
  minimum fire rating of 1-hour.
• If the safe will be stored in a commercial
  building
• Due to the larger size of commercial buildings,
  blazes that occur inside them can be much harder
  for firefighters to control, and they have a
  tendency to burn at a much higher temperature
  than an average house fire. If youre buying a
  safe to put inside a commercial building, go for
  a safe with at least a 2-hour fire rating.

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• If youre going to be storing gold in it
• Gold is a strong investment in many countries of
  the world, and if youve got a nice collection of
  gold jewelry, youre going to want to give it the
  highest level of protection possible by storing
  it in a specially designed jewelry safe. Because
  it takes extremely high temperatures to melt
  gold, its better to focus on a burglary rated
  safe, than one with fire protection.
• Talk to your local security expert this can be
  a licensed locksmith or safe installer about
  what type of safe would best suit your needs
  based upon the information given above, and think
  carefully about your options before making a
  final purchase.

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