Pick Out A Safe
Safes
Safes are used to prevent the loss of all sorts of valuables. In deciding what type of safe you need, you consider:
- How motivated will a criminal be to retrieve these items?
- The replacement costs of the items, if they can be replaced at all?
- How much do you need to insure the contents for?
- How flammable are the items?
- How much are you going to store in it?
- How organised do you need the contents in the safe to be?
When seeking a safe, it is advisable to consult with us and with
your insurance company.
Security Safes
Security Safes are mainly designed to prevent the theft of
contents within the safe. They come in all shapes and sizes from
ones that can be carried to ones weighing a few tonnes. The
configuration of these safes vary greatly too and many include
locking cupboards and deposit facilities. This type of safe
generally provides basic fire protection, but is not really
suitable for documentation and data storage. In most cases this
type of safe should be able to be bolted to the floor.
Fire Safes
These safes are designed to protect paper from fire damage. Most
paper will ignite at around 170 degree C, but some documentation
and photographic paper will become damaged at lower temperatures.
Attention must be paid to the safes fire rating, the environment in
which the safe will be stored and the type of documentation which
will be stored in it.
Data Protection Safes
Although similar to Fire Safes, these are designed to protect
media which will be destroyed by temperatures exceeding 50 degree C
and humidity exceeding 85%.
