The Gun Safe, Fire Safe, Burglary Safe Chronicles: Fire Safe Essentials

The Gun Safe, Fire Safe, Burglary Safe Chronicles: Fire Safe Essentials

You buy a fire safe with some consideration for the potential heat a fire would or could produce, in your situation, in a worst case scenario. I mean, why buy a fire safe at all unless it protects what you’re putting in it?

Buy a fire safe that has more space than you initially think you need. You’ll use it, trust me. 

A lot of fire safes have fire ratings that are only tested by the factories.  It is rare to find a safe with a third party fire rating.  American Security offers a U.L. listed fire safe with a 2 hour fire rating.  The Safe Place has a U.L. 1812 model featured on their website.  This fire safe is tested and complies with the Underwriters Laboratory Class 350 degrees which consists of a 2 hour fire rating designed to keep valuables safe from temperatures up to 1850 degrees and a three story burning building impact rating.  This is a fire safety test designed to keep the internal temperatures of the safe below 350 degrees which is where paper starts to char being the first thing of value to be destroyed. 


Buy a fire safe only after having at least one conversation with an expert, a gun safe dealer (not someone or some company that bought a few safes and is now trying to sell them --there’s a BIG difference in expertise between a salesperson and a person who lives and breaths safes and security. 

The Safe Place is a safe dealer selling the general public gun safes, fire safes, and burglary safes at wholesale prices. We are located in Reno / Sparks, Nevada, but we sell and ship gun, fire, and burglary safes to homes and businesses all over the world. The best way to find the very lowest price on a safe that perfectly meets your needs is to phone us at 775-358-7233 and/or peruse our website.