If you are one of those people that are looking to buy a fireproof safe for your business or home purpose and don't know where to start? First all you need to decide and make a list of all the possible items that you are going to keep in your fireproof safes. Making a list will definitely help you in getting a clear idea about the type of resistance and the size you need. Getting these two basic things correct is quite essential in getting the right safe.
If you are going to store things that are sensitive to heat then you need a safe that is quite store and prevents almost any type of heat from getting into it. There are some things like backup which are kept on tapes, DVD's or CD's which are quite sensitive to heat then you need to have a strong fireproof safe.
Some people don't really feel the need of installing a fireproof safe. According to a survey the most amount of accident that happens are of fire. The chances of getting a fire in you office or house are quite big that what you really think they are.
So if some one doesn't know what a fire proof safe does? Fireproof safe is a safe that is particularly designed and styled to protect you content from heat and fire. Most of these safes are manufactured with a UL rating for a specific amount of time. There is another thing that you must know that these safe can withstand fire for a particular duration or time and not forever.
Below are details related to various UL ratings that might help you in getting a fireproof safe:
1) UL class350 hour: if a safe is having this rating then it can an outside temperature of 1550 degrees for about an hour.
2) UL class 350-1 hour: it can hold up your valuable for 1 hr with an outside temperature of 1700 degrees.
3) UL class 350- 1 hour+: can with stand a temperature of 1700 degrees for 1 hr and a drop of 30 feet.
4) UL class 350- 2 hours: can hold your valuable inside with an outside temperature of 1850 degrees.
5) UL class 350- 2 hours+: can survive a drop of 30 feet plus it can with stand for 2hr+ with an outside temperature of 1850 degrees.