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  • What makes a fire safe?

    What makes a fire safe?

    Fire safety awareness has always been promoted unilaterally across all countries and people are becoming more aware that their belongings and important documents need to be protected from fire. This makes having a fireproof safe an important storage tool to protect against damages from heat, so t...
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  • What happens after a fire?

    What happens after a fire?

    As society grows and improves, people become more conscious about the importance of protecting their valuables and belongings. House fires are a common cause of damage to people’s belongings and valuables. Having a fireproof safe box becomes a necessity to protect against those situations so that...
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  • How does a house fire spread?

    How does a house fire spread?

    It takes as little as 30 seconds for a small lit to becoming a full-blown fire which engulfs the home and threatens the life of the people inside. Statistics indicate that fire causes a significant portion of deaths in disasters and a lot of money in property damage. Recently, fires has become mo...
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  • What fire rating do you need in your safe?

    What fire rating do you need in your safe?

    When people purchase a fireproof safe, one of the key concerns which they people often consider and ponder about is what fire rating does one need in order to be protected. There is no simple answer but below we provide some guidance on what to select and the factors involved that may impact the ...
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  • Difference between fire resistant, fire endurance and fire retardant

    Difference between fire resistant, fire endurance and fire retardant

    Protecting documents and belongings from fire is important and the realization of this importance is growing worldwide. This is a good sign as people understand that prevention and being protected than having to regret when an accident do happen.   However, with this growing demand for docum...
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  • History of the Fireproof Safe

    History of the Fireproof Safe

    Everyone and every organization need their belongings and valuables protected from fire and the fireproof safe was invented to protect against the peril of fire. The basis on the construction of fireproof safes hasn’t changed much since the late 19th century. Even today, most fireproof safes cons...
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  • Guarda’s testing facilities and laboratory

    Guarda’s testing facilities and laboratory

    At Guarda, we take our work seriously and work diligently to provide the highest quality products to our customers and distributed worldwide so consumers around the world can protect what matters most and have a peace of mind. We invest heavily in our engineering and R&D and vigorously develo...
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  • The Golden Minute – Running out of a burning house!

    The Golden Minute – Running out of a burning house!

    Multiple movies about fire disaster have been made around the world. Films like “Backdraft” and “Ladder 49” shows us scene after scene on how fires can quickly spread and engulf everything in its path and more. As we see people flee from the scene of fire, there are selected few, our most respect...
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  • Why important documents need to be protected.

    Why important documents need to be protected.

    We live in a society that are full of documents and paper trails and records, be it in private hands or in the public domain. At the end of the day, these records needs to be protected from all forms of perils, let it be from theft, fire or water or other kinds of accidental occurrences. However,...
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  • Escaping from a Fire

    Escaping from a Fire

    Fire accidents occur more frequently than one thinks, however, many are ignorant into being prepared in the event one happens. Statistics shows that a fire accident occurs in less than every 10 seconds and if we take into account some of the fires that never got tallied into the statistic, you wo...
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  • Tips on fire safety and prevention at home

    Tips on fire safety and prevention at home

    Life is precious and everyone should take precautions and steps to ensure their personal safety. People can be ignorant about fire accidents as none have happened around them but the damage if one’s home has gone through a fire can be devastating and sometimes the loss of life and property is irr...
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  • Working from home – tips on increasing productivity

    Working from home – tips on increasing productivity

    To many, 2020 has changed the way how businesses operate and the way teams and employees communicate with each other on a daily basis. Working from home or WFH for short has become a common practice for many as travel was restricted or safety or health issues prevent people from going into the of...
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