With the New Year, incorporating fire protection in your storage is becoming ever important to protect your valuables, important papers and belongings. In our article “Buying a suitable best fireproof safe in 2022”, we have sighted the areas of considerations that one might look into when either buying a new fireproof safe box for the first time, replacing the existing one or getting an extra one when storage requirements exceeds the existing fireproof safe capacity or needs.
One of the considerations that need to be evaluated is the type of fireproof safe that you are looking to get. The type of fireproof safe that you may look to purchase will vary depending on the main type of contents that you are looking to protect. Apart from those tangible valuables, the type of media that you would look to protect from fire can be defined into three main categories:
Paper: this would include your important documents, identifications, passports, insurance policies, title deeds, legal documents etc.
Digital media: this would include your DVDs, CDs, USBs, external hard drives, iPods and iPads and digital cameras. These are non-magnetic storage.
Data and magnetic media: this would include your diskettes, cassettes, films, traditional hard drives, negatives and video tapes. These are magnetic storage and a fireproof data safe is usually used to store them for protection as there are extra humidity level requirements for their protection.
The categories are separated into the above media because the level of temperatures that these items start to have an effect on them varies.
| Paper | 177 °C / 350 °F |
| Digital media | 120 °C / 248 °F |
| Film | 66 °C / 150 °F |
| Data | 52 °C / 125 °F |
In addition, film and data are impacted by humidity levels and can negatively impact those magnetic media. Critical humidity levels for magnetic media protection needs to be restricted to levels indicated below as well.
| Film | 85% humidity restriction |
| Data | 80% humidity restriction |
Therefore, when buying a fireproof safe box, the first thing to consider is the contents that you may put in so that you select the right type of fireproof safe. At Guarda Safe, we are a professional supplier of independent tested and certified, quality Fireproof and Waterproof Safe Box and Chest. In our line up, you can find one that can help protect what matters most, whether it is at home, your home office or in the business space and if you got a question, feel free to contact us.
Source: Safelincs “Fireproof Safes & Storage Buying Guide”, accessed 9 January 2022
Post time: Jan-17-2022
