Purchasing a Fireproof Safe

A fire resistant safe is both burglary and fire resistant, therefore it has been a really popular choice amongst our customers.

It is a legal requirement to be licensed in order to sell safes in Australia, however criminals can circumvent the law by selling safes online. Therefore you must be extremely cautious when you are buying a safe online. There have been cases before where criminals set up fake and uncertified businesses via online stores, ebay or gumtree to sell security safes they have tampered with. When a customer buys from these dodgy online stores, they are effectively informing them that they have a substantial amount of assets that needs to be kept in a safe, at the same time voluntarily supplying their personal information and the safe’s details. In this case, there is nothing stopping them from coming by your house in a few weeks to crack the safe open and stealing all your important and expensive belongings.

To avoid these misfortune events, you must ensure that you are purchasing your safe from a certified and licensed distributor such as Safeguard Safes. Over here at Safeguard Safe, all our Staff have gone through police checks, and have our fingerprints recorded by the State police department. Apart from the massive range of security safes we have online, we also have a showroom located in Victoria displaying a range of burglary and fire resistant safes. This allows you to browse the range you’re interested in personally, and also gives you extra peace of mind knowing that you’re purchasing from a certified and licensed legit business.

The standard used to determine how resistant your safe is to theft and burglary is its cash or insurance rating. A safe with a cash rating of $40,000 will be significantly harder to break into than a safe with a cash rating of $10,000. Safes come with a variety of fire ratings, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours. This data indicates the level of fire protection provided by the safe when it is exposed to intense heat and fire. A popular fire resistant safe is our Falcon Fortress range, being Falcon fortress FS1, FS2 and FS3. They have a 60 minutes fire resistance and an approximate cash rating of $45,000.

Another common type of fire resistant safe is data safe, this protects data media and computer information from the threat of heat and fire by keeping the temperature inside the safe below 60°C. It is worth noting that these types of safes aren’t made with much steel as steel conducts heat too well. This means data safes are generally easier to cut and get cracked into by a criminal.

If you need more information on a burglary or fire resistant safe, or need help with selecting the safe that best suits your needs, just give us a call on 1300 764 971 and one of our friendly Staff will be able to assist you. Safeguard Safes also has extensive experience with the delivery, installation and relocation of safes all over Australia. We’re confident that we can assist you with any issue you may have with your safe.