Fireproof safes are a great place to store important documents and data. However I noticed lots of people don’t know the about all the differences between fireproof safes. Most important thing to know; there are two basic kinds of fire safes:
- Document safes
- Data safes
Documents are obviously made from paper. Even in an airtight container, paper will char and become damaged. So a document safe is design to keep paper below its charring temperature. The basic industry test is to expose the safe 30 minute to 1,000 °C of heat, while keeping the interior temperature at no greater than 177 °C (351 °F). These standards are greater for higher grades of fireproof safes. When using a document safe, be aware of plastics. Having plastics inside the safe to organize the documents, means that you might be laminating your documents during a fire.
Data saved on flash drives, Hard drives, DVD’s, etc. are more sensitive for heat. So the requirements for a data safe is different. The safe is tested the same way as the document safe, except the interior now should not be greater than 55 °C (131 °F). So you can safely store paper in a data save, but not vice versa.
Choose the right one for your purpose and keep you stuff safe.
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