Buying a safe should not be considered as an easy task like buying a pack of bread from a bakery.
A safe should be sturdy and this sturdiness cannot be tested by every individual by setting fire to the safe or dropping it from the tenth floor like in cartoons.
But it is good to know that there is an organisation that does this and certifies these safes to be safe to buy.
They are called the Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
If buying a Fire fighting safe is your goal, you need to mainly look for the three types of certifications that UL issues in general.
Each certificate has a code that corresponds a certain assurance the safe is to comply with in certain experimental conditions.
Digital data was the first thing ever to be stored in such a safe.
The floppy discs undergo absolutely no damage below 125 F and 80% humidity.
Any other article, including paper that has burning point over 125 F can be placed in these safes.
This is class 125.
Class 150 safes, as you could have probably guessed, maintains an internal atmosphere of 150 F and a humidity of 66% when set on fire.
These also have a water proof jacket in addition to fire safety.
Though compact discs and Digital Video Discs can be safely stored in a class 125 safe, it is much better to store them in a class 150 safe, which are especially designed for them.
The most common class is the one that is used to store only papers that have a burning temperature of 450 F.
Since this cools down the internal to the least, safes with this certification are cheaper.
This class 350 maintains 350 F and 85% humidity.
Whatever be the certification, check for the time duration until which the safe maintains the assured conditions.
It ranges from half an hour to a complete four hour gap.
Choose the right safe for your needs and do not be fooled by cheap duplicates.
Safe Safekeeping!