The purpose of a safe is to keep your valuables secure, but this doesn't always mean safe from fire. As the name suggests a Fireproof safe is indeed fireproof and will protect its contents from being destroyed from fire and heat. There is a wide variety of fireproof safes that are rated in terms of how long they can protect their contents from fire. Make sure to read the safe description carefully to ensure the fireproof safe meets your specific requirements.

Fireproof safes should be securely anchored to either a solid wall or floor. As fire and heat rises a solid concreated floored garage or basement is often ideal. Ensuring that your safe is anchored to either a solid wall or floor should also help with retrieval should the property it's located in be damaged by fire.

Fireproof safes are ultimately rated by the temperatures they can withstand and the length of time that they are able to do so. The ratings are then broken down in to four categories of standard, medium, high and maximum. Each fireproof safe also has an insurance rating, based on the value of the contents that it'll contain. When choosing a safe think carefully about the type of contents you're going to store as paper, digital media and precious metals all have different heat thresholds.