ITR-Certified Fire Protection
Protecting your valuables from fire damage is just as important as protecting them from theft. Our revolutionary design of multiple layers of fireboard, dead-air space, and state-of-the-art welding techniques has raised the bar in fire protection. Our safes have passed rigorous fire-endurance testing—with flying colors—tested and certified in independent scientific testing facilities. All of our standard safes come with fire protection that starts at 60 minutes in the Fortress Security Brawn and increases to an amazing 125 minutes in the Heritage Safe Ultimate line.
In addition to the standard fire insulation, our safes uniquely feature a Palusol V-seal around the edges of the door. In the event of a fire, the Palusol V-seal expands under extreme temperature to seal all joints around the safe door with a fine, porous, compression-resistant, noncombustible material that provides superior protection against having heat, smoke, or water penetrate the safe.
Our Tradition and Ultimate safes take fire protection one step further with our unique Pyro-Shield thermal blanket—with a maximum temperature rating of 2300°F—placed in the ceiling of the safe, where it typically gets hottest during a fire, and in the door, which is usually the weak link in fire protection.
Note: Heritage safes, like most home, office, and gun safes that offer fire protection, are designated as fire resistant rather than fireproof. Fire protection is dependent on many factors, including duration of the fire, available fuel, and location and intensity of heat.
