A Brief Guide to Home and Commercial Safes

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A Brief Guide to Home and Commercial Safes
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• If youre unsure what type of safe would best
  suit your needs, the following guide will give
  you a brief outline of the options. For more
  detailed guidance, chat to your local safe
  supplier and installer
• Deposit safes, or drop safes
• A popular type of safe for retail companies and
  restaurants, employees are able to deposit cash
  or documents using a hopper-like door at the top
  of the safe, without having access to the main
  compartment. There is of course, a regular door
  on the front of the safe with a lock.

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• High security safes
• These safes offer the highest level of protection
  for commercial enterprises, and are extremely
  robust and secure. Including the TL and TR
  categories of safe, they are usually designed and
  constructed with a variety of barriers to prevent
  anyone from drilling into them, and they also
  have additional locking mechanisms that deploy
  when they detect a forced entry.

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• Fire-Rated Safes
• These are freestanding safes with the ability to
  keep their contents protected from heat and
  flames in the event of a fire at home or at work.
  Having a fire-rated safe gives you the
  reassurance that your precious and valuable items
  will be safe while you concentrate on getting
  family members or employees safely out of the
  building. Rated for a specific period of time
  which is tested and determined by UL (a global
  safety certification company), while no safe is
  ever entirely fire proof, you can still keep your
  valuables protected for longer with a fire rated
  safe.

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• Office/commercial Safes
• Commonly used in the retail and restaurant
  sector, too, commercial safes can be either
  bolted securely to the floor, or left
  freestanding. Typically fire resistant with very
  high fire ratings, they are also tested by
  dropping them to make sure that should a burglar
  be able to lift it and drop it, the contents of
  the safe would remain secure. However, these
  safes are extremely heavy and difficult to lift,
  so the chances of this happening are slim to none.

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• Similar in both their design and structure to
  home safes, commercial safes come with electronic
  locks and higher security ratings than the
  average home safe.
• Data or Media Safes
• Data safes are designed and constructed to
  protect valuable, sensitive and important
  information stored on electronic devices, from
  high temperatures and smoke damage in the event
  of a fire. Digital media is only able to
  withstand temperatures less than 125 degrees
  Fahrenheit, so its important to take steps to
  protect it in such a way.

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• Below are some of the types of items typically
  stored in data safes
• USB/Flash drives
• Hard drives
• DVDs
• CDs
• In Floor Safes
• Designed to be kept concealed in concrete on the
  ground, these safes are the ultimate in
  commercial protection and many businesses have
  them to store high value items in. The average
  homeowner, however, wouldnt likely invest in one
  because there would be no need.

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• Safes are the only way to ensure that your
  precious and valuable items are kept truly
  protected from harm or theft, and are a
  worthwhile investment for anyone with anything
  worth protecting.
• BigBearSafe designs, manufactures and distributes
  a large variety of high security safes, vault
  doors and other physical security equipment since
  1999. With a team of highly skilled workers and
  engineers our primary goal is not only to meet
  our customers expectations but to exceed them
  through superior quality and security. If you are
  looking for home or office safes in Huntington
  Beach, visit BigBearSafe.com.