| My mom was the first person to ever teach me | | | | What's more, the Honeywell safe if bought from |
| about fire training. She used to tell me as a kid | | | | a reputable dealer actually comes with a lifetime |
| that she'd rather be robbed of all her money | | | | replacement guarantee in the event of a fire. |
| rather than for our home to burn down. Roughly | | | | (This is kind of like insurance and a warranty |
| 30 years ago when she told me that, our house | | | | combined in one.) Since most of the time the |
| was a wooden countryside home - this meant | | | | container doesn't really have to withstand intense |
| that it was extra prone to catching fire. She | | | | flames, it really is a convenient safe that has a |
| wasn't exactly very afraid of the house itself | | | | lock and certain models have a key feature too |
| being caught on fire - it was more of the | | | | for added safety and security. It also comes in a |
| valuables such as photographs and key | | | | good number of variety and sizes that enables it |
| documents that we really needed. Nowadays, I | | | | to cater to the needs of every individual or |
| remember what my wise mother told me and | | | | business establishment. |
| thus I keep a Honeywell safe to safeguard the | | | | I would like to point out again however, that a fire |
| small, important things in my office as well as in | | | | safe isn't the all out solution to protecting your |
| my home. | | | | key valuables - it is simply an added safeguard to |
| The safe would have given my mother more | | | | all the other essential fire safety measures one |
| peace of mind years ago - as it is basically a | | | | must take which include fire training, fire |
| container that is both fireproof and waterproof. | | | | assessment under the Fire Safety order of 2005 |
| Thus, in the event of a fire the safe would keep | | | | and consulting with fire engineers. If one stores |
| most of its contents wear free from the fire for | | | | valuable data in hard drives inside the safe and a |
| at least 30 minutes of direct exposure to an 800 | | | | fire ensues, do not attempt to retrieve the data |
| degree flame! This includes data sensitive items | | | | yourself - obtain the services of data retrieval |
| such as CDs, hard drives and other devices that | | | | experts. |
| store digital memory. It may not seem like a | | | | Safeguarding one's valuables from a potential fire |
| very long amount of time but if this safe is | | | | is indispensable. If we invest a lot of time and |
| coupled with other fire safety measures such as | | | | money educating ourselves about fire safety and |
| fire extinguishers, a fire alarm system directly | | | | buying the most sophisticated equipment, then it |
| connecting to a local fire station, and adequate fire | | | | doesn't make sense to leave this one out. I do |
| training for the residents of the vicinity, then this | | | | share my mother's sentiments when she said |
| greatly increases the chance of its contents | | | | that she'd rather be robbed than be burned down |
| surviving. | | | | for the same reason as hers. |
