Are all fireproof files impact tested?
No, not all fireproof filing cabinets or fireproof safes are impact tested. In order to be listed as a fireproof file cabinet the protection unit the equipment must pass the UL fire and impact test as part of the UL 72 testing standards. To simulate the fall that a fireproof cabinet or fireproof safe may incur during the collapse of a floor in a structural fire, the product is heated to between 1460F and 1700F removed from the furnace and hoisted 30 feet off the ground. UL then drops the product within two minutes into a pile of broken brick on a concrete base. This is equivalent to a fall form a third story.
