Does My Fire Safe Offer Enough Protection?
We do not have a big, fancy, heavy duty fire safe to protect our valuables if something goes wrong and our house goes up in flames. All we have is a small security chest that can be easily grabbed in case of an emergency. Though small, it holds many of our important items. Things such as our social security cards, birth certificates, vehicle titles, our will and trust, our back up FireLite hard drive (which holds thousands of family photos), and a few personal items. It really isn’t big enough to hold much else, but it allows us a certain amount of protection. It should also offer peace of mind, but I often wondered how effective such a small fire safe would be in a blazing inferno; especially as I watched our wood stove burning really hot the other night. Looking a bit around the web, I found a news story done by KSL news out of Salt Lake City, Utah. They had the same basic questions that I did: how well would one of these small, inexpensive fire chests hold up in a fire? Would they l
