SECURITY LEVELS & FIRE PROTECTION OF SAFES
OVERVIEW OF THE SAFES SECURITY LEVELS
In the range of gun safes or high security safes, you can differentiate different security levels against burglary & theft.
Is your safe really safe?
One should not try to assess the protection value of a safe according to its external characteristics; the higher the security levels for the weapon safe or high security safe. The thickness of the walls and the built in security features will protect against burglary.
There are different security levels worldwide. You have a guarantee of defined burglary protection in the respective security class, for example in the case of a weapon cabinet or a safe, by classification according to VdS or ECB-S. A constant quality of your safe is guaranteed by type-tested standards.
Each gun cabinet or safe has a label on the inside of the safe door in the form of a stamped aluminum badge. Before a safe or weapon cabinet receives a marketing authorization, it is subjected to extensive break-in attempts and tests in a testing institute. Only when the safe has met all criteria will it be certified.
For the insurance of the contents of your safe you should consider the following:
- Wall safes have no minimum weight. Pay attention to the manufacturer's installation instructions.
- Anchor the safe when the weight is less than 1000 kg. This is particularly important.
- The property insurer can classify insurance. This is possible thanks to the test label on the inside of the door in the safe.
AIS APROOVED PRODUCTS
The Association of Insurance Surveyors Ltd is independent of Insurance and Security industries, a well-known and respected body of individual risk control and reduction experts working in the insurance market throughout the UK.
They aim to seek continuous improvement in all aspects of protection of persons and property against insurable risks. For this, they collect and assess information on products and services in the security industry, and offer a guideline to insurers.
Please see below a list of our products and their cash rating recommended by the AiS.
Model
Rating (£)
Notes
Atlas EN1
10000
ECB.S LFS 30P
Diamant Premium
17500
ECB.S EN2
Diamant Super Premium
35000
ECB.S EN3
Fire Premium
10000
ECB.S & VSO EN1 and LFS 30P
FireChamp Premium
4000
ECB.S S2 and LFS 30P
FireProfi Premium
10000
ECB.S EN1 and LFS 60P
Galaxy Fire
17500
ECB.S & VSO EN2 and LFS 30P
Imperial Fire
35000
ECB.S & VSO EN3 and LFS 30P
Office Fire Premium
40000
ECB.S S2 and LFS 60P
Opal Premium
10000
ECB.S & VSO EN1
Power Safe
4000
ECB.S S2
Projekt Fire Premium
60000
ECB.S & VSO EN4 and LFS 30P
Resort Fire Premium
100000
ECB.S & VSO EN5 and LFS 30P
SECURITY STANDARD EN 1143-1
With the security standard EN 1143-1 you have the guarantee of defined burglary protection in the specified security class (e.g. EN O / N; EN 1; EN 2; EN 3 etc.) of your weapon cabinet or safe.
A safe according to this standard is type-tested and thus a constant quality is guaranteed, which is also regularly checked. You can recognize these safes by the certification badge (e.g. VdS badge; ECB-S badge etc.), which is located on the inside of the safe door.
If a safe, weapon cabinet or safe is certified for burglary and fire protection, then 2 badges are attached.
Document No.
Title
EN 1143-1
Safes, ATM safes, strong room doors and strong rooms
EN 1143-2
Deposit systems
EN 14450
Secure safe cabinets
EN 1047-1
Data cabinets
EN 1047-2
Data rooms and data containers
EN 1300
High security locks
EN 15659
Light fire storage units
EN 1627
Pedestrian door sets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters - Burglar Resistance - Requirements and classification
FIRE PROTECTION CLASSES
A safe is tested in a special process by the official materials testing institute for construction (MPA) in Braunschweig to determine whether it is suitable for fire protection. A special fire test room is used in which the safes are subjected to a fire test in combination with a fall test. Many well-known test institutes, such as VdS; ECB-S etc. use this fire protection test EN 1047-1 from the MPA in Braunschweig and use it to certify their products such as the weapon cabinets or safes.
THE "BRAUNSCHWEIG TEST" is divided into two parts and two identical safes are always used.
In part 1, the safe or weapon cabinet must pass a fire resistance test. The max. permissible temperature increases in this period of time inside the cabinet are not exceeded.
Part 2 has to pass a fire burst and fall test. The safe, weapon cabinet or safe is heated to 1090 ° C within 30 minutes. This is followed by a fall test from a height of 9.15 meters onto a gravel bed within 4 minutes. After the fall test, the safe or weapon cabinet is reheated to 840 ° C for 30 minutes. The cabinet then remains in the fire room until it has clearly cooled down.
Degree of fire protection
Hours of protection
Temperature increase (max.)
S60 P
1
150° C
S 120 P
2 hours for paper
150° C
S 60 DIS
1 hour for CD´s
3
S 120 DIS
30° C
DEGREE OF FIRE PROTECTION ACCORDING TO EN 15659 BG
LFS 60P 1 hour for paper
OTHER FIRE PROTECTION CLASSES FOR SAFES
Degree of fire protection according to EN 1047-1
UL Fire Test (Underwriters Laboratories)
American, independent and leading test laboratory
There are a number of standards and guidelines for this UL test
NT Fire 017 - Swedish fire test
90 min. Long-term test at temperatures up to 1000 ° C. Then the temperature inside is max. 150 ° C, well below 177 ° C, the critical point for paper.
S 60 DIS
1 hour for CD’s
S 120 DIS
2 hours for CD’s