If computer data were to be lost or destroyed, it could be difficult or even impossible to replace it. To eliminate the possibility of document or data loss due to climate disruptions or fires, nearly every office and home needs a security safe. Paper documents and records can endure temperatures of 350 degrees Fahrenheit, but computer data can be ruined by humidity of more than 80% or temperatures above 125 degrees.

Fires can damage not only a business’s physical premises, but can also destroy business activity. If a company loses all its vital information regarding clients, it might well have to give up on the thought of re-establishing itself at all. To safeguard all this important data, the company must have a data media safe.

These safes are specially designed to store data media and protect the contents against climatic changes and fires. It is necessary for any data media safe to keep the level of humidity below 85% and the temperature below 125 degrees. Fire testing laboratories have to test media safes for over an hour at temperatures of over 1,800 degrees with the internal temperature of the safe staying below 120 degrees before it is awarded the one hour label. The survival of a business that encounters a fire or climatic change depends on being prepared for the event.