Fire Protection: The Liberty Gun Safe Way.

Fire Protection: The Liberty Gun Safe Way.

by

Billy Wayne

Liberty Safes guarantees not just fire protection but UNBEATABLE fire protection, being the Gun Safe Company that has performed more fire tests than any other. In one such comparative test, a competitor’s safe was put in an oven along with a Liberty Gun Safe (both with identical 60 minute fire rating) which was then heated to 1200 degrees within 10 minutes, just like what happens in a typical house fire. The result: the Liberty Gun Safe easily survived the challenge while the competitor’s reputation went up in flames after only 23 minutes!

Three Superior Qualities

A Liberty gun safe can stand up to searing punishment because it embodies the three attributes of superiority. First, it has many solid layers of 5/8” fireboards; other manufacturers use thinner ” fireboards and create airspaces to give the illusion of thickness. The second ingredient that makes Liberty Gun Safes truly tough is a thicker steel body that keeps off the heat and ensures maximum rigidity when attaching the fireboards. The third ingredient is impeccable construction; Liberty Gun Safes have the perfect balance of quality materials, with each component carefully crafted and set in place to eliminate potential weaknesses that can compromise overall performance.

BTU’s

Customers can immediately determine a Liberty gun safe’s fire protection capability through a BTU (British Thermal Unit) fire rating sticker which is proudly displayed on the inside of every safe door and on every series page of the brochure. A BTU fire rating is the scientific way which Liberty uses to accurately measure the amount of heat a safe can take for a certain period of time. The higher the BTU rating, the longer the safe can last in a fire. Each of our BTU fire protection ratings raises the bar which competition finds difficult to measure up to.

Liberty believes that a gun safe is the sum total of its parts and strives to eliminate any potential weak links which the heat can breach. To do this, Liberty Safes ensures a balanced layer of fireboards at the ceiling, walls, door jambs, and door. Using advanced water-jet technology, fireboards are cut precisely to fit in all the right places. This is especially true in the critical door section where fireboard layers are custom-fitted to the composite door section, around the locking mechanism, and on the door panel itself. A unique design interlocks the ceiling and walls to keep the fireboards in place during the contractions that occur during a fire. Finally, door jambs are reinforced with additional fireboard pieces, a practice which other manufacturers neglect to do to cut costs but with potential dire consequences.

Palusol: Best Door Seal.

When it comes to the door seal, Liberty Gun Safes only use Palusol, the world’s best heat-expanding door seal. It expands 7 times its size and maintains its form to seal off both heat and smoke even when temperatures soar to 1400 degrees. In contrast, competition uses cheaper door seals which fall apart as soon as the heat rises, dooming their safe’s contents to oblivion. And speaking of the door bolt construction, a Liberty Gun Safe’s locking system employs more bolts to exert constant pressure on the door with the safe body. Using more bolts on more sides of the door helps prevent distortion and keeps the door sealed longer and tighter during a fire. Door adjusters are also added to tighten the door once the safe has been installed.

Real Life Tests

But the real proof of a Liberty gun safe’s fire protection capability lies in the amazing feats of survival it has recorded through some of the worst wildfires on record. One compelling story happened during the great Santa Ana Wildfire of October 2007 which razed the home of Kim Crosser. Kim recalled firemen helplessly battling blowtorch-hot flames of up to 2000 degrees which devoured everything on its path. Surveying the burnt remains of his home a few days later, Kim was surprised to see his Liberty gun safe blackened yet sealed tight. He lost no time to have it opened and was overjoyed to see its valuable contents intact! The story of Kim, and those of others who were fortunate enough to have invested on a Liberty gun safe, explains the trust which the company continues to enjoy through the years. It only serves as our inspiration to keep on being a top quality Gun Safe provider of Liberty Safes, one of the only fully American Made Gun Safes.

So stop by our website www.LibertySafesUsa.com where you will be able to find many resources to learn more about Fire Ratings on

Liberty Gun Safes

and other security features like Burglary protection.

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