Expert Advice on Safes and Vault Doors

When wildfires spread, families often flee with only minutes of notice. Here's what to store in a fireproof safe (and why digital media needs its own kind of safe).

Are you ready to act quickly if someone breaks into your home while you are sleeping? In the unfortunate event of a home invasion you only have a few seconds to wake up, reach for your handgun and deal with the imminent threat.

Cannabis security is an important part of developing a comprehensive safety plan for cannabis growers, dispensaries, pharmacies, transporters, and testing facilities to protect assets and to protect employees, vendors, and customers. 

Owning a firearm is a freedom that many Americans enjoy. However, gun ownership comes with immense responsibility -- not only when handling or firing a gun but also when it comes to storing one.  

This video "Safe Anchoring System demo" shows the importance of the need to bolt your safe to a solid surface. In the video, a safe is bolted to a concrete pad. A forklift is being used to hit the safe and try and dislodge it from the ground. You can see that with a safe bolted correctly, even a heavy-duty forklift cannot remove it from the ground.

During the coronavirus pandemic, we've been told that we're safer at home. And while this is certainly true when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19, this isn't to say that our properties are impenetrable.

Setting up a home office space is one thing; making it safe and secure to work from on a daily basis is another.  Here are a few tips to get you started. 

It’s important to understand the risks involved in moving a safe yourself versus enlisting a professional to do so. 

Our current top 10 wall safes based on actual customer sales over the last six months. Fireproof, biometric, and heavy-duty picks from AMSEC, Protex, SnapSafe, Viking, Hayman, and Gardall.

Do you have enough cash on hand to pay for the essentials? This scenario is prompting many to withdraw substantial amounts of cash and hiding it at home.    

Although this may be a reasonable choice to make, the dangers associated with taking your money out of the protective walls of the bank include the threat of it being lost or stolen. 

Do you own a firearm? Any parent might love the idea of seeing their children more frequently. But without the structure of school in place, that leaves the potential for boredom or even risk-taking. Although you hope your kids won't get themselves into trouble, you'll need to prepare for every possibility. That's especially true if you own firearms.