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BEAR
SAFES
have not always had a fireliner. In the early pioneer days of
gun safes nobody built a fire insulated safe. Then a few manufacturers
started lining safes with standard 1/2" gypsum panels or
5/8" type-X fire code gypsum panels. We did not feel that
these products were adequate for this application. Then USG
introduced UltraCode Core, a 3/4" gypsum panel with a fire
insulation capability far above the other panels. Even though
product reports indicated to us that one layer of the UltraCode
would give us more fire insulation than any gun safe on the
market at the time, we decided to use two full layers throughout
our safe.
Every
fire insulated BEAR SAFES is designed and built
as a fire safe from the onset of production. All areas are 100%
filled. Fire insulation is not something that is added at the
end of the production line.
An
expanding fire seal is used on the door jamb of each safe. This
seal will expand up to eight times it's original thickness when
exposed to heat, which will completely seal the door and prevent
heat and smoke infiltration.
We
have only one fireliner, that being the very best available.
Why would a company build different fireliner packages and put
them in their safes based on how nice the finish and trim package
is? Why would you, if you really want a fire protected safe,
accept anything but the very best in protection and that would
be a BEAR SAFE.
THE
LABELS
Do
we have a fire label? NO.
The
reason is very simple. We feel our fire safe will pass a U.L.
fire test without any problem. However, the # 1 reason is the
cost. To put a UL label on our safes would raise the cost on
a per safe basis too high to absorb so we would have to pass
it on to the consumer. Twenty-five years experience in the gun
safe business has made us aware that the consumer is not willing
to pay for this as long as they know the safe will perform as
expected.
Could
we get another label? Yes we could, but we feel most of them
are meaningless and don't reflect the real conditions in a fire
as the UL tests.
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