Fireproof Safe
An earlier post by Kaol has reminded me of this one.

Bit of a backstory, I work in the sales side of things for an IT firm and they are always trying to sell any old crap to clients, just to make a few more quid for the company. This is all company policy so it has to be done (I'm more of a friendly sales bod and will remove whatever I can).

When selling a brand new system we will include a shedload of kit not really needed such as alarms to stop the base units from being removed from the premises, way too many backup tapes, laptop trolleys, etc. Usually a few people will knock a few things off but the less IT savvy buy a lot of kit that is not really needed.

One thing we always included on the list when it came to a system install was a fireproof safe to store the hard copy of software licenses,backup tapes etc and make it easier for us to get their company up and running again (The fear of waiting a long time to get the network up and running as it should be really works on most people).

A few years back I was in the office when an irate customer called up to tell us his office had been torched in the night (name witheld to protect myself).

Turns out that the safes we sold were fireproof but that didn't stop the safe itself heating up. The temperature inside was so high that the plastic backup tapes inside melted, these in turn ruined a number of important papers that were also inside the safe underneath the tapes. Thank god they took the previous nights backup tape home with them.

The company I work for also made a shitload from the insurance firm by replacing the entire fire damaged network. Twats.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:18, 6 replies)

So basically
fireproof safe=totally worthless.

If they got made out of asbestos would they remain cool inside?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:21, closed)

Yeah...
But I think proper fire-proof safes have layers of isulating materials and air-spaces.
( Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:22, closed)

Kaol
To be honest I did bugger all research on the product before selling them (like you're typical IT salesperson), it was something that came attached to the quote template when we were sending them out.

Some annoying sales director thought it would be good to sell them without seeing what they can do (he probably bought the Tesco Value brand fireproof safe).
(mon bison powered by magnets, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:31, closed)

Stationery Geek alert!!!
Most safes are only fireproof for x amount of hours, we sell a lot of the Chubb 1 and 2 hour ones. To be honest if there is a fire and the safe isn't on the ground floor they usually fall through the ceiling before melting the contents anyway.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:35, closed)

^ Ah!
We make fire doors here sometimes, same thing.

A seven-hour fire door is the best, but takes two men to carry it.
( Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:06, closed)

But only one man
to burn it to the ground.

heh heh heh
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:16, closed)