Gun Safe Fire Ratings

Gun Safe Fire Ratings

Why Gun Safes Burn

Deceptions in Gun Safe Fire Ratings

At SecureIt, we prioritize truth in firearm storage. While the gun safe industry misleads with exaggerated fire ratings to boost sales, we draw on military expertise to deliver honest assessments and effective security solutions.

What the Industry Doesn’t Tell You About Fire Ratings

Gun safe fire ratings look impressive —
until you see how they’re tested.

In a real fire, those numbers don’t hold up.
Before you spend a dime, see the truth for yourself.

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Understand Fire Ratings in 7 Minutes

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The Myth of Fireproof Gun Safes

The gun safe industry touts impressive fire ratings, but these claims are built on a false premise. Manufacturers devised their own test, deliberately crafted to ensure passing results. The problem is these tests fail to mimic an actual fire. The harsh reality is, your guns will not survive a real fire when stored in a traditional fire rated gun safe.

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Understanding Fire Ratings

Fire ratings indicate how long a safe can keep its internal temperature below a critical threshold—where paper and wood begin to deteriorate—in a fire. Genuine fireproof safes are built with robust materials and tested to ensure they meet these standards, providing reliable protection for your valuables. But gun safes are built with sheet steel (11ga to 14ga thick) and drywall. So how do they pass the test?

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The "Bake Rating"

- Not a True Fire Test

The industry’s so-called fire ratings are more accurately described as "bake ratings." Manufacturers place safes in static ovens, quickly heating them in a controlled environment that bears little resemblance to a real fire. Actual house fires are dynamic, convective forces, with air moving at speeds exceeding 60 MPH, transferring heat at a ferocious rate. In contrast, the industry’s bake tests transfer heat incredibly slowly, creating a deceptive illusion of protection that fails when confronted with the intense, unpredictable conditions of a real fire.

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Static vs. Dynamic Testing

Oven Illusion vs. Real Fire Reality

The gun safe industry’s fire ratings rely on static testing—essentially baking safes in a controlled oven environment. This "oven test" is a far cry from the dynamic conditions of a real fire. Imagine you are baking a frozen pizza. Placing it into a 500 degree oven, you could hold you hand in that oven, if you hold it still, for several minutes before the slow heat transfer burns you. Now, picture a small jet engine mounted to a bench, with 500-degree exhaust blasting at 60 MPH. Put your hand in that, and the skin and muscle would be incinerated in less than a second. Why? Convective heat in a dynamic environment, like a real fire, transfers energy dramatically faster than the static, gentle warmth of an oven. The industry’s static tests create a misleading illusion of protection, failing to account for the ferocious, fast-moving heat of an actual blaze.

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1 Hour in an Oven, 3-5 Minutes in a Real Fire

The gun safe industry’s “1-hour fire rating” sounds impressive, but it’s a hollow promise based on static oven tests. These ratings suggest a safe can protect its contents for an hour in a controlled, slow-heating environment. In a real house fire, with its dynamic and convective heat, that same “1-hour rated” safe will likely fail in just 3-5 minutes. The intense, rapid heat transfer of a real fire overwhelms the drywall and single-wall designs of modern safes, rendering their oven-based claims meaningless and destroying your firearms.

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