Fireproof bags and safes

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I know a lot of us here all live in SoCal and was wondering if anyone indured a fire (sorry to bring it up) and had a fire safe or fire pouch that actually worked? Even if you didn't go through a fire, maybe you know this subject quite well and can give me some advice or suggestions? I hear a lot of people talking crap about them not working..

I'm talking one cubic foot or smaller safes or bags. I want something I can bug out with fairly easy.

Much appreciated!

 
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A friend of ours house burnt down last year. It was a forest fire. Completely burnt down to the ground. He had a small safe with important papers, $10k in cash, and a handgun. When he found it in the rubble he didn't think anything would have survived, but he was surprise after having a locksmith open it that everything inside was good, just charred a little on the edges.

We have a gun safe rated 40 minutes and I put all our important docs in a fire proof bag and put it in the middle of the safe. Hopefully it would survive a fire.

Edit to add that our friend had no time to grab anything before he bugged out. The sheriff was pounding his door and said no time to grab anything.

 
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Bansh88 said:
What's the point of a safe if you're bugging out with it?
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It would be things that I would normally take with me but if I'm not here, I'm wanting them to be safe. I don't want to deal with a big ass safe and I was actually just thinking about a fireproof carry bag. But I was wondering if the smaller safes were more fire resistant than those bags. I was looking at a century box document holder that's pretty much the perfect size. But I also like the suitcase sized fireproof bags.

 
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Make a cinderblock case in your sub area, garage, etc.  Look at pics of what survives a total burn. 

My old boss had a big gun safe in his garage.  He built cinderblocks around it and filled the gap between with drywall sheets. He went overkill on a lot of shet but a Calfire capt said that ought to do it.

 
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Bro call uncle Jimmy. When he lost his house in the Alpine fire he had a safe full of money. It survived and so did the cash.

 
Think of the ‘fire safes’ sold at retail stores as more of just a fire box. Their ability to prevent forced opening is slim to none.

If you store cash in an in floor safe put the cash in something watertight. 

 
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