Many consumers like American Security because it is an American company with a long history (about 60 years) of quality products. American Security prides itself on their history of quality and durability in all of their products. 

When it comes to gun safes, like many manufacturers, American Security offers several options to meet your needs. The main things to consider are size and weight, type of lock, available space, features, and fire and burglary ratings.   

By now you have probably taken inventory of everything that you would want to store in your gun safe. This would include firearms as well as ammunition, accessories, etc. American Security offers models with various sizes and internal configurations to accommodate your possessions. Many of these models come with an option of a combination lock or electronic lock depending on your personal preference. American Security offers an option to upgrade to an electronic lock on many of their models, while the combination lock is typically standard. 

Depending on the model, American Security offers features such as upholstered interiors, interior shelving and organization, interior lighting and electrical access holes. Security features include extra-thick doors, optional electronic locks, pre-drilled anchor holes, and locking bolts. 

Many models offered by American Security come with fire ratings. For instance, an American Security safe with a 90 minute fire rating means that the contents inside the safe should remain safe during a fire for 90 minutes. There are other fire ratings that range from 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on what your needs are. Many people consider a fire rating to be as important in securing their possessions as theft deterrents. However, many gun owners’ main concern is keeping their firearms out of the wrong hands so the fire rating might not be as important to you. 

Whatever your needs are, American Security has many options available to suit most consumers’ needs. Keep in mind what you top priorities are and start narrowing down the options from there – whether you choose American Security or another trusted brand.

Hazardous Materials

One of the top injuries that occur at home is poisoning. To avoid illness due to poisoning in your home here are some basic safety tips: Be aware by knowing all of the products that are in your home and what are potentially dangerous. Keep any of these products in an inaccessible area from children and be sure they are labeled correctly. Also, have the number of a poison control center and your doctor on your refrigerator or another easy to find place in case of emergency.

Fall-related Hazards

Another common home-related injury is a fall. Falls often occur in young children and older adults, but they can happen to anyone. For small children, be sure to child-proof your home with hardware-installed baby gates, secure window guards and balcony guards. For older adults, make sure to install hand-rails on all stairways and in bathrooms. In addition, try to keep your home clutter-free and well-maintained to avoid falls from obstacles or maintenance issues.

Firearm/Dangerous Item Safety

Home Safety month is a great time to evaluate any items in you home that might be deadly in the wrong hands. This especially includes guns but also other weapons such as knives and pepper spray. These items should have a secure place to be stored such as a gun safe. Large gun safes are ideal for rifles, shotguns or collections of firearms, but you can also invest in a wall safe or drawer safe that locks. Any kind of safe can work – as long as you can make it inaccessible to children or others that shouldn’t handle these dangerous items.

Fire and Emergency Safety

When getting prepared for a fire or other emergency, it’s very important to have a plan implemented. When you talk to you family about a fire plan, you will want to make sure everyone knows where all potential exits are, and where to meet outside the home. Young children should know how to dial “911″ and have their address memorized. Other emergency plans could include what to do in a flood, tornado or other potential disaster. Write your plan down and review it at least every six months to make sure everyone remembers.

Other things you can do is to check your fire and carbon monoxide detectors, update emergency phone numbers, and talk to family members and baby-sitters about your home safety as well.

Paid and unpaid bills stacked on a desk, important documents strewn about, waiting to be filed properly, and most importantly – many people leave important financial documents out for anyone to see. We may typically consider an unorganized den nothing worse than an eyesore or frustrating when we are trying to find something. However, keeping important documents out of safe places can be more dangerous than you think.

First of all, if you don’t have a designated spot for all your bills and papers, you will never be organized. Secondly, you are sure to lose something at value. Third, and most importantly, an office area that is cluttered and messy says “jackpot” to thieves.

A potential burglar peeking in windows may ignore a clean, organized home as unappealing because it’s likely that important things are locked away or hard to find. A messy office however, screams of likely treasures like blank checks, credit card and banking information.

Also, this kind of disarray may tell a potential thief “if all this is left out, there may be other valuables unsecured.” Now do you really want your home to say that?

The first step to avoid this vulnerable look is to get organized. Make a permanent place for things like paid and unpaid bills, financial information – especially checks and bank account documents. Create a filing system so that everything has a place.

Next you will want to invest in a system to secure your most important items. Wall safes are a great way to discreetly hide away your valuables. You can purchase wall safes that can be hidden behind mirrors, pictures, or nearly invisible panels painted like your wall. They secure your valuables and provide a permanent place for them, which reduces clutter.

Safes come in many sizes, shapes and features. A wall safe is discreet while a large gun safe is intimidating. A media safe can harbor your valuable electronics, media storage and back-up files. Smaller safes can be locked and hidden in a closet or bolted to the floor. There are many options for safes, you should choose one that best suits your needs.  First Alert Safes come in compact sizes for storing documents, passports and other important paperwork.

Your goal is that if a potential thief looks in your den, they immediately cannot see anything valuable and see no vulnerabilities. To a thief, this say’s “not worth it.”

The following are 5 safety measures you can take:

1. Correct hazards that could cause tripping and falling: cluttered areas, extension cords, throw rugs, slippery floors, and uneven surfaces.
2. Lower the temperature on water heaters and insulate any exposed hot-water pipes. Block off radiators with furniture or a gate.
3. Keep cleaning supplies, insecticides, gasoline, paint, solvents, and medicines out of reach or stored in cabinets with childproof latches. Get rid of poisonous houseplants, and put small items (pins, buttons, etc.) out of reach.
4. Hide the stove knobs so the person can’t turn on the burners. If you have an electric stove, install a switch that inactivates the burners, or switch off the stove at the fuse box or circuit breaker. If you have a gas stove, ask the local gas company for suggestions on how to disable it.
5. 5. Put your guns and hunting knives in a safe. You can still have access to your firearms with a simple push button safe. But the peace of mind that your loved ones cannot handle the weapon is a must.

We hope this post helps you think about safety first with a terrible disease that we hope will one day be cured.

And now you and your family arrive home and you see your door is ajar.

You cautiously slip into your home. You’re upset and nervous but you have to see what’s going on. Your fireproof wall safe pops back into your mind.

Everything’s in disarray. Drawers have been ripped out of your desk, your cadenza, your dresser… Pictures that were on the walls are piled up in the middle of the room. Clothing and papers are scattered all over. Even some heavy pieces of furniture have been moved.

Someone’s broken into your home and it looks like they wanted something real bad.

Your heart starts beating even faster. You begin to question yourself. Should you have all stayed at home and been there to divert the break in or is it better you were out? Your family is safe. That’s the most important thing. Dumb question.

You don’t hear any unusual sounds so you have your spouse and kids stay outside and call 911 as you cautiously go through your home, room by room.

You’re glad you didn’t do what too many people do and hide your wall safe behind a picture. What, do they think crooks don’t watch movies too?

You listened to the expert’s advice. Now you’ll really see how good their advice was.

You come to the camouflaged panel you had installed. That’s what they recommended as the best place to put a hidden wall safe.

It was an easy installation because most wall safes come equipped with a flange. And you had the panel painted to look exactly like the other walls in the room.

You’re sure the thieves are gone, so you slide it over. But what’s that noise?

You laugh as you make a note in your mind to oil the bearings the camouflaged panel slides on.

It looks like your wall safes not been tampered with. You press the keypad and open in, just in case.

Your valuables are still there. You breathe a sigh of relief because your hidden wall safe is intact. It’s good that you bought it and had it professionally installed.

And it makes economic sense.

Now you don’t have to pay the monthly rental on a bank’s safety deposit box. Your fireproof wall safe cost only about what one year’s safety deposit box rental would run. And with the advancements in technology and some creativity, you now have a hidden wall safe that’s the next best thing to keeping your valuables in a huge bank vault.

You’re also happy because you bought a fireproof wall safe and now you can keep important papers, receipts, money, as well as your jewelry in it. They’re available when you want them. No need to trudge down to the bank anymore. And, because it is well hidden and would be almost impossible to break into, you can relax a little bit more because your family’s finances are safe and sound.

If you buy your wall safe online there are some things you’ll want to consider. One of the most important is can you actually speak to a real, live person to get the information you need and the service you deserve?

Authority Safes has a large selection of wall safes in every price range. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff are easy to reach by a toll free phone call or chat during business hours Monday through Friday.