Navigation Close Home Product Offering Burglary safes Deposit Safes Fire Safes Locks Modular Safes Safe Deposit Lockers Storage Cabinets Vaults and Vault Doors Customer Services Audit Maintenance Upgrade and Retrofit Warranty Plus Standards and Certifications Security Standards Test Procedures Certifications FAQ Find Your Safe Product Guide Resources Glossary I'm a Partner Find and Contact Us Where to buy Get In Touch Become a Partner General Information History Manufacturing Facility Quality Sustainability Stay in the loop Atrius - the effective answer to burglary protection Complice: ultimate convenience in one attractive safe FCR - Safeguarding your most important paperwork from fire InviKtus: the name for superior strength and resistance Modular and on-site assembed Optura vaults and vault doors maximised Search Thank You Recruitment Notice Gunnebo Worldwide Breakpoint: I'm a dealer Fichet-Bauche Product Offering Customer Services Standards and Certifications Find Your Safe Find and Contact Us Menu Product Offering Burglary safes Deposit Safes Fire Safes Locks Modular Safes Safe Deposit Lockers Storage Cabinets Vaults and Vault Doors Customer Services Audit Maintenance Upgrade and Retrofit Warranty Plus Standards and Certifications Security Standards Test Procedures Certifications FAQ Find Your Safe Product Guide Resources Glossary I'm a Partner Find and Contact Us Where to buy Get In Touch Become a Partner General Information History Manufacturing Facility Quality Sustainability Stay in the loop Search Thank You Recruitment Notice Learn more Navigation Home / Standards and Certifications / Test Procedures Test Procedures Burglary tests Safes and vaults undergo tough independent tests which certify them for a certain level of burglary resistance. This level of resistance is given in Grades starting at 0 and, climbing to VI for safes and XIII for vaults. The grading system is particularly important for insurance reasons, as the contents of a safe will only be insured for the correct value if the safe carries the appropriate grade. To grade a safe, a test must be carried out by an accredited institute. A combination of factors is taken into account including the size and effectiveness of the attack tool or tools used, the time taken and the skill of the person trying to break into the safe. Fire Tests Fire safes undergo extremely tough fire tests to show that they will protect your documents or digital media in case of a fire. FIRE ENDURANCE TESTS The Fire Endurance test simulates the searing temperatures of a real office fire by heating a safe in a furnace to temperatures around 1000˚C. However, in reality, the contents of the safe must not only survive the fire itself, but also the period after a fire has been extinguished when the surrounding temperature is still enough to destroy the documents or digital media inside. That is why the test also involves a “cooling period” of several hours. If the contents remain protected during this period, then the safe passes the test. FIRE IMPACT TESTS It is not just the temperatures you have to worry about – would your safe survive falling through several floors into a raging fire? With the structural damage a fire inflicts on a building, it’s likely to happen. That’s why fire safes are also subjected to a Fire Impact test. This shows that the safe will still protect its contents in a severe structural fire. Manual Attack tests These tests are determining the resistance of security doors according to EN 1627 (for windows, doors and shutters) and EN 356 (for security glazing). EN 1627 standard provides 3 resistance tests: Resistance to static loading (in accordance to EN 1628 standard) Resistance to dynamic loading (in accordance to EN 1629 standard) Resistance to manual attacks (in accordance to EN 1630 standard). FOr EN 1630, 6 classification levels are defined based upon tools used (drilling machine, electric tools) and resistance time. EN 356 standard defines 8 levels for resistance against vandalism object or attempted manual attacks (from P1A to P5A and from P6B to P8B). Ballistic tests There are two main standards: The EN 1522 standard for windows, doors, shutters and blinds defines 7 resistance levels for pistols, rifles and assault rifles (from FB1 to FB7) and for shotguns (FSG). The EN 1963 standard for security glazing specifies 7 resistance levels for pistols, and for pistols and rifles (from BR1 to BR7) and 2 resistance levels for shotguns (SG1 and SG2). If the level numbers are followed by an "S", it means the security glazing failed the projection test (with splinters). If they are followed by an "NS", it means the glazing passed the test (without splinters). Contact information About us FAQs Glossary Contact us Privacy & cookies © 2015 All rights reserved