Thefts, Robbery, Larceny
 
The Not-So Natural Disasters

Even with public concern about the Identity Crisis becoming so prevalent recently, the chances are you and those around you think thefts, robbery and larceny can never happen to you. Unfortunately it does happen to nice people, and can be as devastating as any natural disaster. Consider the following facts researched by Sentry-Safe.

FBI Crime Report For 2006

- Home Burglary 

·        Over 2,100,000 residential burglaries were committed in the United States

·        Almost 62 percent of all burglaries involved the use of forcible entry

·        62 percent of those were  committed during the 6 am to 6 pm daytime hours

·        The average loss per incident of residential burglary was $1,607

      Source: Dept Of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Crime In The US 2006

- Identity Thefts

·        Number 1 concern among consumers

·        In 2003, over ten million (10,000,000) people were victims of identity theft.

·        The average fraudulent charges per stolen identity was $90,000

·        25% of victims said information was used within 1 day and the rest up to 6 months

Source: USA Today, Sept 4th, 2007

 
Documents and Valuables That Can Sink You If Stolen Or Lost

The reason we are so serious about bringing this to your attention is the grief people suffer when simple and effective security is available to minimize or eliminate such predicaments. 

To review the items that should be in a safe in your residence, or business, or wherever are listed on our Record Retentions page and should be printed out for you to go to work on.

The Proper Safe Can Prevent A Devastating Loss

Safes come in a number of configurations and sizes, and thought must given to what you expect from the safe. Our line of safes includes Box, Chest, Media, Personal, Home Office, Commercial, and can be simply a security safe, a fireproof safe, a fire resistant safe, a gun safe or one of numerous other kinds. 

For your personal papers, cash, heirlooms, and other valuables, we believe you should have at least fireproofing, and there are two duration specifications for the resistance protection.

If your circumstances dictate protection from flooding and other water damage, the incremental added cost of protection against water damage needs to be added.

As our safes increase in size and capacity, many have a built-in system for bolting to the floor, (or wall) for a wall safe which maximizes protection. This is especially important where concern for disaster is strong, such as where a potential for fires (western forests, and prairie wind-blown fires), and floods (lake, river and ocean flood plains proximities) exists. 

But even in burglaries or hurricanes, being fixed to the floor would keep the safe tied to the floor, no matter where the floor might travel to, and make it almost impossible to steel or lose..

As a bonus to our customers, we will supply any purchaser of a safe from us with a  plate that is engraved with your name, address (and phone number, if desired) and is impervious to the conditions the safe might encounter. It will come with an epoxy equally as indestructible as the plate so should it float or be blown (remember the pictures of relocated cars in recent hurricanes) to some other point, you can be notified by the finders. 

Since it can not be opened except with your specific key or code, you need this type of outside identification, and it must be able to survive anything the safe can survive. One plate is available for each safe you buy.

Size Of The Safe

Only you can determine the size of the safe you would require. Or the style of the inside layout. You should approach such a determination by reviewing our Record Retention page and estimating the size required from there.

Add to the document/records batch any other items you would want protected. Many people want their wedding album in the safe or vault, and even more have put their life's photos on CD's or DVD discs, (review the special considerations for discs in the Chart of Safes) and they can go in the safe.

Add to that any jewelry, heirlooms, artwork or other valuable property you want to survive any disaster. 

Now, we recommend increasing the size you arrive at by at least 30%, since we all "grow" the number of items we'd want to save. Of course, you could always buy and additional safe for the extra, but 30% should preclude worrying about that.

Now Or Later

Don't underestimate the potential for the occurrence of a disaster. You will not experience them all, but the possibility for undergoing any of the many types there are, makes safeguarding your papers, documents, photos, cash, heirlooms, valuable jewelry, and other irreplaceable items worth it.  

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