Safes & Vaults Physical Security
Burglary Safes: are rated by equipment permitted and by the time constraints under which technicians of Underwriters Laboratiries tested the design prototype. The UL labeling system describes the test as follows:
TL: “Tools,” i.e., common hand tools such as hammers, chisels, and crowbars.
TR: “Torch,” an oxyacetylene welder’s torch.
15,30: The time in minutes of the laboratory attack, measured in pure attack time.
X6: means the entire safe (six sides) was subjected to the UL test attack. If “X6” is not stated on the label, then only the door and framing around the door were tested.
Examples of UL Burglary Safe labels:
TL-15 TL-30 TRTL-15 TRTL-30 TRTL 15X6 TRTL 30X6
Vaults are rated by Underwriters Laboratories in a matter that denotes relative protection time. The ratings are: Class M 15 (minutes), Class 1 (30 minutes), Class 2 (1 hour), and Class 3 (2 hours).
Fire Safes are rated by the period of time it may be expected to keep its contents below 350 Farenheit, the flash-point of paper. Many fire safes may be defeated in a few minutes, or even seconds by a burglar with only basic knowledge of safes, and are thus not considered suitable for high limits of valuable property such as jewelry.
The UL ratings are: Class C (1 hour), Class B (2 hours), and Class A (4 hours).
RSC safes (“Residential Security Container”) This is a UL-rating commonly applied to gun safes and wall safes which denotes a limited amount of burglary protection As compared to the burglary safe ratings described above, an RSC safe would be “TL-5” (i.e., hand tools only, 5 minute test).
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