Brown Safe GEM Models Survive California Wildfires
Brown Safe Manufacturing recently assisted nearly 100 clients in recovering their valuables and keepsakes after the destructive fires in the Pacific Palisades. Working with clients on site around the clock, Brown Safe Manufacturing successfully located the company’s safes from burn zones and opened them to recover all manners of valuables and keepsakes.
Based in Southern California, Brown Safe Manufacturing’s high-security residential safes blend storage with fire-protection and bank-level security. They are manufactured in the U.S. for more than 35 years and engineered with custom options designed for stowing valuables of all kinds, including large collections of jewelry, watches, fine art, and more,
“It is an incredibly emotional process recovering these safes from the ash and rubble during disasters like the Pacific Palisades and Alta Dena fires. Many times, only the chimney, cracked and burned concrete, and the safe is left standing as we work for hours to open and return the contents inside to our clients,” comments Brown Safe Manufacturing President Lynel Brown. “The last possessions these homeowners have are the items in our safes found intact in most cases. The best scenario is that Brown Safe Manufacturing returns these items back to clients without traces of smoke damage.”
“Understandably, while many clients are relieved to find jewelry and watches returned; it is the photographs and heirlooms of intrinsic value that are what really provide the most comfort to people facing such loss and the prospect of rebuilding,” Brown added. “While money can replace many things, it can’t replace old family photos, personal letters, and generational heirlooms that our safes protect. These items provide clients with the emotional seeds that eventually allow them in time to regrow and rebuild lives changed so drastically by these fires.”
With a fire rating conservatively up to 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit sustained for up to 90 minutes, the Elite Gem COM 2418 from Brown Safe Manufacturing with the highest level of fire protection is just one example of a safe engineered to withstand the intense heat of a catastrophic event like the fires in the Pacific Palisades. Clad in ¼ inch nearly indestructible ballistic steel reinforced to ½ inch at the door, the Elite Gem COM 2418 presents clients with the highest level of fire and security protection against theft.
“In recent recovery efforts, Brown Safe Manufacturing has found that looters have tried to burglarize valuables out of already evacuated homes in fire zones. This is so incredibly sad for our clients to contemplate, but thankfully, this is a circumstance that Brown Safe Manufacturing also protects them against. Thieves will often enter high-risk, incredibly dangerous active fire zones trying to loot homes that haven’t yet burned to ransack anything of value. That is one of the reasons that our company always advises clients to make sure that their residential safes feature both fire and burglary protection. Thieves will come after a fire and try to breach safes before residents come back,” Brown said.
The high security Elite Gem COM 2418 safe provides a four-square foot storage space that can be easily integrated into a custom closet or garage design. The Elite Gem COM 2418 design features an interior layout of 24” H x 18” W x 15 ½” D along with an exterior outside 29 ½” H, 24” W, and 26” D. Also engineered to protect against theft, the heavyweight 920 lbs. Elite Gem COM 2418 is made to withstand the most intense safecracking attempts ranging from the sophisticated to brute force.
The company’s largest jewelry model, the Gem Model 6018, features eight 1 ½” deep drawers, two 3” deep drawers, four 2” deep drawers, and 18” of open space for adjustable shelves. Both GEM safes withstood and protected client valuables from fires and looting in the Pacific Palisades. Other protection features for the Brown Safe Gem series include solid steel doors and bodies, which are a production hallmark available in the toughest ballistic steel.
A flush pry resistant door design with a massively reinforced quadruple armored door jamb operates alongside solid steel 1” locking bolts that are equipped with anti-drive resistance in the Gem Models. The Gem safes feature five active and passive relocking devices with a hardened steel ball bearing hardplate. A 1” laminated, interlocked, and double welded doorjamb are included to further discourage any would be thieves.
Brown Safe Manufacturing safes feature hardened high gloss paint exteriors in brilliant colorways such as Pure White to Regal Red, Windsor Blue to Espresso Brown, and Coach Black. Exotic hardwoods such as Bubinga, Birdseye Maple, Zebrawood, Honduran Mahogany, Mappa Burl, and Walnut join with all colors of luxurious leather, velvet, and Ultrasuede to form an opulent interior cabin. More custom options such as drawer insert options for organizing items inside and three spoke exterior handles and pedestal risers can further customize each safe. Low profile LED lighting is expertly integrated to perfectly illuminate a client’s jewelry or watch collection.
“While Brown Safe makes the best fireproof high-security safes on the market, we make sure to work with clients to know how they plan to use each safe further protect what they value. For example, clients don’t realize that in 2-3 story homes, safes will often crash through a burning floor and hit the ground hard. Our clients often have ground floor and upstairs safes for that very reason,“ Brown said.
When setting up garage safes, another important consideration is keeping paint, fuel, or other accelerants that can make fires burn hotter out of the general vicinity. EV car batteries also burn incredibly hot.
Brown Safe Manufacturing offers pre-configured Gem Series home safes in a wide selection of small to large sizes, including vault sized options, with elegant jewelry drawers and automatic watch winders. Clients can also choose from three lock mechanisms, starting with a fingerprint scanning biometric lock (fastest), an easy-to-use electronic lock with a number pad (very fast), or classic numbered dial rotational lock (analog). All locking mechanisms are available in three finishes, brushed stainless, brushed brass, or oil rubbed bronze.
For more information, visit www.brownsafe.com.
