The Media Vault

Our Firelock Vault is specifically designed to protect your vital records. As the name Firelock indicates, the damage from a fire is "locked out" and your vital records and media tapes are "locked in" an environment that is magnetically shielded, vapor tight, climate controlled and dust and moisture free. The storage chambers of the vault were engineered to protect magnetic media, direct access storage devices, electronic format archives, pharmaceutical and health records, motion picture film and animation libraries, research libraries, government archives, intelligence gathering, and defense information.

A ceramic fiber is used in the wall sections of the vault to provide protection against fire and heat. This fiber has received the ultimate test as it is used in the construction of the space shuttle – it is no small wonder that the Firelock Vault system has more assets secured in its records vaults than any other vault system in the world.

 Security

Our firelock vault offers an independent media tape storage facility within our warehouse which provides a class 350, four hour paper and a class 125 two hour media safe environment for the protection of your vital records. The vault is locked 24 hours a day and has it's own climate and humidity control systems.
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 Climate Control

The data vault's self contained air conditioning unit maintains a temperature of 71 degrees. The vault temperature is checked with an external measurement apparatus twice daily and is monitored 24 hours a day. The system meets or exceeds the temperature and hourly limits detailed in NFPA (National Fire Protection Assoc.)75 "Protection of Electronic Computer/Data Processing Equipment".

 Humidity Control

The quality of air is regulated within the data vault to maintain a dust-free, moisture-free environment for media tape storage and the relative humidity level is maintained at below 30% on a consistent basis. These are necessary requirements for effective and safe media tape storage. There is no water in our data vault and the air quality is confirmed on a minute-by-minute basis and calibrated on a special paper disk.

 Fire Suppression

As an added safeguard for your media; our vault contains an environmentally-friendly,  superior fire suppression system. This redundant system insures the integrity of your data even in major catastrophic occurrences.

 Vault Construction

Our Firelock vault is constructed with a unique insulating core that remains dry and inert, even during exposure to a 2000ºF fire (Insulation is the same as that used by NASA, in the construction of the Space Shuttle).  The door assembly is made up of both an outer vault door and an inner door to give a thermal break between the doors to suppress heat.

Many media vaults available today are constructed from concrete. Concrete vaults are water based. In the event of a fire, they emit steam into the vaults interior which destroys sensitive media within minutes. Our firelock vault is designed and tested to ensure your sensitive media is safe until the fire is extinguished. The rating for our Firelock vault meets the demanding standards set by the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association). It is the highest rated fire protection environment for media storage available.

 Vault Tour

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