Safes of various designs and sizes are used in homes and in office buildings for pursuing various purposes. In homes, wall safes or floor safes are often used. Wall safes are fixed to a wall of a room. Such safes are often used as furniture to enhance interior decoration. Often wall safes are made of oak or teak wood. Such safes cannot be moved from place to place and they are often used to keep jewelry, and gems with security.

Cabinet safes with specific designs are used to keep important documents such as property papers, identity cards, education credentials, birth certificates, marriage certificates, registry papers etc safe and well secured against chances of theft, destruction due to fire accidents or water or environmental moisture action. Safes also restrict other losses of documents under action of termites and other pests.

Using safes is good way to keep important objects secured so that they may not be misplaced and one can assess the required documents anytime when they require them. Often safes employ the key lock or combination lock systems. Office safes that are meant to keep documents of more sensitive information may also use electronic or digital locking system. Some advanced safes also use biometric locking system.

Fire safes are used to protect objects against accidental fires. Fire safes are made such that they do not allow increase in temperature of the internal part of safe even if there is a fire.

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