{"id":5573,"date":"2014-03-06T08:34:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2019-12-12T09:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:51:57","slug":"fire-national-archives-highlights-need-document-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/fire-national-archives-highlights-need-document-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at National Archives highlights need for document protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sentry-SFW123CSB-fire-and-waterproof-safe-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Sentry-SFW123CSB-fire-and-waterproof-safe-1.jpg\" width=\"240\" style=\"float: left; border: #CCCCCC 1px solid; margin: 6px 12px 0 0;\" \/>A recent fire at the National Archives in Kew, home to some of the UK&#8217;s most important historical documents, was tackled by 20 firefighters. The blaze was caused by two disused water towers at the site in Richmond, South-West London.<\/p>\n<p>The National Archives is the official UK government archive and publisher and holds 11 million historical documents of national importance, some dating back more than 1,000 years. Among its collection are the Domesday Book, parchments, electronic records, photographs, posters, maps and paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately everyone was evacuated from the building safely and no documents were damaged although the building was closed to the public for a short period for recovery.<\/p>\n<p>This type of incident focuses people\u2019s attention on the importance of preserving key documents and items of irreplaceable value, not just for large national institutions but also for businesses and individuals. For this reason more and more people are looking at ways to preserve such items in the event of a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Safelincs has a range of solutions ranging that start with <a title=\"Boxes for the storage of deeds and other paper documents\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/fireproof-boxes\/\">fireproof document boxes<\/a> for under \u00a330 and go right up to <a title=\"large fireproof cupboards for documents and electronic media\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/fireproof-cupboards\/\">high capacity fire safes<\/a> for storing computer media and files.<\/p>\n<p>And, in the light of recent floods we are increasingly being asked for safes that will provide water protection as well. We have a range of <a title=\"Fireproof and waterproof safes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safelincs.co.uk\/fire-and-waterproof-safes\/\">fire and waterproof safes<\/a> for paper documents and digital media that start at under \u00a3200. 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