![]() "Both of them just completely disintegrated," Cobb said. ![]() North Bay fire victims like Mike Cobb learned that the hard way, when their "fireproof" safes melted. Last year, NBC Bay Area revealed how the term "fireproof" might be misleading. "It's been called 'fireproof' for so long," Weisman said.Ī FireKing predecessor patented the first "fireproof" safe in 1919. It's FireKing's specialty, and the company has advertised it that way for decades. "We run four days a week, 10 hours a day."Īll that effort makes safes, chests and cabinets intended to survive an inferno. "We've got 110 people in the plant," Weisman said. Gary Weisman, president of FireKing International, says his team works hard to uphold its reputation. There, the company manufactures safes, vaults, file cabinets and other secure storage products. We visited its factory, watched as it set a safe on fire and changed almost a century of history.įireKing Security Group invited NBC Bay Area to visit its manufacturing plant in New Albany, Indiana - just across the state line from Louisville, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. We took our concerns east to the company that patented the first "fireproof" safe. ![]() California Provides Free COVID-19 Tests to Residents. ![]()
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