Types of Key Safe
The type of Key Safe you choose mostly depends on what purpose your spare keys will serve. Here are some of the types of safes available based on the categories of people’s key safe needs:
Emergency Service Key Access
Key safes are widely used for emergency service access for medical professionals who rely on key holders being available to allow access to patients’ homes who require critical care without the need of forced entry. Without a key safe such emergency services may hinder entry into a home or apartment and risk losing a patient or delaying the patient’s chances of recovery. Key safes open doors and save lives for the elderly or handicapped patients who provide the access codes to their keysafe or key boxes, which are installed in a secret outdoor place, only for health care providers.
These emergency key safes come in many styles depending on the number of keys needed to be stored and where the key boxes will be installed so as to be hidden from view. Some prefer the combination key safe over an electronic key safe because they don’t depend on electricity. Others prefer a digital key safe because it’s quick and easy to key in a security code.
Key Safe for Family and Friends
For key storage, of either spare keys or emergency keys, a total key storage solution allows your keys to be stored in a vault without having to copy multiple key sets to give to regular visitors. The keys remain safe in the vault and the access code is only given to those whom you authorize.
Supra key safe, available in the UK, has key safes that aid seniors and individuals maintain their independent living style. They also offer key safes and key boxes and controlled access codes for health care managers and assist police and crime reduction officers in keeping neighborhoods safe with their many key safe products.
A note of caution:
It is important that when you select a key safe company to install your key cabinet, or box, that the installation people are certified members of the master locksmiths association or a similar association in your region. Otherwise they must be CRB, which means they have passed a criminal police check, or be a member of a local security authority.
Remember that no matter how great your key safe may be, it is only as safe the people who have access to the code.
Residential Key Safe
Some residential key safe models are designed specifically for children who get home before their parents get off work. Others are specific for servicing or home maintenance while the house in unattended. The most common application for the simple portable key safe, car safe and small key boxes are for safe storage of spare keys.
The secure storage of hidden keys can be effectively managed with an electronic key safe or a digital key safe and set for emergency entry only. Key cabinets and master key safes can also have applications for vacation homes and retirement community condominiums.
Commercial Key Boxes
There are also commercial uses that require added features and services such as professionally managed alarm and emergency entry, storing and coding as to who is authorized to access certain office keys and management of key cabinets for institutions. Construction site key safes must be durable and able to hold hundreds of keys with access only allowed for authorized personnel.
There are special key safe models for healthcare professionals and property managers who may require elaborate electronic or digital safes that can safely store a multitude of client’s keys.
