In case you didn't realize it, fire safes are generally only designed to prevent paper files from burning. I forget--how many hundred degrees for paper to ignite? I'm thinking of that book, Fahrenheit 451. Anything near that kind of temperature can warp and damage CD's.

Anyway, to protect computer media like CD's, floppies, DVD's, etc. the fire safe should explicitly say so. I'm not sure if there are any official standards. AFAIK, safe deposit boxes are not designed to protect computer media either, although the fire suppression systems and just the general environment inside of a vault make heat damage pretty unlikely.

My Internet Provider offers free disk space to store web pages, along with your Email account.
BUT, using this space to store data, photos etc... is strictly forbidden. Such data would be destroyed and the account closed.

It depends on the type of media that you are trying to protect.
Floppies, tape cartridges, vcr tapes, etc. are much more succeptable to heat damage than CD/DVD media or USB drives.

Sentry rated for digital media (low temp)



A large number of their safes are rated for CD/DVD storage for 1/2 hour.

Sentry household fire safes (high temp. digital media)

Sentry product testing descriptions

Sam's Clubs currently have a chest size (about 15" w, d & h) for about $50.

There's a wonderful metal box right near your house that protects your cd's from fire, earthquake, hurricane, riot, just about everything. It's maintained by the federal government. You don't have to pay any annual fee, just roughly 1 dollar each time you use it, on a pay-as-you-go basis. The box is called the mailbox. Just arrange with a friend in another state that you're going to send him a couple dvd's now and then so he can save them for you, in a box or empty 50-cd spindle with your name on it, and you'll do the same for him. Then you burn a disc once a month and send it to him and he sends his to you. Even if your whole town falls into a crevice (assuming you get out in one piece), hopefully he's far enough away that your data will still be ok. For ultra redundancy, do this with several friends who are widely dispersed.

You can also rent space in a local bank vault (safe deposit box) for 20-50 bucks a year. Those things are seriously fire protected.

See http://taobackup.com for some more backup strategy in the form of Zen parables.