Yale Medium Fire Safe YFM/352/FG2 review
Households wanting an hour of paper fire protection for passports, deeds and policy documents in a cupboard-sized box.
By Tom Calder · Price last checked 20 September 2026 · price indicative
The fire side is credible: Yale states certification to NT Fire 017-60P with SP in Sweden as the certifying body — a real Nordtest standard and a named body, though we could not locate the certificate in a public register, so it stands as manufacturer-stated. The security side is not credible in the same way: the '£1,000 cash / £10,000 valuables' figure Yale prints is its own recommendation with no standard behind it, and the safe appears on neither the Sold Secure nor the Secured by Design register. Buy it as a fire safe that happens to have floor bolts, not as a burglary safe.
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- 60 minutes of paper protection to NT Fire 017-60P, a genuine Nordtest standard with SP in Sweden named as certifier
- Code scramble, silent entry, a one-time guest code and lockdown mode are unusual features at this price
- Ships with a pack of two floor fixing bolts, so it can be anchored from day one
- No burglary certification at all — the £1,000 cash figure is Yale's own marketing, not an insurer-recognised rating
- Emergency access is via an external battery contact only; there is no key override if the electronics fail
- The Amazon listing title claims 36 litres — the real capacity is 19 litres according to Yale's own UK page
Who shouldn't buy this
Skip it if your concern is theft rather than fire — the Burton Home Safe S2 1E costs about the same and carries a Sold Secure EN 14450 S2 certification an insurer will recognise.
Key specs
| Type | Fire document safe, digital lock — no burglary grade |
| Certification | Fire: NT Fire 017-60P (SP), maker-stated. No burglary grade. |
| Lock | Digital touchpad, 3–12 digits, battery override, 2× 16mm bolts |
| Capacity | 19 L |
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