How to protect your guns from fire?

[DoubleTapDrew]

A local news story on the radio this morning (sorry, I couldn’t find a news link) mentioned a structure fire last night. Apparently there was a “hobby room” which had reloading equipment, powder, and an acetylene torch set up. After discovering the equipment, the firefighters pulled back and just went for containment, making sure the fire didn’t spread to nearby buildings. Apparently there were 60 guns in the house/building. They let the place burn to the ground, a complete loss. Ouch!
I think it’s SOP for fire departments to pull out if there are things like powder, cartridges, flammable tanks (in this case, the acetylene tank), etc. This made me wonder what type of safeguards there are (if any) you can put in your reloading room to both protect firefighters and allow them to save the house and your guns? 45 minutes of fire protection on your safe/RSC isn’t much good if they are going to let the place burn like they did here.
On a positive note in that story, the radio station was good about being impartial and said the owner collected guns and didn’t have the usual fear-mongering about why someone has several guns and reloading equipment.

 

[CWL]

Aside from a rated safe, you could also install sprinklers to take care of local fires before they spread.

 

[CU74]

Start With Separation

Don't keep your firearms in the same place you store your ammo.

The more expensive firearms in my "collection" (I use that term loosely) are in a safe room (reinforced concrete walls/ceiling, metal doors) in my house. It may not be 100% fireproof, but it's pretty close.

The rest of the "collection" (most are easily and cheaply replaceable) are with the bulk of my ammo storage in a separate building. I only keep a few rounds with the firearms in the house.

Not into reloading yet, but when I do start the reloading "station" will be out in my shop, NOT in the house.