Some potential approaches for protection of vital records include: onsite fire-rated vault, safe or file cabinet, offsite storage at another location of the organization, and storage at a vendor that specializes in offsite vital records storage. Most companies employ various combinations of the above approaches. Whether you go with on-site or off-site, the first action to take is to procure fireproof safes and filing cabinets for on-site storage, as you will always, at one point, have vital records on-site, and obviously, no one is able to accurately predict the precise time a business interruption will occur.