Salisbury Fire Department

Knox Box Program

Under the North Carolina Building Codes the following rules give the local fire department authority to require and control key boxes. The Salisbury Fire Department uses these regulations and have chosen the Knox Box Brand as the approved vendor. Contact Fire Marshal Terry Smith for more information.

603.18 Key Boxes

603.18.1 The fire official shall have the authority to require a key box to be installed in an accessible location, where access  to or within a structure or area is difficult because of security.

603.18.2 The key box shall be of a type approved by the fire official

603.18.3 The required key box shall contain the key (s) necessary to gain access as required by the fire official. The operator of the building shall immediately notify the fire official and provide the new
key (s) any time a lock is changed or re-keyed, and the key (s) to that lock shall be secured in the key box.
 

KNOX-BOX®

The KNOX-BOX® solution is a secure rapid entry program specifically developed for the fire department. With one master key, you can gain access to commercial and residential property. More than 6,000 departments nationwide use Knox key boxes and vaults, Haz-Mat cabinets, key switches, and padlocks. Many of these departments use Sentralok(tm), the master key security system, to control their master key.

Property owners in your community store entrance keys, access cards and floor plans in high-security Knox-Boxes mounted near their building entrances. Each KNOX-BOX purchased by the property owner is keyed to a single master key controlled by your department.

With the Knox System, there is no cost to the fire department, no waiting for a property owner to unlock the door in the middle of the night, and no forcing the door open to gain entry. The Knox Rapid Entry System reduces response time, property damage and the liability for lost keys.