Tag: fire detection
Pye-Barker adds Adroit Systems Company to lineup
November 9, 2023SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Adroit Systems Company, a security and fire detection company based in Greenville, South Carolina.
As part of the company’s now familiar, and aggressive acquisition strategy, Pye-Barker continues its record setting growth in partnering with values-aligned businesses like Adroit throughout the United States. Pye-Barker noted that this addition further enhances its full-service capabilities in the state of South Carolina.
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Johnson Controls launches Simplex Foundation Series
August 17, 2023SSN Staff
MILWAUKEE – Johnson Controls has announced the launch of their Simplex Foundation Series fire detection systems which offers protection to small and mid-sized buildings.
Johnson Controls, a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, describes the Foundation Series as an off-the-shelf fire detection solution that features both addressable and non-addressable models, as well as a range of reliable and proven Simplex devices.
“Today’s installers are busier than...
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires Shiver Security Systems, surpasses 150 locations
March 15, 2023SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has hit a milestone with the acquisition of Shiver Security Systems, expanding into Ohio and exceeding 150 locations.
The addition of the company gives Pye-Barker its 150th and 151st locations in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. In a release on the acquisition Pye-Barker said that these milestones represent the company’s aggressive acquisition activity and geographic growth as the company moves into its 34th state.
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ESA supports 'balanced approach'
May 12, 2014Leif Kothe
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Electronic Security Association is ramping up efforts in support of the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, a bill that would give installers of fire detection systems the same access to federal tax incentives currently available only to fire suppression companies.The issue was among the core issues ESA brought to the attention of lawmakers during its annual Day on Capitol Hill, held May 6-7 in Washington D.C.The ESA, which has long advocated a “balanced approach,”...
Potter: New flow switch a first
December 10, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
ST. LOUIS—Potter Electric Signal Co. recently introduced what it says is an industry first: a self-testing flow switch for wet sprinkler systems that requires no discharge of water.Mike Henke, sprinkler product manager for Potter, which is based here, said the company developed its new VSR-AT flow switch with auto test feature because of industry demand. He said the VSR helps “conserve water, reduce corrosion and eliminate any pollution concerns that are associated with discharging sprinkler...