Tag: Fike
Fike engineer wins prestigious award
April 10, 2014SSN Staff
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.—Fike senior test engineer Tom Farrell has earned the William H. Doyle award, the company recently announced. The award was presented at the Loss Prevention Symposium during the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Global Congress on Process Safety, held in in New Orleans, La. March 30-April 3.
Given annually since 1984, the William H. Doyle award recognizes the best paper presented at the previous year's Loss Prevention Symposium.
The winning paper, “Dust...
Fike's new president touts company's new green solution
January 17, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.—Fike, a global fire and life safety solutions provider based here, is starting the new year with a new president: Brad Batz.Batz most recently led Fike's oil and gas business unit and previously led the company's corporate operations. Fike is the parent company of Fike Video Image Detection, a video smoke detection company formerly called axonX, which Fike acquired in 2009.He told Security Systems News that Fike's goals for 2014 include “continuing to get closer to our...
Chicago approves Fike fire alarm systems
January 16, 2014SSN Staff
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.—With a stamp of approval from the city of Chicago, Fike's CyberCat 1016 and 254 control systems may now be used in the city's high-rises, the company announced Jan. 16.
Approved by Underwriters Laboratory and FM Global, the systems were accepted for Class I and II applications within the city of Chicago in 2009, according to the statement. They may now be installed in buildings more than 80 feet tall, where two-way voice communications are required.
"This approval highlights...
Video fire detection good solution for large spaces
November 13, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
YARMOUTH, Maine—Statistics show that one of the leading causes of fire in large storage facilities and warehouses is arson. And one of the best ways to prevent such fires—which can cost the economy billions of dollars in property damage and business disruption—is through video-image fire and smoke detection technology.That was one of the key messages in a recent webcast sponsored by Fike, an industrial and commercial life safety solutions provider, and hosted by Security Systems...
Fike voice messaging system achieves highest MNS standard
November 6, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.—Fike, a fire and life safety solutions provider based here, recently announced that its CyberCat platform with integrated voice messaging is now 100 percent compliant with the UL 2572 standard for mass notification systems. Fike says it is the only fire manufacturer currently listed to the new standard.“Some competitors are listed to the UL 2572 outline, but we are the only manufacturer currently listed to the final and published standard,” Kevin Montgomery, Fike...