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Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires CRIMPCO

Commercial

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires CRIMPCO

February 23, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired CRIMPCO, a security alarm and monitoring company based in Baltimore, Md. Pye-Barker stated in a release that this addition increases its capability to provide full-service fire and life safety to Maryland and the broader Mid-Atlantic region, complementing its fire protection offerings in the area and widening its customer base. CRIMPCO was founded in 1968 by a recent college graduate, Bob Jolson, selling businesses panic button systems....

Access Control, alarm monitoring, Bart Proctor, CRIMPCO, fire and life safety, monitoring, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, Video Monitoring


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Pye-Barker projecting another high-volume year after 31 acquisitions in 2023

Commercial

Pye-Barker projecting another high-volume year after 31 acquisitions in 2023

January 29, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is celebrating its success in 2023 after a high volume of acquisitions and record organic growth. The company stated that it has used this momentum to ensure its people come first and its values-driven culture is protected. By using an aggressive acquisition strategy, enhancing its service offerings and continually investing in its team members, Pye-Barker said it is poised to fulfill its mission to be the national provider of choice for full fire...

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ADT completes sale of commercial division, ADT Commercial rebrands to Everon

Commercial

ADT completes sale of commercial division, ADT Commercial rebrands to Everon

October 2, 2023SSN Staff

BOCA RATON, Fla. – ADT has completed what it began in early August of this year, with the divestiture of its commercial division and ADT Commercial rebranding to Everon as part of its acquisition by private equity firm GTCR. The commercial security, fire and life safety provider and integrator announced today that it will move forward as a standalone organization and rebranded as Everon. The proceeds of the sale nets ADT approximately $1.5 billion, which significantly reduces...

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Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Acquires AAA Fire Safety & Alarm

Commercial

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires AAA Fire Safety & Alarm

August 15, 2023SSN Staff

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety continues to expand its influence in Utah this month with the acquisition of AAA Fire Safety & Alarm. Pye-Barker noted that AAA Fire Safety & Alarm serves customers throughout the Intermountain West, where it plays a pivotal role in the company’s full-service offerings in Utah. Thanks to its aggressive acquisition strategy of late, Pye-Barker said that it’s on its way to being the nation's preferred single-source provider of fire and life...

Bart Proctor, fire and life safety, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, Scott Shriber, Security Services


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“Exciting road ahead” for ADT as Q2 call doubles down on residential and small business

Residential

'Exciting road ahead' as ADT doubles down on residential, small business

August 8, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor

BOCA RATON, Fla. – ADT shook things up by preempting its second fiscal quarter 2023 earnings call with the news that the company is divesting itself of its commercial business. As reported earlier by Security Systems News the company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its commercial security, fire and life safety business unit to private equity firm GTCR for a purchase price of $1.6 billion. The transaction has been approved by the company’s board of directors and is expected...

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Altus Fire and Life Safety Acquires Crime Intervention Alarm

Commercial

Altus Fire and Life Safety acquires Crime Intervention Alarm

May 31, 2023SSN Staff

NEW YORK – Full-service fire and life safety platform Altus, backed by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has announced its acquisition of Crime Intervention Alarm (CIA). CIA is an installation, monitoring, inspection and service provider for security and surveillance systems, access control and fire systems that operates out of York, PA, and the greater mid-Atlantic region. Altus announced that current CIA President John Lakatosh would remain with them in an active role following...

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The Riverside Company forms third fire and life safety platform

February 28, 2023SSN Staff

NEW YORK – The Riverside Company private investment group is forming its third fire and life safety platform following a pair of acquisitions. Riverside recently picked up American Service Company (ASC) and Advanced Fire Protection Systems (AFPS), which offer fire and life safety system services to commercial property owners and building managers in eastern Massachusetts and the greater Baltimore/ D.C. area. The company said the combined business will provide those services...

Advanced Fire Protection Systems (AFPS), American Service Company (ASC), Cassie McGruder, Cathy Skula, Cheryl Strom, fire and life safety, Jeff Abboud, John McKiernan, Loren Schlachet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sara Passani, The Riverside Company


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Pye-Barker acquires Metro Fire & Safety Equipment

Commercial

Pye-Barker acquires Metro Fire & Safety Equipment

October 10, 2022SSN Staff

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety announced the acquisition of Metro Fire & Safety Equipment in New Jersey on Oct. 6, 2022. The full-service fire and life protection company issued a release on the acquisition stating that Metro Fire & Safety will increase their presence in the state and surrounding region. Their recent additions in the past months which include Integrated Security Group (ISG) and Complete Security Systems (CSS) among others have made them one of the largest fire and...

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General News

Allied Universal employee saves toddler’s life

July 13, 2020SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Off-duty Allied Universal security guard and ex-Marine, Phillip Blanks, caught a three-year-old child who was dropped from the third story of a burning apartment building in Phoenix. Blanks was hanging out with a friend when he heard commotion outside. As smoke and flames engulfed the apartment, Blanks saw what was about to happen and ran towards the building to see how he could help. Within moments, he had a toddler in his arms. “I’d seen the building was on fire and...

Allied Universal, Cellphones, Data, fire and life safety


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Suppliers

Cove and RapidSOS partnership benefits home security industry

July 9, 2020SSN Staff

NEW YORK, NY—Utah-based, DIY security company, Cove, offering premium home security and now certified as RapidSOS Ready, is capable of sending life-saving, home-security data directly to 911 centers to empower the fastest, most effective emergency response, as opposed to verbally relaying all critical information from the monitoring center to 911 centers. Noted in the announcement, according to 911 dispatchers this could save three to four minutes in the emergency response process and eliminate...

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