Home Run Alarm Co. has created a certified fire alarm technical trade school, SAFTI-TECH, Security & Fire Alarm Trades Institute of Michigan.

Before the grand opening ribbon cutting, which was on April 30, 2025, SDM spoke with Greg Diloné, CEO, Home Run Alarm Co. about the importance of the trade school to the industry. The school offers the opportunity to earn as you learn in a high-demand, high-tech skilled trade for free. SAFTI-TECH is an in-house partnership initiative of Home Run Alarm Co. and has earned prized support as a recipient of Michigan Works! Going Pro Talent Fund grant of $54,090 to assist the apprentice’s journey.

Home Run Alarm owners Greg and Michele Diloné are available at any time to provide facility tours for media representatives, video of their work, interviews, and additional information on or before the event date.

“We’re making it possible for people to learn and earn under one roof instead of either scraping by as a student working odd jobs or working in an unrelated field during the day and going to trade school at night,” said Greg Diloné. “And through this program, they’ll emerge without crippling college-loan debt.”

A key element of the program is a $54,090 Going-Pro Talent Fund grant awarded by Macomb-St. Clair Michigan Works! as part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. While working towards being certified and licensed, apprentices are not only paid for their work, but they are also reimbursed for tools, clothing and other supplies.

The curriculum consists of a two-year and four-year apprenticeship option. Both are tuition-free, and after graduating with a U.S. Dept. of Labor Diploma and prerequisite certifications in order to take the state licensing exam, certain course credits may qualify towards Macomb Community College’s Electrician and Maintenance Technology or Building Construction Associate Degree programs as part of Governor Whitmer’s newly announced Statewide Workforce Plan. Furthermore, graduates may remain as staff as instructors or Superintendents and segway from the field to the engineering blueprint AutoCAD department and attain the Fire Alarm Designer certification under the State Bureau of Fire Services (BFS) as is the case for owner Greg Diloné.

With a consistent and ever-increasing demand for fire alarm systems in order for facilities to remain code compliant, the need for new technicians is at an all-time high. Now young adults have an opportunity to build a long-term career — and even gain the knowledge and experience needed to start their own businesses in the future — without cost and while collecting a paycheck.

Commercial building codes require state-of-the-art fire alarms, and the licensed professionals to maintain them, so there will always be demand in this industry. The only thing you need is ambition and a desire to learn and earn.

Home Run Talks Launching Fire Alarm Trade School

Greg Diloné, CEO, Home Run Alarm Co. has recently established SAFTI-Tech, a fire alarm trade school that allows technicians to "earn while they learn."

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