CertaSite, a commercial fire protection and life safety company, announced it has acquired Teasley Fire Protection, a family owned and operated fire protection company that serves Frankfort and the surrounding areas.

Pye-Barker has made three acquisitions: Odyssey Fire Protection, headquartered in Wilmington, N.C.; Strickland Fire Protection, headquartered in Forestville, Md.; and Northwest Fire Suppression, headquartered in Beaverton, Ore.

SmokeShield Fabric Smoke and Fire is a fire safety closure designed to enhances life safety by compartmentalizing dangerous fire and smoke at the first hint of smoke.

Two motions for summary judgment were filed in the United States District Court, S.D. New York regarding an electrical fire in the maximum security prison Sing Sing. The motions involved determining whether there were enough fire safety precautions taken by the defendants and if the plaintiffs exhausted their administrative remedies.

A case involving a request for a preliminary injunction was recently heard in the United States District Court in Nebraska involving a question of what constitutes confidential information.

While REMO Security Doors has only been around for two and a half years, it’s already making headlines — just last week, the company was covered by FOX News, The New York Post and more for installing metal bullet-resistant security doors in a Jewish all-girls school in Brooklyn in the wake of so many mass shootings. And that’s just the first of more than 50 Jewish schools and synagogues in Brooklyn where REMO has door installation jobs lined up. 

Doyle Security Systems Inc., a regional provider of residential and commercial security, fire and medical monitoring systems, announced the purchase of the customer accounts of Commercial Instruments & Alarm Systems (CIA Security), a privately held company headquartered in Fishkill, N.Y. The purchase will result in 7,500 new customers for the company, representing the largest acquisition in Doyle’s 100 year history.

Fire systems are mandatory in all commercial buildings as well as residential units.

Wireless smoke detectors, combination smoke/ CO detectors and changing codes are keeping dealers and manufacturers on their toes.