Fire-Lite Alarms is an American company owned by
Honeywell
Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building automation, industrial automa ...
and based in
Northford, Connecticut
Northford is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and surrounding residential and rural land in the town of North Branford, Connecticut, North Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County, Connecticut, United ...
. Fire-Lite manufactures
fire alarm control panel
A fire alarm control panel (FACP), fire alarm control unit (FACU), fire indicator panel (FIP), or simply fire alarm panel is the controlling component of a fire alarm system. The panel receives information from devices designed to detect and r ...
s (FACPs), EVAC (emergency voice and alarm communicator) panels,
manual pull stations, digital alarm communicators, and annunciators.
Fire-Lite was founded in 1952 by Edward Levy, along with his son, Herbert. At the time, the company installed and serviced fire alarm systems. However, Levy began to focus on designing his own components, and in 1962, the company stopped installing and servicing systems. By 1973, the company had grown substantially, and moved into a new building. Fire-Lite was the first company to introduce a compact, inexpensive addressable fire alarm control panel.
[http://www.firelite.com/pressroom/aboutus.html About Us - Fire Lite] Some of their recognizable products include the Fire-Lite BG-10 pull station, introduced in 1983, and the newer BG-12 pull station, introduced in 1999. Fire-Lite is part of the
Honeywell Life Safety Group, along with
Notifier.
See also
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Notifier
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System Sensor
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Fire alarm system
A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, or other fire-related emergencies. Fire alarm systems are required in most commercial buil ...
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Electronics companies of the United States
Fire detection and alarm companies
Companies based in New Haven County, Connecticut
Electronics companies established in 1952
Honeywell
1952 establishments in Connecticut