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26 FIRE SYSTEMS INSTALLATION www.securitysystemsnews.com SEPTEMBER 2011 Brothers goes national with new manager By Tess Nacelewicz ELK RIVER, Minn.—Brothers Fire Protection is embarking on a "new chapter" for the 17-year-old business: bringing its fire and life safety business from a regional to a national level with a new national accounts division and new manager to lead it. Brothers, based here, in July announced the hiring of a nation- al accounts manager with more than 30 years of experience in the fire protection industry. Stephen R. Cieslukowski, Brothers president, told Security Systems News he is "ecstatic" to bring John Sexton on board. "I've been looking for someone to fill this role for about a year," he said. S. Cieslukowski He said Sex- ton will help Brothers, a Sie- mens distributor with about 75 employees that serves clients in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wis- consin, to expand to the national marketplace. Sexton formerly worked devel- oping a national presence for Northstar Fire Protection, Cies- lukowski said. He said Sexton was involved with some of the nation's biggest construction projects including: Soldier Field in Chi- cago, Petco Park (home of the San SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS Diego Padres), and the Tom Brad- ley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. Sexton has worked with large, national general contractors and construction managers on such jobs, Cieslukowski said. "What John brings to us is a bridge to those contractors," he said. He said going national is the "next logical step" for Brothers to grow beyond the regional foot- print it now occupies. SSN SEPT. 11 Continued from page 1 Does Your Inspection Reporting System Deliver the Critical Data Your Customers Need? BuildingReports' web-based inspection reporting system and unique bar code technology can deliver device specifi c reports for your customers with more detail than any other system! a Gamewell-FCI by Honey- well distributor, serves clients throughout New York and New Jersey. *0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0* Trusted reporting data your customers need: • 3rd Party Verifi cation • Inventory & Warranty Report • Time/Date Inspected • Automated Product Recall Alerts • Service Authorizations • Discrepancy Reports • 24/7 Access • NFPA Embedded Codes & Standards They include the New York City parks, education, and police departments. Currently, Falcon is doing a major upgrade on NYPD pre- cincts, using E3 voice fire alarms. Grant said the system will enable a view of all precincts from one location and will deliver alerts to the others if there's an emergency in any of them. Grant believes 9/11 influenced the NYPD's decision to upgrade to better handle emergencies. Doorly's 80-employee company, Cross Fire, a Notifier by Honey- well dealer established in 1993, does the majority of its work in New York City's five boroughs. Its client list ranges from St. Patrick's Cathedral to Citi Field stadium, home of The New York Mets, to the city's major financial firms. And it has begun to do resi- dential high rises, Doorly said. "The codes have changed in New York City recently, and resi- dential buildings do require sys- tems more so now than they used to … it's probably stemming from 9/11," Doorly said. Another change, Doorly said, is redundant risers. A riser is the communication path between the fire command station and data- gathering equipment, he said. "Before 9/11," he said, "You could put one riser up the build- ing, and all your fire alarm [equipment] would connect to one riser. Now, he said, "you run a redundant riser [and] if you lose your main riser ... the system will continue to operate." Other changes include ensuring 770.495.1993 sales@buildingreports.com www.BuildingReports.com inspection reporting solution The world's most trusted fire systems have battery backup in case the regular power is knocked out; having more than one com- mand station for firefighters in a building so a fire can be fought from there if the main station is compromised; and requiring one- way voice communication in resi- dential buildings over 125 feet. SSN