September 3rd, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (September 3, 2010) – Life Safety Services (LSS), the industry leader in Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection and Repair, announced today that they are now offering Fire stop survey and installations in the United States and Canada. By providing their clients with a complete selection of fire and smoke damper inspections, fire door inspections, and fire stop services, Life Safety Services can now provide their customer base with a full complement of passive fire protection services.
“We are the trusted leader in Fire and Smoke Damper Inspections and Fire Door Inspections. “, said Craig Rutledge, owner of Life Safety Services. “It was a natural progression for us to add Fire Stopping to our list of services. “ Life Safety Services is experiencing tremendous growth. They recently won their second consecutive award from Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held businesses in the United States and also opened three new offices, including one in the United Kingdom. “By having the ability to offer our customers a wide range of passive fire protection inspections and installations we are adding to the long list of why we are the leader in our field and setting the stage for the industry. “
Life Safety Services’ technicians completed training from both Specified Technologies, Inc. (STI) and 3M in the field of fire stopping. In addition, LSS’ techs have field experience from working in various types of facilities before. “ Our technicians know the importance of maintaining a building’s passive fire protection system and they have the experience and industry training to make sure that the integrity of the system is maintained “, said Jack Meredith, Vice President of Production.
With a customer base of over 1,500 healthcare facilities, Fortune 500 companies and all types of building occupancies, Life Safety Services is able to provide their customers with the right mix of industry experience and field training that’s needed when dealing with the Passive Fire Protection System.
About Life Safety Services:
Life Safety Services specializes in the inspection and repair of fire and smoke dampers and fire and smoke doors in commercial facilities in all fifty (50) states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Considered a leader in the Fire Safety Industry, Life Safety Services’ has made a commitment to Commercial Facilities to provide specialized fire and smoke damper inspections of the highest quality to ensure compliance with NFPA’s critical Life Safety Code®.
August 24th, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (August 23, 2010) – Life Safety Services, the industry leader in passive fire protection inspection services, announced today that the company was named to the Inc.5000 list, Inc. magazine’s exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. This is Life Safety Services’ second consecutive year on the list.
The Inc. 5000 is ranked according to revenue growth from 2006 through 2009 and each company must be able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they have to be U.S. –based, privately held, for profit and independent. Revenue in 2009 must have been at least $2 million. Life Safety Services earned the position of #2082 on the list.
“We put a lot of our growth initiatives into sales and marketing in 2009 and it looks to be paying off, “said Craig Rutledge, owner of Life Safety Services. “We consider ourselves very fortunate to be thriving in a less than stellar economy. Making the Inc. 5000 list for the second consecutive is quite an accomplishment for us. “, said Rutledge.
Judy Shission, the Business Development Manager for the company says the company owes this accomplishment to the receptivity of the company’s management to enveloping change and growth. “I am extremely fortunate to be employed by such an innovative company that is constantly searching for new business strategies and development. “, she said. “The success of Life Safety Services is defined by the “out-of-the-box” thinking and creative marketing ideas of the Life Safety Team. The Inc. 5000 is just one of the many, many awards that this company deserves”.
Life Safety Services specializes in passive fire protection inspection services such as fire and smoke damper inspections and repair, fire door inspections and fire stopping survey and installation to all fifty (50) states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico and the United Kingdom. Considered the leader in the Fire Safety Industry, Life Safety Services’ has made a commitment to Commercial Facilities to provide specialized fire safety inspections of the highest quality to ensure compliance with NFPA’s critical Life Safety Code®. For more information visit www.lifesafetyservices.com.
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August 16th, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (August 16, 2010) – Life Safety Services (LSS), the industry leader in fire and smoke damperinspection and repair, is pleased to announce that Lisa Campbell has been promoted to Office Manager.
“With growth comes opportunity. We are happy to reward Lisa for her excellent work by promoting her to the position of Office Manager”, said Garry Cronin, Vice President of Operations. “Lisa has played a vital role in the growth of our company. With this management change we have taken a very meaningful step forward in establishing a strong organizational structure for the future”, said Cronin.
Lisa joined Life Safety Services in 2007 and served as an Accounting Technician where she managed all accounts receivable, payable and payroll for the company. In her new position as Office Manager, she will work closely with upper management to ensure that the staff and organizational needs of the company are met. “One of my biggest priorities will be to make sure that the office environment will continue to support the growth and success of our organization”, said Campbell.
About Life Safety Services:
Life Safety Services specializes in the inspection and repair of fire and smoke dampers and fire and smoke doors in commercial facilities in all fifty (50) states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Considered a leader in the Fire Safety Industry, Life Safety Services’ has made a commitment to Commercial Facilities to provide specialized fire and smoke damper inspections of the highest quality to ensure compliance with NFPA’s critical Life Safety Code®.
Fore more information please contact Lori Wood by email: lwood@lifesafetyservices.com.
July 26th, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 23,2010) – Life Safety Services (LSS), the industry leader in Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection and Repair, welcomed four new undergraduate students to their team to assist the office and management staff in the fields of marketing and report generation in the form of paid internships.
“Our internship program is new this summer but it has already been a huge success for both us and the interns”, said Garry Cronin, Vice President of Operations. “ We work hard to make sure they benefit from the experience here, and they get as much hands-on experience as they can while they are here.”
Life Safety Services’ welcomes the following students to their internship program:
Dwight Young a, junior Business Management and Economics major at the University of Kentucky . Young says, “This internship has been great in helping me understand the office setting better. Everyone here has been friendly and fun to work with”. Dwight will continue working with Life Safety Services through the remainder of the summer.
Sara Massey, a sophomore from the University of Louisville majoring in Justice Administration, who began her internship in May of this year and will continue working for LSS throughout the school year. “Working at Life Safety Services as an intern has improved my business skills and broadened my horizons to several different aspects of the professional world”.
Bo Brinkman, a sophomore at Norte Dame majoring in Business Finance who says, “Life Safety Services was my first exposure to the business world. As the leader in their field, LSS helped me develop the basic skills necessary to expedite business growth and develop the communication skills necessary for success.”
Lastly, Life Safety Services welcomes Steven Adam Traylor, a senior marketing major from the University of Louisville. “I am grateful to be with a local growing company and to be a part of the LSS team for years to come as they make strides at the international level.”
About Life Safety Services:
Life Safety Services specializes in the inspection and repair of fire and smoke dampers and fire and smoke doors in commercial facilities in all fifty (50) states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Considered a leader in the Fire Safety Industry, Life Safety Services’ has made a commitment to Commercial Facilities to provide specialized fire and smoke damper inspections of the highest quality to ensure compliance with NFPA’s critical Life Safety Code®.
For more information, please contact Lori Wood at 888-675-4519 or via email, lwood@lifesafetyservices.com
May 18th, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 14,2010) – Life Safety Services (LSS), the industry leader in Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection and Repair, has named Jeff McKinney as its new Outside Sales Representative for their West Coast Office.
Mr. McKinney is a graduate of Indiana University Kelly School of Business and holds a degree in Marketing. “I have over eleven years of sales success and wanted to bring my passion and experience to Life Safety Services to aid in the continued growth of the company,” said McKinney. “What attracted me to Life Safety Services was the entrepreneurial nature of the business and the fact that they are the industry leader. LSS continues to expand the services they provide and meet the needs of their customers and this is very exciting to me.”
Life Safety Services has recently focused its efforts on expanding their sales footprint and opening an office on the West Coast. “We do a substantial amount of business on the West Coast. We thought the natural progression for our expansion would be to open an office in Las Vegas and continue growing our sales base in Arizona, California and Nevada, “said Judy Shission, Director of Business Development. “We are looking forward to having Mr. McKinney’s sales experience and motivation to really get the West Coast office up and running.”
Life Safety Services specializes in the inspection and repair of fire and smoke dampers and fire and smoke doors in commercial facilities in all fifty (50) states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Considered a leader in the Fire Safety Industry, Life Safety Services’ has made a commitment to Commercial Facilities to provide specialized fire and smoke damper inspections of the highest quality to ensure compliance with NFPA’s critical Life Safety Code®.
For more information, please contact Lori Wood at 888-675-4519 or via email lwood@lifesafetyservices.com