Fike announces the completion of a new training facility at the company’s corporate headquarters in Blue Springs, Missouri. This new training lab will demonstrate Fike Fire Detection and Control products from all over the globe enabling employees, distributors, and customers to learn through hands-on experience. The design of the room allows for customized product demonstrations based on specific application needs.

There are a lot of choices on the market today for clean agent systems, but not all of them meet the high standards expected by fire industry professionals and demanded by Fike. There have been recent instances with another company using contaminated HFC-227ea and HFC-125 product in total flood clean agent applications.

In its 65-year history, Fike has never compromised safety and reliability, and has built a reputation for being the trusted source for gaseous clean agent systems.

Fike Alarm Systems announces the addition of an Integrated Voice Evacuation and Voice Messaging System to their complete line of fire alarm solutions. Voice messaging is often a safer means of communicating with occupants in an emergency situation, and Fike has taken the technology to a new level with this fully-digital, modular fire alarm system.

Fike's UL Listed, Integrated Voice Evacuation and Messaging System includes such features as integrated back-up amplifiers for built-in redundancy, virtually unlimited messaging capability and multiple levels of fault protection. The system offers flexibility to fit any application, from single, dual and multi-channel operation to large distributed systems.

Fike announces the expansion of its fire alarm and detection products to include a new solution that combines aspirating smoke detection (ASD) with gas detection and environmental monitoring.

VESDA ECO™ by Xtralis™ uses new or existing VESDA pipe networks to reliably detect smoke and up to nine hazardous/combustible gases. It also integrates easily with other building management systems for real-time situational awareness and intelligent emergency response.

Fike employees have achieved a significant milestone for a manufacturing organization by working one million hours without a lost workday injury at the company’s US facility located in Blue Springs, Missouri. The achievement was recognized with a company event on May 27, 2010.

Fike announces the release of a new valve technology that will become the standard on Fike
clean agent fire suppression systems using DuPont FM-200 and FE-25. The new Impulse valve is different than previous Fike valves in that it uses an electrically actuated mechanism instead of a gas cartridge actuator (GCA) to open a rupture disc, enabling the quick and efficient discharge of agent. The Impulse valve is Underwriters Laboratories (UL) listed and FM Global approved for use in fire suppression, with European approvals pending. The valve is patent pending in the US and internationally.

Fike recently added the TQ+ to its line of pretorqueable rupture disc holders. The pretorqueable holder allows rupture discs to be installed and then “torqued” to recommended static load levels, properly clamping the rupture disc within the assembly. For added convenience and to reduce the possibility of assembly errors, this can take place at a workbench, rather than in the field where conditions could be less than ideal.

Rupture disc devices provide overpressure protection for a variety of storage, process vessels and equipment. The objective of the rupture disc is to maintain a leaktight seal and be a passive bystander until called upon to relieve excess pressure. Sanitary and hygienic applications demand specific rupture disc requirements, and there are times when rupture disc performance can be adversely affected by application processes and/or operation and maintenance practices.  

A very large pharmaceutical manufacturing plant had been utilizing a competitors’ high performance sanitary disc within a sterilization process for injection bottles.  Throughout the 7 -8 year time span that the company used these discs, they noticed an unusually short service life,  making it necessary to replace the discs an average of every 3 months.

Fike announced today it has received UL Listing on its SigniFire video smoke detection system. Approved to the new UL 268B standard for video smoke detection, Fike’s SigniFire is the only system in the world to have both the UL listing and FM approval.

Flameless Explosion Venting is a relatively new technology for protecting indoor equipment from the hazards of dust explosions.  This technology provides a ready solution for some applications where conventional explosion venting is not appropriate.  The following article, published in the January 2010 edition of "Powder Bulk Engineering", describes flameless explosion venting and how to select devices that comply with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements.  The article is written by Fike's Manager of Explosion Protection Technology, Jef Snoeys. 

Blue Springs, MO, November 11, 2009 - Fike^®, a leader in commercial and industrial safety solutions, announced today that it has acquired Rafiki Protection Ltd., a UK-based manufacturer of fire alarm systems. The acquisition also includes Santana Solutions Ltd., a building security systems integration company. Both companies were previously owned by Red Dot Technologies Ltd.

Dust explosions are deadly and commercially devastating. Unfortunately, many of them occur at facilities without a prior explosion incident, providing a false sense of security. The reality is that many facilities have inherent risks that should be addressed to prevent an inevitable catastrophe.

Chemical Processing and Fike have collaborated on an informative video concerning combustible dust hazards, the industry's changing codes and standards, and best practices for mitigating the risks of explosions.

Click here to go to the Chemical Processing site to view the video.

Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, VA, is committed to providing quality education within a Christian environment. They are proud to represent more than 15,000 students from all fifty states and over seventy countries around the world. Their campus spans across 5,000 acres making it the largest evangelical higher educational facility in the United States.

Because of the size of the property, the campus employs their own emergency response team, responsible for monitoring over 80 buildings for fires, crime and the overall safety of students and staff. Due to the number of buildings on the property, Liberty’s emergency response team wanted the ability to supervise all of their fire alarm systems simultaneously.  However, none of the previous systems were networked and there was no way to manage them at one time or from one location. Liberty University officials decided to re-evaluate their current systems hoping to find one fire alarm system that could protect the entire campus and be monitored from a single location.

Blue Springs, MO, October 8, 2008 – Fike Alarm Systems is proud to announce the release of its newest products, the Precise Vision™ and Precise Touch™ computer-based event management systems.

Created to help control and monitor facilities during emergency situations, Precise Vision allows facility managers and/or key personnel the ability to respond to alarm and trouble situations with just a few easy clicks -- gaining access to building floor plans, emergency contacts, and security plans. In addition, Precise Vision has the capability to inform appropriate personnel via email about alarm situations.

Precise Touch is an intuitive computer graphics package designed for use in public locations so that responders can quickly locate an alarm situation, view floor plans, identify potential hazards and find emergency exit routes. This intelligent device is also powered with knowledge to locate where a fire started, how it is progressing and what potential hazards may exist, so personnel can quickly locate the nearest exit route.