Georgian Bay Fire & Safety

What Georgian Bay Fire & Safety does

Fire Safety and Protection, LLC (operating under trade name Fire Safety and Protection / FSP) is a privately held North American life safety services provider headquartered in the U.S. as an LLC. The company delivers inspection, maintenance, repair, design, and installation services for fire alarm, fire sprinkler, and fire extinguisher systems, alongside integrated security services covering video surveillance, intrusion alarms, and access control. Its customer base consists of facility managers, business owners, and property managers across six marketed verticals — Healthcare, Commercial Offices, Multi-Use Residential, Industrial, Government, and Education — which it serves through a consultative, quote-based enterprise field sales motion. Service delivery is performed directly by in-house certified technicians rather than through third-party contractors.

The business is operated through 13 owned branch offices: five in the United States (Atlanta, Birmingham, Washington DC, Boston, Pensacola) and eight in Canada, concentrated across Ontario (Brockville, Cambridge, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Windsor). This owned-branch model supports localized response times and jurisdictional code coverage in regulated fire and life safety markets. Revenue is generated through a combination of recurring inspection/maintenance contracts (professional services) and project-based installation revenue tied to hardware systems (sprinklers, alarms, surveillance, access control). Pricing is opaque and quote-based — no public pricing, SKUs, or rate cards are disclosed.

The company's website features a dedicated 'Acquisitions' page, signaling an active roll-up consolidation strategy in the highly fragmented U.S./Canadian fire protection services market. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no external investors named in the source material, and no published funding history. There are no disclosed patents, proprietary AI/ML capabilities, software products, mobile applications, or API/SDK offerings — the technology stack is described entirely in terms of physical fire and security hardware paired with certified labor. No management team bios, regulatory actions, or M&A transaction history are publicly disclosed in the available data.

Name

Georgian Bay Fire & Safety

Legal name

Fire Safety and Protection, LLC

Website

https://gbfire.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fire Safety and Protection (FSP) provides inspection, maintenance, repair, design, and installation of fire alarm, sprinkler, extinguisher, and integrated security systems across 13 offices in the U.S. and Canada, serving healthcare, commercial, industrial, government, and education facility customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Protection Services

NAICS

Building Inspection Services (541350), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire Alarm Systems (Design/Install/Service/Monitoring) (BPABAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire Sprinkler Inspection, Testing & Maintenance (ITM) (IMAIAJAA), Fire Protection Systems Contracting (Sprinklers, Alarms, Suppression) (IMAFALAD), Fire & Life Safety Code Compliance Inspections & Consulting (AHJ Support) (BPABAHAJ), Smoke Control, Fire Doors & Egress Door Hardware Inspection Services (BPABAHAG)

Keywords

• Fire protection services
• Fire alarm inspection
• Life safety solutions
• Security system installation
• Access control systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Owen Sound

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Fire Protection Services: Inspection, maintenance, repair, design and installation services for fire protection systems including fire alarms, sprinklers, and extinguishers. Revenue generated through service contracts and project-based installation work.
2. Security Services: Video surveillance, intrusion alarm, and access control system services including installation and maintenance. Revenue derived from security system services and ongoing monitoring arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Georgian Bay Fire & Safety (legally Fire Safety and Protection, LLC) provides inspection, maintenance, repair, design, and installation services for fire protection and security systems. The company delivers a unified portfolio spanning fire alarms, fire sprinklers, fire extinguishers, video surveillance, intrusion alarms, and access control systems to commercial and institutional property owners.

Product overview

Fire Safety and Protection (FSP) is a life safety solutions provider offering a unified portfolio of fire protection and security products and services. The company provides fire alarms, fire sprinklers, fire extinguishers, video surveillance, intrusion alarms, and access control systems as its core product offerings. FSP positions itself as a single source for customers' inspection, maintenance, repair, design, and installation needs for fire and security systems. The company operates across property types including healthcare, commercial offices, multi-use residential, industrial, government, and education sectors, serving facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Alarms

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Johnson Controls (Tyco Integrated Security): Global building technology and security incumbent offering integrated fire detection, suppression, access control, and video surveillance solutions. Competes with FSP on enterprise accounts and provides the OEM fire/security equipment FSP installs.
• Cintas Fire Protection: Division of Cintas Corporation providing fire extinguisher, sprinkler, suppression, and alarm inspection/maintenance services to commercial customers nationwide. Larger-scale incumbent operating across the same fire-protection categories.
• APi Group: Public safety, security, and life-safety services conglomerate operating globally across fire suppression, alarms, and specialty contracting. Overlaps directly with FSP's core fire and security services but at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• VFS Fire & Security Services: Regional fire and life-safety services provider delivering fire alarm, sprinkler, extinguisher, and security system inspection and installation. Closely comparable mid-market service model with multi-vertical customer focus.
• Summit Companies: U.S. fire and life-safety services firm offering fire sprinkler, alarm, suppression, and security system design, installation, inspection, and maintenance. Comparable vertically-integrated service model and commercial/industrial customer focus.
• Sentry Fire Protection: Regional fire protection services company providing fire alarm, sprinkler, and extinguisher inspection, testing, and installation for commercial and industrial customers. Closely comparable service scope and customer profile.
• Koorsen Fire & Security: Privately held Midwest-based fire protection and security services company offering inspection, installation, and monitoring of sprinklers, alarms, extinguishers, and security systems. Closely comparable service mix, customer base, and regional roll-up approach.
• Vanguard Fire & Security Systems: Mid-sized fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, and security systems integrator serving healthcare, education, commercial, and government customers. Comparable vertical mix, recurring service model, and geographic deployment.
• Performance Systems Integration (PSI): Fire and life-safety integrator delivering fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, and security services across the U.S. Directly comparable mid-market service provider with similar vertical mix.
• Pye-Barker Fire & Safety: Large U.S. private roll-up of fire protection and life-safety service providers offering fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, and security services across multiple regions. Direct competitor in the same multi-vertical, multi-service acquisition-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gbfire1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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