Certified Fire was founded at the end of the “Halon era”. It was during this time that business owners and operators with mission critical facilities started to understand that a little extra investment up front could save millions in the event of a disaster. As time went on, Certified Fire adjusted to the ban on Halon and began to offer new and different solutions to meet client needs. Because of this and the fact that we were the first of only a handful of companies that offered clean agent suppression systems and service in the Southeast, we thrived.
We not only experienced growth spurts but also a few growing pains. Joe Konenkamp, one of the first employees of Certified Fire who is now the Vice President, remembers well the hard road that was traveled to get to where we are today. “We entered this industry with a desire to surpass the standard in our business. We focused on developing relationships and providing quality systems with exceptional service – even if that meant that everyone in the company was out on a job site all day, all night and all weekend long to meet a deadline.”
Certified Fire owes much of its success to such companies as The Home Depot, Mercedes Benz, the University of Georgia, Emory University, Google, AT&T, RIM, Coca Cola Enterprises, Imperial Sugar, and Georgia Power.
“We have flourished on our 20-year journey despite some set-backs along the way. In fact, one of our most successful years in business was 2009, despite the dismal economic conditions surrounding us. We executed two of the largest data center projects in our company history last year and did it concurrently.”
Now, twenty years after its inception, Certified Fire remains committed to the industry by offering quality systems, expert technicians, and friendly service. Konenkamp says “We anticipate that the next twenty years will be just as successful, if not more so, than the last.”
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Certified Fire is a leader in design, installation, monitoring, and maintenance of fire alarm and detection, fire suppression, and explosion protection systems. We represent Notifier, Fike, and Ansul; three of the best known and highest quality manufacturers in the fire protection industry. Certified Fire is registered at the state and federal level as a veteran-owned small business. You can learn more about Clean Agent Fire Suppression, Fire Alarm Systems, Dust Testing and Explosion Protection Systems at www.certifiedfire.com.
