Fire alarm and life safety detection

Fire Alarm & Life Safety

Detect, alert, evacuate, every time.

A code-compliant fire alarm system is table stakes; an intelligently designed one keeps occupants safe and operations continuous. We engineer detection, notification, and emergency communication systems integrated with mass notification, smoke control, elevator recall, and in-building public safety radio, across single buildings, networked campuses, and high-stakes occupancies.

Fire alarm is among the most heavily regulated building systems, and every jurisdiction has its own requirements for design, installation, testing, and monitoring. Our experts know the local codes and help owners choose the system that fits the building today and adapts to code changes tomorrow.

Our Approach

Fire Alarm & Life Safety engineering approach

How We Work

We design fire alarm systems around the evacuation strategy, not just device spacing, voice intelligibility, survivability, secondary power, and integration with smoke control and elevators are engineered as one life-safety system.

  • NFPA 72 design, battery & voltage-drop calculations
  • Voice evacuation & mass notification expertise
  • AHJ submission & acceptance testing support

Service Capabilities

A.Detection & Notification

  • Addressable fire alarm system design
  • Smoke detection & beam detector layout
  • Voice evacuation & mass notification
  • Mass notification / emergency communication (MNS / ECS)
  • Aspirating smoke detection (VESDA)
  • Air sampling & early warning detection
  • Linear heat detection & specialty detection
  • Wireless fire alarm system design
  • Duct smoke detection & HVAC shutdown integration
  • Carbon monoxide & gas detection

B.Integration & Specialty

  • Smoke control & stair pressurization
  • Elevator recall & firefighter service
  • Two-way emergency communication (ARCS)
  • In-building public safety DAS / ERCES
  • Area of refuge communication
  • Magnetic door hold & smoke door release
  • Networked & campus-wide fire alarm
  • Mall & atrium notification design
  • Healthcare nurse call & code blue integration
  • Hazardous-location fire alarm design

C.Code, Power & Compliance

  • Battery & secondary power calculations
  • Survivability & circuit integrity design
  • NFPA 72 compliance & code consulting
  • Annunciator & graphic display design
  • Fire alarm acceptance testing protocols
  • AHJ submission & permit coordination
  • Existing fire alarm system upgrades

Why Owners Choose KeRi

NFPA 72 Mastery

Complete code-compliant packages, device layout, riser, battery and voltage-drop calculations, sequences of operation.

Integrated Life Safety

Fire alarm, smoke control, elevator recall, door release, and DAS engineered as one coordinated system.

Testable & Maintainable

Systems laid out for acceptance testing and decades of inspection, testing, and maintenance access.

Have a project worth engineering?

We work with owners, architects, contractors, and developers across higher education, healthcare, pharmaceutical, commercial, mission-critical, and institutional sectors. Bring us in early. Schematic design is where the most expensive mistakes get prevented.

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