Marmic Fire & Safety (TSCP Portfolio) Acquires Fire Control Systems of Charlotte

Marmic Fire & Safety (TSCP) Acquires Total Fire & Safety, LLC

December 10, 2020

Industrial Services

Thompson Street Capital Partners portfolio company Marmic Fire & Safety Co. has acquired Chicago-based Total Fire & Safety, LLC, a provider of fire and life safety systems, equipment and related services. The add-on expands Marmic's self-performing fire protection footprint into the Chicago metropolitan area; terms were not disclosed.

HGGC Acquires Marmic Fire & Safety from Thompson Street Capital Partners

March 5, 2021

Industrial Services

HGGC has acquired Marmic Fire & Safety, a Joplin, Missouri-based full-service fire protection company, from Thompson Street Capital Partners. Marmic CEO Michael Teeter will remain in leadership and retain a substantial ownership stake as HGGC positions Marmic as a platform to accelerate organic growth and pursue add-on acquisitions across fire protection services.

KKR Acquires Marmic Fire & Safety

July 24, 2024

Industrial Services

Investment funds managed by KKR have acquired Marmic Fire & Safety from HGGC. Marmic, headquartered in Joplin, Missouri, is a leading provider of regulation-mandated fire protection inspection, testing and maintenance services with more than 1,000 employees and over 56,000 customers across commercial, industrial, multi‑family, education, government, and healthcare end markets; KKR will maintain Marmic as an independent company and implement a broad-based employee ownership program.

Marmic Fire & Safety Acquires APS FireCo

November 9, 2021

Industrial Services

Marmic Fire & Safety Co., Inc. has acquired APS FireCo, a Tulsa-based full-service fire protection firm that provides inspection, installation and special-hazard suppression systems. The sellers — Chad and Amy Mariska and Chris Jones — will remain involved as partial owners while Marmic expands its capabilities and geographic footprint in Oklahoma and Texas.

Marmic Fire & Safety (HGGC) Acquires Four Regional Fire Protection Companies

March 16, 2023

Industrial Services

Marmic Fire & Safety, a platform company owned by private equity firm HGGC, acquired four independent fire protection businesses — Absolute Fire Protection (Paragould, AR), Kansas City Fire & Security (Olathe, KS), West Memphis Fire Extinguisher (West Memphis, AR), and F.L. Sons Fire Equipment Company (Mackinaw, IL) — in Q1 2023. The deals expand Marmic's geographic footprint across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Tennessee and broaden its recurring life-safety services including fire extinguisher, sprinkler, alarm, suppression and related security/access offerings.

Blackford Capital Acquires Security Fire Systems

December 12, 2024

Construction

Blackford Capital acquired Security Fire Systems (SFS) on December 12, 2024, launching its Fire Safety Consolidation Platform; terms were not disclosed. SFS, founded in 1993 and based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area (Coppell, Texas), provides fire sprinkler design, installation, testing, maintenance and fire alarm services across Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and Oklahoma; SFS management will remain in place as Blackford pursues further add-on consolidation opportunities.