The Riverside Company Forms CertaSite Platform to Consolidate Fire & Life Safety Firms
July 11, 2019
The Riverside Company has formed CertaSite, a fire and life safety platform, to consolidate and grow regional fire protection businesses. The CertaSite family currently includes County Fire Protection, Company One, Approved Protection Systems, Field's Fire Protection and Spears Fire and Safety Services as add-on acquisitions to build scale, expand services and improve technology and sales capabilities.
- Buyers
- The Riverside Company, CertaSite
- Targets
- County Fire Protection, Company One, Approved Protection Systems, Field's Fire Protection, Spears Fire and Safety Services
- Platforms
- CertaSite
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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