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Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2019: Winners revealed
This year’s Security & Fire Excellence Awards took place at the on Park Lane last evening (Wednesday 20 November), with awards focused on a wide variety of achievements across the industry. Find out all of the night’s winners below!

The awards were supported by IFSEC International and FIREX International – the largest annual security and fire safety shows in Europe – as well as headline sponsors First Response Group and Oprema. Other partners included Axis Communications (Sustainability Partner), Total Integrated Solutions (Solutions Integration Partner), ICTS, HID Global, Comelit Group and Texecom. It was a star-studded affair, with Tess Daly, Host of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing (amongst much more), hosting the event.
The event also continued its association with charity efforts, with the Charity Casino and Silent Auction’s profits being split across Camps foundation and Bowel Cancer UK.
Engineers of Tomorrow
To kick things off, the event also showcased the future of the industry, with winners of the highly respected Engineers of Tomorrow (EoT) competition being recognised. The competition highlights the next generation of security and fire systems installers from across the UK, while from next year it also acts as the sole mechanism to go through to WorldSkills UK 2020.
Regional heats of the competition will take place between January and March 2020, where over 150 apprentices will take part in a live installation challenge. The top apprentices will then proceed to the next stage, taking place at IFSEC International in May.
This year’s winners were:
Intruder
1st Place: Sponsored by CSL
Adam Smylie & Scott McNab of Beacon Fire and Security
2nd Place: Sponsored by NSI
Frazer Armstrong of Specialist Fire and Security & Glen Brown of Scan Alarms
3rd Place: Sponsored by SSAIB
Matthew Eminson & James Beavon of Chubb
Fire
1st Place: Sponsored by Skills for Security
Callum Tootle & Chris Lomax of EFT Systems Ltd
2nd Place: Sponsored by FIA
Michael Battersby of Evolution & Stephen Gray of Forest Security Alarms
You can register your interest for next year’s Engineers of Tomorrow here.
Next up, two longstanding industry awards from the Fire and Security Association were showcased. Dennis Davis of the Fire Sector Federation was the recipient of the Ian Marsh Fire Award, having made a significant contribution to industry in a number of key leadership roles.
Also a highly respected industry leader, The Peter Greenwood Security Award was given to Simon Banks of CSL.
The winners of the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2019 were as follows:
Inspiration in HR Award
Sponsored by SSR Personnel
Winner: Axis Integrated Services
Counter-Terrorism Project of the Year
Sponsored by ISCE
Winner: Canary Wharf Group, with Joint Emergency Procedures Review
Cyber Security Project of the Year
Sponsored by FIA
Winner: Darktrace, with Darktrace Antigena
Security Distributor of the Year
Sponsored by TIS
Winner: ADI Global Distribution
Integrated Security & Fire Solution of the Year
Sponsored by First Response Group
Winner: Canary Wharf Group, with Joint Emergency Procedures Review
In-house Security Team of the Year
Sponsored by International Foundation for Protection Officers
Winner: CriticalArc, with Safeguarding Services Team, Heriot-Watt University
IFSEC & FIREX Product Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by IFSEC & FIREX
Winner: Hikvision, with the Thermal Network Bullet Camera
Event Security Team of the Year
Sponsored by IPSA
Winner: Security Scotland
ACS Champion of the Year
Sponsored by First Response Group
Winner: ICTS UK & Ireland
Active/Passive Fire Project of the Year
Sponsored by First Response Group
Winner: FirePro UK, with Croydon Universities NHS Hospital Trust
Contribution to Standards in the Security Sector
Sponsored by Hand Media International
Winner: ProtectED
Security Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Axis Communcations
Winner: Helen Hyman, of Mitie Security
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Axis Communications
Winner: Wilson James with Google
Customer Care Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Texecom
Winner: FGH Security
Security Consultancy of the Year
Sponsored by HID Global
Winner: CornerStone Independent Security Consultancy
Security Training Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by ASIS
Winner: Pilgrims Group with LifeSafe for Schools
Security Technology Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by Oprema
Winner: Knifesafe
Security Project of the Year
Sponsored by Comelit
Winner: Universal Security Systems, with Protecting our Borders
Security Partnering Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by TIS
Winner: Security Commonwealth – Stronger Together
Security Guarding Company of the Year (Under £25 million turnover)
Sponsored by ICTS UK and Ireland
Winner: FGH Security
Security Guarding Company of the Year (Over £25 million turnover)
Sponsored by All Security Events.com
Winner: Amulet
Security Hardware Manufacturer of the Year
Sponsored by BSIA
Winner: Axis Communications
Security Software Manufacturer of the Year
Sponsored by The Security Institute
Winner: Vidsys
Security Installer of the Year
Sponsored by Oprema
Winner: Total Security Protection
Highly Commended: Sunstone IP Systems (Small Installer of the Year) and Taylor Technology Systems (Medium Installer of the Year)
Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2019: Winners revealed
This year’s Security & Fire Excellence Awards took place at the on Park Lane last evening (Wednesday 20 November), with awards focused on a wide variety of achievements across the industry. Find out all of the night’s winners below!
James Moore
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