Pye-Barker acquires Ogden's Mountain Alarm

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, headquartered in Atlanta, has acquired Mountain Alarm Fire & Security of Ogden. Terms were not announced.

Mountain Alarm has 14 locations across the Intermountain West and provides alarm monitoring, installation, maintenance service and inspection services for fire alarms, security alarms, CCTV systems and access control systems in its regions. Mountain Alarm is a family business that was founded in 1952 and has over 60,000 monitored accounts and 350 team members. Mountain Alarm has a long history of growing both organically and through acquisition, having completed five acquisitions in 2021 and a total of 13 over the past three years.

“The last few years I have paid close attention to Pye-Barker as they have acquired over 90 fire and life safety companies,” said Eric Garner, CEO of Mountain Alarm. “I thought we were acquisitive with four or five acquisitions per year. I had to meet the Pye-Barker team to understand how they were performing close to 20 acquisitions a year. Almost immediately I realized that our vision for the industry, our company culture and growth objectives were aligned. I knew partnering with Pye-Barker would allow us to continue to expand the business at a rapid pace, while providing limitless opportunity for our team.”

Pye-Barker is one of the nation’s largest companies in the fire protection and life safety industry, with over 100 locations and 3,000 team members. It is a full-service company offering specialties including portable extinguishers, restaurant fire suppression, special hazard systems, fire sprinklers, fire alarms and security.

“Mountain Alarm’s ability to acquire alarm companies, elevate the customer experience, and integrate those companies into their software systems made them the perfect fit to be our platform for acquiring alarm companies,” said Bart Proctor, CEO of Pye-Barker. “We are excited to have the Mountain team join us in growing Pye-Barker.”

Mountain Alarm will retain its name and continue to be led by Garner, the existing management team and team members. The company will also continue to pursue growth both organically and through acquisition, Garner said.