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JULY 2016
4 SEASONS FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES EXPERTS IN FIRE SAFETY “One thing that really Company An Authorized Siemens Fire Alarm Equipment Dealership
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ICTOR I A – Stri ki ng a match produces a small f l a me. Touch i ng t h at flame to something combustible can ignite an inferno. The same process has held true for the explosive growth of 4 Seasons Fire Prevention Services. Currently located at 460 Bay Street in Victoria, the company began in 1998 as a small ‘Mom and Pop’ shop selling fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and other fire safety equipment. Flash forward to today and the company is now the exclusive distributor of Siemens fire safety products across southern Vancouver Island and one of the premier sales and installation centers for a wide range of sprinkler and fire alarm systems. “It began as a small shop servicing local businesses, doing things like fire alarm inspections and selling fire safety equipment to commercial and residential customers,” explained 4 Seasons’ cu rrent President a nd owner Rob Sonier. Joining the firm in November 2000 as a CFAA registered fire alarm technician he quickly recognized the potential, both in products and client base that the company offered. In 2003 Sonier took on a management position with the company before purchasing a one third share in the business in 2005. “In 2008 I secured the Siemens fire alarm equipment distributorship for the southern Island and that’s when we started experiencing some serious growth.” Consolidating his acquisition Sonier purchased the company outright in 2014 to become the firm’s sole owner. The move to the current Bay Street location was an integral part of an overall plan to make 4 Seasons Fire
sets us apart is our ability to work with marine clients.” ROB SONIER PRESIDENT, 4 SEASONS FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES
Prevention more approachable for clients as the current location is more comfortable and less industrial than its former venue. “One thing that really sets us apart is our ability to work with marine clients. We are certified to carry out marine fire and safety inspections which very few other companies can,” Sonier explained. Holding certification from factory training, the Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA) and from the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC), 4 Season’s technicians can carry out a full range of fire and safety inspections on land and sea. We are authorized to service and repair a wide assortment of items including fi re a la rms, fi re spri n k lers, fire suppression systems and much more. A partial list of the company’s current sea-going clients includes the Canadian Coast Guard, the Royal Canadian Navy, visiting cruise ships and a host of private yacht and workboat owners. A relatively new division for 4 Seasons, a nd one that has expanded its workload exponentially, is its fire sprinkler division. Now a full service Red Seal certified sprinkler company, 4 Seasons Fire Prevention can select, install and provide ongoing service of sprinkler systems for its client base.
Part of the team at 4 Seasons Fire Prevention Services crew who routinely install a wide range of fire prevention products
Some of the fleet of service vehicles at 4 Seasons Fire Prevention Services that can quickly respond to an emergency “If we’re not the biggest full service shop in Victoria we are certainly in the top three,” Sonier said. “We currently have seven service trucks on the road, 14 employees and a client base that extends all across Vancouver Island.”
The range of clients routinely served by 4 Seasons FPS is as varied as its product and service lines. Every person or corporate entity needing fire prevention a nd suppression tech nolog y a nd ser v ice, ever yone f rom homeowners, to multi-family
developments to government agencies is on the company’s expanding client list. “Apartment buildings have fire alarm and sprinkler systems that run through the whole place, we routinely test both of those. We check fire extinguishers, we test
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