Fire and Security Matters Awards 2026: Winners announced!

Organised in conjunction with Western Business Media’s B2B magazines Fire Safety Matters and Security Matters and supported by sister titles Professional Security Installer and Benchmark, this year’s Fire and Security Matters Awards received over 420 entries and achieved a record crowd of more than 850 guests. The evening was brilliantly hosted by celebrated comedian, actress and presenter Katherine Ryan.

The Headline Sponsor for the event was BAFE. Fire and Security Matters Awards sponsors in 2026 included ADI, Advanced, Apollo Fire Detectors, the Association of Security Consultants, C-TEC, Dahua Technology, EMS, FFE, the Fire Protection Association, The Fire Safety Event, Gerda, HID, Hikvision, Hyfire, Johnson Controls, Kentec, Suprema, The Security Event, Videcon and Vox Ignis.

Industry supporters included ASIS UK, the Fire Industry Association, FireQual, the International Foundation for Protection Officers, the Institute of Fire Safety Managers, the Institute of Strategic Risk Management, the National Security Inspectorate, the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board and The Security Institute.

The 2026 winners

Here are the details of all of this year’s award winners:

Fire Categories

Fire Safety Manager of the Year (Sponsored by Fire Safety Matters)

*Winner: Alec Purdie TIFireE (Quelfire)

*Highly Commended: Kevin O’Neill (AESG)

*Commended: Gary Turnbull MIFSM FSICert (RiskFire)

Fire Safety Team of the Year (Sponsored by EMS)

*Winner: Galliford Try Asset Intelligence (NHS Hospitals Fire Alarm Upgrades Team)

*Highly Commended: Securitas Security Services UK (Fire Safety Team)

*Commended: Legionella and Fire Safe Services (Fire Safety Team)

Fire Safety Project of the Year (Sponsored by FFE)

*Winner: Global HSE Group (Post-Fire Residential Remediation Programme)

*Highly Commended: Bandweaver (Turin Metro Fibre Optic Linear Heat Detection Upgrade)

*Commended: AJS (Fire Safety Upgrades for the Raven Housing Trust)

*Commended: Call Systems Technology (Enhancing MoD Security with Encrypted Fire Signalling)

Fire Safety Manufacturer of the Year (Sponsored by the Fire Protection Association)

*Winner: Eurotech Fire Systems

*Highly Commended: Aico

*Commended: Advanced

*Commended: Vox Ignis

Fire Safety Installation Company of the Year (Sponsored by Apollo Fire Detectors)

*Winner: Galliford Try Asset Intelligence

*Highly Commended: Global HSE Group

*Commended: Aylesbury Fire Systems

Fire Innovation of the Year (Sponsored by The Fire Safety Event)

*Winner: Ajax Systems (EN 54 Line)

*Highly Commended: Gerda Security Products (AlertAssure)

*Commended: C-TEC (FastConvert)

Fire Industry Woman of the Year (Sponsored by the Women in Fire Safety Awards)

*Winner: Coral Morgan (Saint-Gobain)

*Highly Commended: Sally Evans (Bennett Associates)

*Commended: Mabel Higgins (MH Fire Safety)

Fire Safety Consultancy of the Year (Sponsored by Gerda Security Products)

*Winner: Judicium Education

*Highly Commended: FCS-Live

*Commended: C. S. Todd & Associates

Fire Safety Training Company of the Year (Sponsored by Advanced)

*Winner: Aico

*Highly Commended: C. S. Todd & Associates

*Commended: Elevation Fire Training (Elevation Fire and Security Training Academy)

Security Categories

Security/Risk Manager of the Year (Sponsored by the Institute of Strategic Risk Management)

*Winner: James Bradley (Mitie)

*Highly Commended: Ross Harvey (Rockfort Security Consultants)

*Commended: Darren Barber (Kettering General Hospital)

Security Team of the Year (Sponsored by Suprema Systems UK)

*Winner: The Portmarnock Group (The Portmarnock Group Management Team)

*Highly Commended: Cundall (Cundall Security Consultancy)

*Commended: Westgrove Group (Touchwood Shopping Centre Security Team)

Security Project of the Year (Sponsored by the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board)

*Winner: SecuriGroup (SecuriGroup and the Royal Albert Hall Grand Sumo Tournament Delivery Project)

*Highly Commended: Genetec (Strengthening Urban Safety Project for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham)

*Commended: i-PRO and North (Strengthening Public Space Protection across the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham)

Security Manufacturer of the Year (Sponsored by Security Matters)

*Winner: Pyronix

*Highly Commended: Reconeyez UK

*Commended: Dahua Technology

*Commended: Hikvision UK and Ireland

Security Installation Company of the Year (Sponsored by Hikvision)

*Winner: SecuriGroup Systems

*Highly Commended: Galliford Try Asset Intelligence

*Commended: Lodge Security (Technical)

Security Innovation of the Year (Sponsored by The Security Event)

*Winner: Suprema Systems UK (BioStar Air)

*Highly Commended: CSL (DualCom Pro 4)

*Highly Commended: Hikvision (Guanlan AI)

*Commended: Ajax Systems (HL Cameras)

Security Industry Woman of the Year (Sponsored by the Women in Fire Safety Awards)

*Winner: Vicki Hearn (SAFECROWDS Group)

*Highly Commended: Derren Fitton (H&A Protection Services)

*Commended: Francesca Boeris (Comelit-PAC)

Security Consultancy of the Year (Sponsored by the Association of Security Consultants)

*Winner: Cundall

*Highly Commended: Alliance Consulting

*Commended: Rockfort Security Consultants

Security Training Company of the Year (Sponsored by Ignite CPD)

*Winner: Invictus Professional Training

*Highly Commended: Mercury Training Services

*Commended: Nu-ology Training

Security Guarding Company of the Year (Sponsored by the National Security Inspectorate)

*Winner: Corps Security

*Highly Commended: SmartSec Solutions

*Commended: SecuriGroup

Joint Categories

Commercial Person of the Year (Sponsored by Benchmark)

*Winner: Jon East (Elmdene International)

*Highly Commended: Derrick Hall (Kentec)

*Commended: Kyle Millward (Xact Consultancy and Training)

Customer Service Award (Sponsored by Professional Security Installer)

*Winner: Aico

*Highly Commended: Eurotech Fire Systems

*Highly Commended: Johnson Controls

*Commended: Orisec

*Commended: Paxton

Unsung Hero Award (Sponsored by Vox Ignis)

*Winner: Paul Meyerhoff (Mitie)

*Highly Commended: Ben Jaggers (Westgrove Group)

*Commended: Eren Bessim (Safer Business Network)

Rising Star Award (Sponsored by Johnson Controls)

*Winner: Michael Warner (Herongrange)

*Highly Commended: Jemma Barton (Westgrove Group)

*Commended: Hayley Clay (Quelfire)

ESG Company of the Year (Sponsored by Videcon)

*Winner: Apollo Fire Detectors

*Highly Commended: Corps Security

*Commended: SGD Fire Protection

Distributor of the Year (Sponsored by C-TEC)

*Winner: FireSealsDirect

*Highly Commended: LGM Products

*Commended: Videcon

Lifetime Achievement Award (Sponsored by Dahua Technology)

*Matthew Holliday (Director of Technical Services and Field Operations, National Security Inspectorate)