Fire and Security Matters Awards 2025: Winners announced!

Organised in conjunction with Western Business Media’s B2B magazines Security Matters and Fire Safety Matters and supported by sister titles Professional Security Installer and Benchmark, this year’s Fire and Security Matters Awards received over 360 entries and achieved a record crowd of more than 800 guests. The evening was brilliantly hosted by celebrated comedian and actor Omid Djalili.

The Headline Sponsor for the event was FireQual. The Awarding Organisation for the fire sector will also be serving as the Headline Sponsor in 2026.

Fire and Security Matters Awards sponsors in 2025 included Aico, Ajax Systems, Apollo Fire Detectors, the Association of Security Consultants, C-TEC, EMS, FFE, The Fire Protection Association, The Fire Safety Event, Hikvision, Hyfire, Kentec, Seagate Technology, Suprema Systems UK and The Security Event.

Industry supporters included ASIS UK, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection, BAFE, the Fire Industry Association, 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 2025 winners 

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

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

*Winner: Ian Baker (Ministry of Justice)

*Highly Commended: Dave White (Institute of Fire Safety Managers)

*Commended: Gary May (Manchester Airports Group)

Fire Safety Team of the Year (Sponsored by EMS)

*Winner: University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (Fire Safety Team)

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

*Commended: Rob Cook (Tesco Fire Safety Team)

Fire Safety Project of the Year (Sponsored by FFE)

*Winner: Advanced (Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum)

*Highly Commended: Assured Fire Safety Consultancy (Flat Entrance Doors In-Service Testing)

*Commended: Hackney Council (Estates Recycling Programme – Phase 5)

Fire Safety Manufacturer of the Year (Sponsored by FSM Live)

*Winner: Aico

*Highly Commended: Siderise

*Commended: Advanced

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

*Winner: Ecosafe Group

*Highly Commended: Aylesbury Fire Systems

*Commended: Midland Fire Security Services

*Commended: Wentworth Security and Fire Protection

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

*Winner: C-TEC (CAST-PRO)

*Highly Commended: Thermocable (Fire Detection for Scaffolding and Construction Sites)

*Commended: Vox Ignis (Unicorn Voice)

Fire Industry Woman of the Year (Sponsored by WisuAlarm)

*Winner: Dr Hong Liang (AESG)

*Highly Commended: Avene Furness (Chute Fire)

*Highly Commended: Charleigh Hill (Netflix)

*Commended: Isabel Elswood (Fire Protection Association)

Fire Safety Consultancy of the Year (Sponsored by Ajax Systems)

*Winner: C. S. Todd & Associates

*Highly Commended: AESG

*Commended: Centurion Fire Safety Solutions

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

*Winner: Fraser Bishop (Netflix)

*Highly Commended: Chris Greasley (Event Pro Security Management)

*Commended: Farah Benis (FFA Security Group)

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

*Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression Team)

*Highly Commended: Mitie (BBC Security Team)

*Commended: Mitie (Mitie Intelligence Hub Team)

*Commended: Triton Group (Leadership Team)

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

*Winner: Thames Valley Police, Genetec, Hanwha Vision and CDS Integrated Security Systems (‘CCTV in the Thames Valley’)

*Highly Commended: North (‘Public Space Surveillance in Westminster’)

*Commended: OLS Limited (‘The Doncaster Knights Matchday Experience’)

Security Manufacturer of the Year (Sponsored by Professional Security Installer)

*Winner: Suprema Systems UK

*Highly Commended: Seagate Technology

*Commended: Gallagher Security

*Commended: RISCO Group

Security Installation Company of the Year (Sponsored by Hikvision)

*Winner: SecuriGroup Systems

*Highly Commended: Hunter Group

*Commended: SharpEagle Technology

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

*Winner: Dahua Technology (TiOC Pro with WizColour)

*Highly Commended: Hanwha Vision (Dual-Lens Barcode Reader Camera: TNS-90401BC, TNS-90501BC and TNS-90601BC)

*Commended: HID Global (Mercury MP Intelligent Controller Series)

*Commended: Keynetics (SentriGuard)

Security Industry Woman of the Year (Sponsored by Seagate Technology)

*Winner: Leigh Harper (Cundall)

*Highly Commended: Joanne Loukes (National Gas)

*Commended: Yolanda Hamblen (International Foundation for Protection Officers UK)

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

*Winner: Cundall

*Highly Commended: Bridge Technical Consultants

*Commended: PAL Protect

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

*Winner: Mitie

*Highly Commended: SecuriGroup

*Commended: Carlisle Support Services

Customer Service Award (Sponsored by the Institute of Fire Safety Managers)

*Winner: Illumino Ignis

*Highly Commended: MES Systems

*Commended: FFA Security Group

Training Provider of the Year (Sponsored by the International Foundation for Protection Officers UK)

*Winner: Fire Door Maintenance (FDM by UAP)

*Highly Commended: Zzeus Training

*Commended: detectortesters

Campaign of the Year (Sponsored by Aico)

*Winner: Quelfire (‘…Because It’s Your Job to Know’)

*Highly Commended: Call Systems Technology (‘Enhancing Fire Safety for Deaf Communities with RNID’)

*Commended: Ark Fire Protection (‘Acts of Random Kindness’)

Commercial Person of the Year (Sponsored by Benchmark)

*Winner: Isaac Jude (Galliford Try Asset Intelligence)

*Highly Commended: David McSheffrey (SecuriGroup)

*Commended: Richard Canham (FFE)

Distributor of the Year (Sponsored by C-TEC)

*Winner: Videcon

*Highly Commended: Fire Seals Direct

*Commended: ADI Global Distribution

ESG Company of the Year (Turnover under £10 million) (Sponsored by Ignite CPD)

*Winner: Thermocable

*Highly Commended: Bradbury Group

*Commended: HAIX

ESG Company of the Year (Turnover over £10 million) (Sponsored by Ignite CPD)

*Winner: SmartSec Solutions

*Highly Commended: Shawston International

*Commended: HID Global

Lifetime Achievement Award (Sponsored by the Hochiki Training Academy)

*Ian Moore OBE (CEO, Fire Industry Association)