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- Gielgud Theatre London
22-12-2025 - Wyndham's Theatre
22-12-2025 - Welwyn Garden City
22-12-2025 - March 2023
22-12-2025 - Tunbridge Wells
22-12-2025 - Apollo Theatre London
22-12-2025 - Sondheim Theatre London
22-12-2025 - Feedback 2023
22-12-2025 - Shaftesbury Theatre
22-12-2025 - Garrick Theatre
22-12-2025 - Beths Grammar School
22-12-2025 - Feedback Aug 2023
22-12-2025 - Duchess Theatre London
22-12-2025 - The Old Vic Theatre
22-12-2025 - Mother Kelly's, Tottenham
22-12-2025 - A Recommendation....
22-12-2025 - Residential Install
22-12-2025 - May 2024
22-12-2025 - Another Bit Of Feedback May 2024
22-12-2025 - Veja Aug 2024
22-12-2025 - Wembley
22-12-2025 - Beths Dec 2024
22-12-2025 - There When You Need Us....
22-12-2025 - Opera House Mar 2025
22-12-2025 - Mayfair June 2025
22-12-2025 - Old Vic Backstage
22-12-2025 - Wilton's Music Hall
22-12-2025 - Novello Theatre Dec 2025
22-12-2025 - Fever Screening - Getting Your Business Back To Work
29-05-2020 - Fire Alarm Servicing - Getting Back To Work !
07-05-2020 - Operations Through The Covid 19 Crisis
06-04-2020 - Grenfell Tower - Stay Put Policy - Wireless Evacuation Warning System
26-06-2017 - Guest House Owner Suspended Sentence
10-02-2017 - Computer Rooms - Silent Nozzles - Gas Discharge
11-01-2017 - Mobile Friendly
11-08-2016 - BS 7273 Pt 1 2015 Actuation Of Release Mechanisms For Doors
18-02-2016 - Landlord Put In Prison
16-10-2015 - SAFE Contractor Approval
16-10-2015 - EMS System 5000 Phase Out
17-07-2015 - Hello !
23-06-2015
Gielgud Theatre London
22-12-2025
Gielgud Theatre - London
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, we installed and commissioned a brand new fire alarm system in this stunning theatre situated on Shaftesbury Avenue in...
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Wyndham's Theatre
22-12-2025
Wyndham's Theatre
Completed during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, we installed and commissioned a brand new fire alarm system in this iconic and beautiful 123 year old theatre situated on...
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Welwyn Garden City
22-12-2025
In May 2022, we installed a brand new Taurus wireless hybrid system in a small office building in Welwyn Garden City.
Using the new TauREX software, this was a quick and easy replacement of...
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March 2023
22-12-2025
It’s been a busy few months, and we’ve completed a fair few new installs alongside our normal day to day servicing and maintenance.
First up, 2 brand new installs in the Grosvenor...
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Tunbridge Wells
22-12-2025
Another new system installed, replacing a failed panel and devices in Tunbridge Wells.
This was a 3 floor unit of offices on an industrial estate just a couple of miles from the town centre....
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Apollo Theatre London
22-12-2025
Back in Theatre Land……
We had the pleasure of replacing an obsolete wireless fire alarm system in the Apollo Theatre in the heart of the West End of London.
This Grade...
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Sondheim Theatre London
22-12-2025
The Grade II listed Sondheim Theatre, sister to the Gielgud Theatre next door and home of Les Miserables since 1985 was next on our list. Opening in 1907 as the Queens Theatre, this install was replacing...
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Feedback 2023
22-12-2025
Another satisfied customer……
A recent London Theatre new install where we replaced the whole system.
This is what they had to say;
“I am happy to report the...
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Shaftesbury Theatre
22-12-2025
The last new theatre to be built on Shaftesbury Avenue, just a mere 112 years ago, The Shaftesbury Theatre sits at the High Holborn end of the road.
As the theatre recently created a new bar...
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Garrick Theatre
22-12-2025
On London’s Charing Cross Road, near to Leicester Square, this Grade II listed building opened in 1889.
Another system replacement, installing a hybrid fire alarm using both wired and...
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Beths Grammar School
22-12-2025
In May 2023 installed a brand new system in a Grammar school in Bexley, Kent.
This was a hybrid system of both wired and Hyfire Taurus wireless kit. Replacing a system across a number of buildings...
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Feedback Aug 2023
22-12-2025
Some great feedback from one of our customers, we recently completed an install of a complete new system at their theatre
"A big thanks for to you and all your guys working on the project,...
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Duchess Theatre London
22-12-2025
An absolute pleasure to replace the fire alarm system at this 94-year-old theatre in London’s West End. With full cooperation from the theatre team, we were able to install a brand-new hybrid...
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The Old Vic Theatre
22-12-2025
Originally built in 1818 as The Royal Coburg Theatre, re-named The Royal Victoria Theatre, rebuilt and re-opened as The Royal Victoria Palace then called Royal Victoria Hall, this 1000 seat theatre...
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Mother Kelly's, Tottenham
22-12-2025
We have just completed a new fire alarm installation at Mother Kelly's latest new bar in Tottenham.
Mother Kelly’s is an assortment of taprooms that specialise in offering delicious...
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May 2024
22-12-2025
From a recent new install...
"Long-established company and professional team under the leadership of David Rooney. Pre-order visit to assess full scope which ensured no additional unforeseen...
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Another Bit Of Feedback May 2024
22-12-2025
A review from one of our long-standing customers....
"CTA recently completed a comprehensive survey of multiple properties' fire alarm systems and emergency lighting. The engineers...
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Veja Aug 2024
22-12-2025
A recent supply and commission job using a hybrid system giving them Taurus wireless devices on the shop floor and wired devices in the basement staff areas. Controlled by an Advanced Go Panel. This...
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Wembley
22-12-2025
We were on our way to Wembley just a couple of months ago, for a supply and commission job in newly refurbished offices just a few miles down the road from the stadium. We gave them a Hyfire...
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Beths Dec 2024
22-12-2025
Another completed install at a school in Bexley. They have just built a new teaching block which required us to extend our current fire alarm and voice alarm systems to include this 3-storey building....
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There When You Need Us....
22-12-2025
There when you need us.......
When you get a call from a major London theatre with the news:
"We've got a show starting in 4 hours and we've had a water leak from above...
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Opera House Mar 2025
22-12-2025
From hay bales to Opera House!
We recently had the pleasure of replacing the fire alarm system at Longborough Festival Opera.
This impressive barn conversion in the Cotswolds, and it's...
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Mayfair June 2025
22-12-2025
CTA Fire to to the rescue!!
We were asked recently to jump in last minute and install a fire alarm system at the new Naya Patisserie in London's Mayfair.
This brand new eatery, whose...
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Old Vic Backstage
22-12-2025
We recently completed an extension to the fire and voice alarm system at The Old Vic Theatre London in their brand-new event space 'Backstage'
This newly built 6-storey building will...
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Wilton's Music Hall
22-12-2025
We have just completed an upgrade to the fire alarm system at this amazing 19th century music hall
Wilton’s Music Hall was built on the back of three 18th century terraced houses and an...
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Novello Theatre Dec 2025
22-12-2025
Not far from Waterloo, we have just updated the fire alarm system at London’s Novello Theatre.
It didn’t go On & On & On, it took just a few weeks working around the theatre’s...
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Fever Screening - Getting Your Business Back To Work
29-05-2020
As businesses attempt to return to work more and more are looking to implement some first line controls to prevent the spread of Coronavirus as part of their Risk Assessment.
Thermal...
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Fire Alarm Servicing - Getting Back To Work !
07-05-2020
Over the next few weeks and months many offices will be opening their doors again to staff and employees.
It is important to remember throughout these times that as an employer there is...
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Operations Through The Covid 19 Crisis
06-04-2020
Following enquiries from some of our customers regarding access to premises and servicing and certification of fire alarms and emergency lighting systems during this developing Coronavirus [Covid-19]...
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Grenfell Tower - Stay Put Policy - Wireless Evacuation Warning System
26-06-2017
Truly awful scenes from the Grenfell Tower fire. Thoughts go out to all affected and to all those who have lost family or friends. I hope this forces changes to fire safety in these buildings so we...
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Guest House Owner Suspended Sentence
10-02-2017
A guest house owner has been sentenced to six months in custody, suspended for two years, for breaking fire safety laws and putting 'lives at serious risk' following a blaze at her Barking premises.
The...
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Computer Rooms - Silent Nozzles - Gas Discharge
11-01-2017
CTA Fire have been made aware of a recent white paper report produced by Siemens (September 2015) entitled “Silent Extinguishing”, and a further media report on an incident, when the BBC...
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Mobile Friendly
11-08-2016
Mobile Friendly !!!!!
Good news for users of mobile phones. The CTA Fire Detection website has now been developed to be mobile friendly and simpler to use and navigate around.
It's...
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BS 7273 Pt 1 2015 Actuation Of Release Mechanisms For Doors
18-02-2016
BS 7273 pt 4 has potentially far reaching effects for any business that makes use of electronic locking mechanisms, magnetic door retainers or other methods of holding doors open such as Dorgard.
This...
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Landlord Put In Prison
16-10-2015
A landlord who rented out an HMO without working fire alarms and inadequate escape routes has been jailed for four months.
Ishaq Hussein was sentenced at Reading Crown Court after pleading...
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SAFE Contractor Approval
16-10-2015
CTA are very pleased to announce our acceptance and approval this week under the Safe Contractor Scheme.
This demonstrates our on going commitment to the health and safety of our employees and...
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EMS System 5000 Phase Out
17-07-2015
17-07-15
EMS Wireless Fire Alarm Systems don't comply with the Construction Products Regulations or current British Standard requirements and should not be extended.
