The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)’s Fire & Life Safety Conference will take place December 12 -14 this year. The meeting is to be held in Orlando, Fla., at the Hilton at Walt Disney World® Resort and will include three days of educational sessions, as well as two days of post-conference seminars.

Effective August 31, 2011; Rutherford Controls Int’l Corp. (RCI), Ontario, Canada, announced the retirement of one of its owners, Tracey Rutherford, director of human resources.

The Indanapolis Business Journal lists the top 25 fastest-growing Indianapolis-area private companies. Exacq Technologies ranks No. 7 on the list. The IBJ ranked the companies based on revenue growth from the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

Select Security, Lancaster, Pa., was named by Central Penn Business Journal as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in central Pennsylvania.

The New York Burglar Fire Alarm Association (NYBFAA) Board of Directors recently held its quarterly board meeting at which the 6-E Legislative Review Committee reported to the NYBFAA Board that it had completed all tasks set forth to it by the board of directors.

Senstar Corporation, Herndon, Va., a provider of outdoor perimeter security technology and products, welcomed two new senior executives to Senstar Inc.’s U.S. operation, including James Quick, as president and Kenneth Ribler, executive director.

John Romanowich, president and chief executive officer of SightLogix, Princeton, N.J., a manufacturer of outdoor intelligent video analytics camera systems for perimeter security applications, received the Security Industry Association (SIA) “Statesman Award” on June 21 during the SIA Public Policy Dinner as part of SIA’s 2011 Government Summit in Washington, D.C.

At the monthly board of directors meeting in July, the IQ Board approved the recertification of the following 13 companies.

DVTel Inc., Ridgefield Park, NJ, made several additional senior management appointments after announcing Yoav Stern is the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. New members of the management team include Ami Amir as the new executive vice president of marketing and products, Dan Hochberg as vice president of global business development leading all revenue generating activities, and Alice Roth as the vice president of research and development.

SecurityXchange, held this year in Park City, Utah, has come a long way since it was founded shortly after 9/11. Every year, the event gathers integrators and manufacturers together for targeted meetings focused on relationships, both establishing new ones and building into existing relationships, as well as finding new technology solutions. This year, more than 325 scheduled meetings occurred during the event — in addition to the impromptu meetings over lunch, dinner and drinks.