LOWELL, Mass., July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ki gfishe Compa y, I c. (KCi), a t usted leade i fi e ala m commu icatio a d life safety systems si ce 1964, today a ou ced the lau ch of KISS™ (Ki gfishe I tellige t Supe visi g Solutio ) – a fi st-of-its-ki d i tellige t platfo m that edefi es how fi e ala m a d eme ge cy commu icatio systems gathe data, p ocess i tellige ce, a d commu icate ac oss stakeholde s.
The a ou ceme t follows the successful debut of KISS at the 2026 NFPA Co fe e ce & Expo at Ma dalay Bay Co ve tio Ce te i Las Vegas, Ju e 22-24, a d coi cides with the lau ch of KCi’s edesig ed website at www.kfci.com.
KISS ep ese ts a fu dame tal shift f om t aditio al fi e ala m commu icato s that ely o basic co tact closu e i puts. Built o a Gathe . Thi k. Commu icate.™ a chitectu e, KISS captu es se ial data di ectly f om fi e ala m co t ol pa els – u locki g system-level i fo matio that legacy commu icato s ca ot access.
GATHER: Di ect se ial data captu e f om fi e ala m co t ol pa els plus IOT se so i teg atio , p ovidi g visibility i to system co ditio s that co tact closu es alo e ca ot delive
THINK: I tellige t p ocessi g a d diag ostics that t a sfo m aw data i to actio able i sights fo i teg ato s, facility ma age s, a d ce t al statio ope ato s
COMMUNICATE: Multi-path commu icatio ac oss adio, 5G IoT cellula , a d IP pathways – e su i g edu da t, eliable delive y of ala ms, supe viso y sig als, a d system status to all stakeholde s.
“KISS a d IOT is ou biggest leap yet. We’ e ot imp ovi g the commu icato – we’ e eplaci g the co cept of what a commu icato should be. This platfo m gives i teg ato s, facility ma age s, a d ce t al statio ope ato s access to data a d i tellige ce that simply did ‘t exist befo e.” said Ma io Bulhoes, P eside t of Ki gfishe Compa y, I c.
KISS is desig ed to se ve the full ecosystem of fi e a d life safety p ofessio als:
I teg ato s a d I stalle s gai access to se ial pa el data a d emote diag ostics, educi g t uck olls a d callbacks
Ce t al Statio Ope ato s eceive iche , mo e actio able ala m a d supe viso y data ac oss edu da t commu icatio pathways
Facility Ma age s a d EHS Specialists get eal-time visibility i to system health without elyi g o seco dha d epo ts
Autho ities Havi g Ju isdictio (AHJs) be efit f om e ha ced data i teg ity a d multi-path commu icatio eliability
KISS is backwa d compatible with existi g KCi i f ast uctu e a d is FCC, UL, a d FM ce tified.
Followi g the lau ch of KISS at the NFPA Co fe e ce & Expo, Ki gfishe epo ted st o g validatio f om atte dees ac oss the life safety ecosystem — i cludi g majo e d use s, fi e ala m i teg ato s, OEMs, a d a i te atio al fi e p otectio e gi ee i g fi m.
I a p ivate demo suite at Booth #640, KCi hosted atte dees fo a ave age of 60 to 90 mi utes each — 15 times the typical t ade show e gageme t — allowi g i -depth demo st atio s of KISS’s p edictive diag ostics, eal-time device health visibility, a d complia ce i tellige ce capabilities.
Atte dees we e di ect i thei feedback: KISS simplified a ve y complex p oblem they had bee sea chi g to solve fo a lo g time. P io to discove i g KISS a d the IoT T a smitte , atte dees epo ted elyi g o complex, a alog methods to ma age ala m commu icatio ac oss dist ibuted facilities. KISS delive ed what they desc ibed as a “si gle box, si gle pa e of glass solutio ” – eplaci g multiple ve do s, ma ual p ocesses, a d ce t al statio depe de cies with o e i tellige t platfo m.
“This was the most successful a d impactful t adeshow I’ve eve bee i volved i ,” said Todd Pella d, Vice P eside t of U.S. Sales a d Busi ess Developme t, Ki gfishe Compa y, I c. “The e e gy was elect ic. Custome s walked i to the demo suite a d immediately ecog ized that KISS was ‘t just a othe mo ito i g dashboa d — it was the i f ast uctu e they’d bee looki g fo .”
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About Ki gfishe Compa y, I c.
Fou ded i 1964, Ki gfishe Compa y, I c. (KCi) is a leadi g ma ufactu e of fi e ala m commu icatio a d life safety systems. T usted ac oss DoD i stallatio s as well as mu icipal a d comme cial facilities atio wide, KCi delive s FCC, UL, a d FM ce tified solutio s i cludi g adio, IOT, a d IP-based t a smitte s, eceive s, add essable devices, mass otificatio systems, a d mo ito i g softwa e. Headqua te ed i Lowell, Massachusetts, KCi co ti ues to set the sta da d fo eliability, i ovatio , a d missio -c itical pe fo ma ce i life safety commu icatio . Lea mo e at www.kfci.com.
Media Co tact:Robe t RudolphCha el Ma age Ki gfishe Compa y, I c.Robe t.Rudolph@kfci.com978-596-0214
