Rykon Fire Consulting, a division of Rykon General Contracting is a full-service fire protection company that designs, installs, repairs, inspects, and services fire protection life safety systems.

Our services include:

  • Complete Automatic Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems
  • Fire Protection Engineering, Design & Consulting Services
  • Fire Protection Sprinkler System Installation
  • Project Management
  • Retrofit of Existing Buildings

Meet The Team

Gary Lederman
50 Years in Fire Protection

1971-1983 – Sullivan Sprinkler – Installation/Design/Estimating/Operations Management

1983-1994 – Champion Sprinkler – Owner

1994-2001 – Various Fire protection contractors in Florida doing design, operations management, project management

2000-2007 – Frontier Fire as Senior Estimator providing estimating, design-build support, project coordination

2007-2018 – Fire End & Croker- National Sales Manager, Technical Support, Training.

2018- Present – Rykon Fire Consulting

  • Design/Build
  • Estimating
  • Project Management
  • ITM Training
  • Manufacturers Presentations
  • Contractors Training
  • Engineers Training

Types of projects:

  • Wet systems
  • Dry systems
  • Pre-reaction systems
  • Special hazards
  • Foam, clean agent
  • Fire pumps
  • Storage tanks
  • Residential sprinklers
  • High-rise
  • Fire standpipe
  • Fire alarms

George Stern
Working in Fire Protection since 1957.

1957-1961 – Raisler Corporation: Fire protection designer and project manager

1961-1994 – Stern Fire Protection: Owner, CEO, estimating, contract negotiating, financial management

1994-2006 – ESG Fire Protection: Owner, CEO, estimating, contract management, financial management

2006-2018 – Rael Auto. Sprinkler Co: Sr. VP, project executive, project management

2018-2020 – Stern Fire Prot. Consulting: Independent fire protection consultant

2020-Present – Rycon Estimator, Engineer, Project manager

  • Holds NYC and NJ Master Suppression license
  • Design of all types of fire protection systems
  • Estimating all types of FSP and SPR systems
  • Project management
  • 30 hours OSHA certificate
  • Designed and project managed 38 high rise buildings in NYC
  • Fire pumps
  • Residential and commercial buildings
  • Designed and managed the largest NYC water treatment plant
  • Design of all types of special hazard systems

Nicolas Disbrow
Project Superintendent

1999-present

Worked as fitter, foreman, superintendent, field operations manager.

Companies:

  • Knox Plumbing
  • Active Fire
  • Five Boro Fire Protection
  • United Fire Sprinkler
  • Metro Fire
  • Rykon Fire Consulting

Experience :

  • All types of sprinkler systems, wet dry, pre-action,
  • Full standpipe
  • Fire pumps
  • Underground supply
  • Inspection
  • Testing

Operation skills:

  • Project Foreman
  • Crew superintendent
  • Field operations manager
  • Project manager
  • Familiar with plumbing, HVAC,
  • Plan review