Expanding Compliance, Reporting, and Connectivity for Fire Alarm Professionals
AMITYVILLE, NY & ATLANTA, GA — NAPCO Security Technologies and BuildingReports® today announced an enhanced integration between NAPCO’s StarLink Fire® Max2 Cellular Commercial Fire Alarm Communicators and the BuildingReports inspection reporting platform. This collaboration expands compliance documentation, reporting accuracy, and system visibility for fire alarm dealers, particularly those serving multi-site and National Account customers. NAPCO’s exhibit at NFPA Expo, Booth 431, in Las Vegas next week will showcase the exciting solution, alongside the BuildingReports Booth 533 directly across the aisle.
The life safety code-compliant StarLink Fire Max2 Dual Cell/IP Communicator is widely respected and used as a cost-effective replacement for POTS lines. It delivers dual carrier connectivity across Verizon and AT&T networks with automatic selection for optimal signal performance. As part of this integration, NAPCO has advanced its communicator technology to provide a dedicated data path for BuildingReports, separate from the signal transmitted to the monitoring station, enabling enhanced data exchange without impacting alarm communications.
Together, the platforms introduce new capabilities that improve inspection workflows, data accuracy, and system transparency. For example, BuildingReports established barcode-based time and date stamping will be further strengthened by a secondary layer of electronic verification sourced directly from addressable connected devices, delivering greater confidence that every device has been thoroughly inspected.
The partnership is further designed to extend visibility beyond the inspection itself. Through a planned expansion of the integration with BuildingReports’ PanelScan™ service, NAPCO StarLink Fire Communicator data will be incorporated directly into inspection reports and the BuildingReports mobile app, bringing key system activity and device-level information into a single, unified view. This will include the ability to review Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) activity alongside inspection results, giving service providers and stakeholders a more complete and real-time picture of overall system performance.
For building owners and facility managers, the partnership will introduce new opportunities for proactive system oversight. Automated notifications from the BuildingReports service will be developed to alert stakeholders to potential device issues or failures, helping support faster response times and ongoing compliance with fire and life safety requirements.
The partnership is designed to grow alongside the evolving landscape of connected building systems. Upcoming development will enable pre-population of inspection data within BuildingReports using device information from integrated systems, allowing technicians to begin inspections with greater speed, accuracy, and consistency.
BuildingReports brings decades of inspection expertise, advanced mobile and cloud-based technology, and the industry’s largest network of inspection professionals. Its platform enables technicians to efficiently capture fire and life safety device data and generate accurate, verifiable reports, helping ensure systems meet compliance requirements and clearly identify corrective actions.
StarLink Fire Max2 continues to distinguish itself with architecture and installation advantages valued by dealers. Its direct-to-carrier connectivity, enabled through NAPCO’s native U.S. carrier relationships, establishes secure VPN tunnels directly from the cellular networks to NAPCO’s UL-Listed Network Operations Center and Disaster Recovery site. Unlike other solutions, StarLink transmissions remain entirely within the U.S., avoiding global signal routing or third-party detours, helping provide faster delivery, greater reliability, redundancy, and SOC 2-compliant enhanced data security. Additionally, NAPCO just released new StarLink Direct, a Central Station-Direct option, to satisfy AHJ and/or regional specs for a no-NOC Signal and Supervision transmission path.
StarLink installations are well-known for their streamlined speed and simplicity, requiring no panel reprogramming, additional power supply, or complex wiring, thanks to dual quick-connect FACU modular jacks. These features help reduce labor time and simplify deployments for technicians in the field. Enabling BuildingReports integration is equally straightforward, requiring only a quick remote firmware upgrade to any/all existing StarLink Fire MAX2 Communicators.
David Sperber, NAPCO Director of Sales, stated, “As a leader in fire and life-safety communications, NAPCO is pleased to partner with BuildingReports to deliver greater connectivity, efficiency, and value to the marketplace. By combining the proven performance of StarLink Cellular Communicators with BuildingReports’ inspection and compliance platform, this collaboration helps fire alarm dealers streamline operations and better serve their customers.”
“This partnership represents an important step forward in how inspection data is captured, validated, and applied,” said Jason Kronz, CEO/CTO of BuildingReports. “By integrating with StarLink Fire Max2 and continuing to expand capabilities like device-level verification and PanelScan, we’re building a smarter, more connected approach to compliance that evolves alongside the industry.”
All StarLink Fire Max2 Communicators in the field &/or available at distributors nationwide, support the BuildingReports integration with a quick, simple firmware upgrade, activated with a button-press remotely via the NOC (no product-replacements are necessary.) Together, the solution delivers the innovation, reliability, and operational efficiency that have made both platforms trusted choices among fire alarm professionals and National Account providers.
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About NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSSC) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of technologically advanced electronic security equipment including intrusion and fire alarm systems, access control and door locking systems. The Company consists of NAPCO plus three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Alarm Lock, Continental Access, and Marks USA. The products are installed by security professionals worldwide in commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and government applications. NAPCO products have earned a reputation for technical excellence, reliability and innovation, poising the Company for growth in the rapidly expanding electronic security market, a multi-billion dollar market.
About BuildingReports
Since 2000, BuildingReports has been dedicated to making buildings safer and compliance easier with trusted digital inspection solutions. Our platform supports inspections for fire protection systems, video and access control security systems, and HVAC equipment – helping ensure safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Today, we power the world’s largest network of independent service providers and facility managers, completing inspections in hundreds of thousands of buildings worldwide. With third-party verification and certification built in, every inspection report is accurate, reliable, and fully documented. Users can access data anytime, anywhere, through a standard web browser, giving property managers and stakeholders the confidence and flexibility to make informed decisions. Learn more at buildingreports.com.
