History

Owners George and Cathy Church incorporated Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. in 1998. Serving customers in Pennsylvania and Maryland, Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. offers design and installation of Tyco Rapid Response Residential Sprinkler Systems, new fire sprinkler systems, retrofits of existing buildings, reinforcements and analysis of existing systems, fire pump installation, testing, and service, inspections, and design/build services. As a Quell licensee, we also install protection systems for cold storage facilities.

George Church has over 35 years of experience in the fire sprinkler industry working throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Georgia in sales, design, project management, and service. Project experience includes high-rise buildings, distribution centers, shopping malls, college dormitories, and student centers, residential, hotels, casinos, pharmaceutical laboratories, nuclear power and other industrial plants. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College with a degree in Business Administration.

George is a member of two NFPA technical committees: NFPA 3 Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, and NFPA 22 Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection. He also served as a member of the NICET Certification Rewrite Task Group.

Our Estimating and Design Departments have over 25 years of experience, our field superintendent has over 35 years of experience, and on average our fire sprinkler installers have 6 years of experience. We continue to educate our employees in the latest technologies, job site safety, manufacturer’s certifications, and code updates.