LDP Fire & Security

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LDP Fire & Security LLC (formerly Lower Duck Pond Computerized Detection Systems LLC) is located on 34 North Yellowstone Street, and is the leading producer, supplier and installer of fire alarms in Lower Duck Pond and the greater areas. In 2022 the company posted on its website that it employed 95 people when combining all departments.
== History ==
====== 1996-2006: Founding and early products ======
LDP Fire & Security was founded by Steven Frum and Carsten Knop in 1996 at Southwest University, both having a passion for fire detection systems and computerized physics models.
The first product range produced by the company was the "Computerized Detection Line" in 1997. It is shortened to CD-line and had the following products: 
* CD-FAC or Computerized Detection Fire Alarm Central. One panel running on 24V uninterruptable power supply could support up to 64 units on a two-wire loop, handling a cut or break in the wire without loosing units. It had a 4x20 LCD capable of showing faults and alarms and was considered advanced for its time.
* CD-ID, ionizing detector. Attention: Contains unsafe amounts of Americium-241. Must be handled with care, and reported to the authorities if found.
* CD-OD, optical detector. Rushed out in 2001 after the ionizing detector was found "unsafe for non-lab usage". CD-FAC software 1.84 still reports these as CD-ID units instead of their real unit type, except the late 2003 to early 2004 models, which weirdly reports as CD-OD correctly on all tested systems.[Citation needed]
* CD-HEAT, heat detector)
* CD-IO2, one input/one output module)
* CD-S, sounder)
* CD-SS, socket sounder
====== 2006-2008: Success, expansion and renaming ======
====== 2008-2012: Financial crisis ======
The 2008 Financial Crisis hit LDP Fire & Security hard. Over half of the employees had to be laid off, mainly factory workers, forcing the company to invest in automatic manufacturing. Steven Frum and Carsten Knop couldn't agree on who to lay off, and after televised interview with Carsten explaining why manufacturing oleft the company 
====== 2012-present: Success with FSevolution series systems ======
== Notable Employees ==
* David Metzler
* Steven Frum (CEO)
* Louise Bergersen (CTO)
== Departments ==
* Lower Duck Pond Main Office in Lower Duck Pond
* LDPFS Manufacturing LLC (formerly Lower Duck Pond Computerized Detection Manufacturing Facilities LLC) in Lower Duck Pond, a subdivision of LDP Fire & Security
* LDP Fire & Security Service Center Upper in Upper Duck Pond
* LDP Fire & Security Service Center Hydro in Hydroelectric City
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