About Us
Cherokey Fire Protection offers a full suite of best-in-class fire protection services.
Cherokey Fire Protection has cultivated a strong employee base bound by a strong culture, providing you with outstanding service and questions answered.
OUTSTANDING SERVICE
TOP-NOTCH STAFF
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED
KNOWLEDGEABLE
OUR BACKGROUND
Cherokey Fire Protection has been honing its expertise in automatic fire sprinkler design and installation since 1981, and is proud to be responsible for the installation of the first apartment based system in the State of Texas. The increasing adaptation of automatic sprinkler based fire protection systems throughout the 1980s, allowed Cherokey to be pioneers in the industry.
Founded by Carloyn Lightfoot, Cherokey Fire Protection is a woman-owned business and is HUB certified with the State of Texas, as well as being certified by the Houston Women’s Business Council. Her business acumen, and the firm’s deep fire protection knowledge, helped them establish a foundation from which Cherokey has grown into a regional leader in fire protection systems.
With a seasoned staff of excellent designers, installation experts and top-notch maintenance staff, Cherokey has built that ability to execute projects across a range of building types including apartments, hotels, student housing, assisted living, and a wide range of commercial buildings.
Expertise and experience are why Cherokey Fire Protection can offer a full suite of best-in-class fire protection services.
WHAT WE DO
Cherokey Fire Protection has a deep portfolio of system design and installation across multi-family residential apartments, high rise buildings, lofts, assisted living facilities, hotels, motels, and student housing facilities. This experience has been leveraged to expand its market to include large commercial and public projects such as office buildings, public schools, and hospitals.
With operations in Texas, Cherokey Fire Protection has completed a range of design, installation and retrofit projects in Arizona, Georgia, Tennessee for its customers.
As a full-service provider of fire safety solutions, the Cherokey Service and Inspection Department is staffed by experienced and fully licensed professionals capable of addressing the needs of existing commercial and multi-family systems, as well as servicing portable fire extinguishers, coordinating fire alarm services, and assisting with building permits. Inspection, repair and maintenance services are currently available across the greater Houston Metro Area.
If you have a question about the best fire prevention solutions, Cherokey Fire Protection has the answers.
OUR TEAM
Cherokey Fire Protection has cultivated a strong employee base over its 40 years of operations, and is proud to be a drug-free environment with an active testing program. Bounded by a strong culture focused on providing the best fire safety solutions for each unique customer need, the whole Cherokey team stands behind every project, and is committed to providing its customers the best possible services and systems.
Led by founder Carolyn Lightfoot, the Cherokey management team draws on its more than one hundred and eight years of industry experience and sixty years of professional management experience, including four-year degrees, to assure excellence at every turn.
CAROLYN LIGHTFOOT
President
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Carolyn developed a passion for saving lives and property during her successful career as Realtor/Broker, when her grandparent’s home burned to the ground. She started Cherokey Fire Protection in 1981, and pioneered the market for automatic fire sprinklers with the installation of the first apartment based system in Texas at Pirates Landing Apartments in Clear Lake. Over the last 40 years, she has overseen the completion of hundreds of various types of projects from Tennessee to Arizona and built an extensive collection of happy customers.
Her entrepreneurial acumen, and depth of business knowledge in areas ranging from accounting to HR to customer service has established a foundation from which the firm has grown into a regional leader in fire protection systems.
She has overseen the development of an experienced and professional team capable of offering customers a full suite of fire protection services from design, installation, inspections, service, repairs and retrofits for apartments, condos, high rise office buildings, assisted living facilities and many other types of facilities. Her continued leadership helps to reinforce the culture of excellence at Cherokey Fire Protection as it proudly enters its fifth decade of operations.
SHAWNA PEREZ
Accountant
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Shawna Perez is a seasoned accountant with over 26 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Shawna’s responsibilities include the oversight of all aspects of the Company’s accounting and finance functions.
Cherokey Fire Protection is pleased to have a team member with her many years of experience and her drive, and enthusiasm for organization. Her dynamic personality and her multilingual communications skills are sure to benefit our customers, vendors, and staff.
ROBERT HAMM
ESTIMATING & SALES
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Robert Hamm is the Design Manager at Cherokey Fire Protection. Robert’s decade-long journey at Cherokey Fire Protection has been remarkable, from starting as a helper to becoming a licensed expert in fire protection. He now spearheads fire systems design, ensuring seamless compliance with codes and regulations while facilitating collaboration with jurisdictions, interpreting contract documents, and partnering with General Contractors to deliver comprehensive fire protection solutions. Robert’s passion for fire protection shines through in his work. He finds fulfillment in designing systems that save lives and values the family-like atmosphere at Cherokey Fire Protection.