Carter Brothers Partners with Morris Brown College to Improve Student and Faculty Safety

Carter Brothers, LLC (“Carter Brothers”), the largest minority provider of fire & life safety, access control and video with a specialization in project management headquartered in Atlanta, GA has partnered with Morris Brown College.  Carter Brothers will donate products, goods, and services to Morris Brown to enhance the safety of the current facilities being utilized by students and faculty. Morris Brown is an HBCU institution dedicated to academic excellence and achievement dating back to its founding in 1881. 

“After meeting with Dr. Pritchett and discussing the college’s strategic plan to build enrollment, ensure accreditation and create a safer environment for students, faculty, and all individuals who may visit the campus, my brother and I saw this as an excellent opportunity to utilize our expertise in fire and life safety to give back during this challenging economy,” said Carter Brothers CEO John F. Carter.

Through a phased approach, Carter Brothers’ initial focus will be to update, test, inspect, and provide preventive maintenance for fire & life safety systems located at four facilities on campus. This will include such items as fire alarm panels and smoke detectors followed by the integration of mass notification systems. The Carter Brothers in-kind donation is in keeping with John and Cris Carter’s commitment to education, community and philanthropy.

Carter Brothers is the fourteenth largest and the leading minority provider of fire & life safety, access control and video with a specialization in project management, as ranked by trade publication SDM Magazine. Through its unique construction–style project management delivery model, the firm has provided systems and services to campuses around the country including Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Kennesaw State University.

“We welcome this major resource to improve the safety of our students and staff,” says President Stanley J. Pritchett, Morris Brown College.  “It is because of partnerships offered by people like John F. Carter and Carter Brothers that Morris Brown College can see our “turn-around plan” beginning to work.  The implementation of this massive notification system will not only help Morris Brown students, but students throughout the Atlanta University Center will be safer.”

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Carter Brothers, LLC, the largest minority provider of fire & life safety, access control and video with a specialization in project management headquartered in Atlanta, GA has partnered with Morris Brown College to Improve Student and Faculty Safety.

[Christine Wiggs - class of 1980]

Thank you Carter Brothers! Thank you for "Stepping Up" and giving back to your community. As a graduate of Morris Brown College. class of 1980...I am thankful to ALL - including alumni such as my chapter, Philadelphia Alumni...for the vigilance and faith that is being shown to support an HBCU in its' time of need. Other AUC colleges thrive because of their endowments from the "Oprahs and The Bill and Camille Cosbys etc. Morris Brown College deserves the same type of commitment from its' community and you have made that a reality.

WE, the Morris Brown College family and friends appreciate your involvement. Please encourage others to step up and help Morris Brown. Instead of "turning a blind eye" .. focus on what really needs to be done at Morris Brown. Let her thrive another 100 plus years!
Thank you again!