Kidde Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets fire protection and safety systems for civilian and military aircrafts, and commercial and military ground vehicle applications. It provides automatic fire detection and suppression (thermal and optical) and gas leak detection (LNG / CNG / propane / hydrogen / diesel / gasoline / hybrid) for the transit industry to include motor coaches, school buses, transit/city buses, paratransit buses, and trains. The company was founded on July 26, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilson, NC.