{"id":10139,"date":"2025-12-03T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/?p=10139"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:21:57","slug":"guard-x-fire-protection-women-led-company-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/blog\/guard-x-fire-protection-women-led-company-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard-X Fire Protection: Celebrating a Qu\u00e9bec Company Among the Top Women-Led Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<p>The <em>Les Affaires \u2013 Top 100 Women-Led Companies in Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> ranking (September 24, 2025) highlights the strength of local, human-driven leadership. Among these organizations, we proudly celebrate Guard-X Fire Protection, a long-time Vortex Solution client founded in 1938 and a key player in the Qu\u00e9bec fire protection industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wrapper wrapper--xs\" data-title=\"human-centered-leadership-alexandra-ricard-de-la-durantaye-adm-a-crha-m-sc\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human-Centered Leadership: Alexandra Ricard de la Durantaye, ADM.A., CRHA, M. Sc.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<p>Guard-X is led by <strong>Alexandra Ricard de la Durantaye<\/strong>, who also sits on the Board of Directors of <strong>ACQ M\u00e9tropolitaine<\/strong>.<br>Her leadership reflects a balance of operational stability, strategic vision, and a strong focus on people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wrapper wrapper--xs\" data-title=\"according-to-the-2025-ranking\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">According to the 2025 ranking<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guard-X is the 74th largest woman-led company in Qu\u00e9bec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And the 200th largest SME in the province<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wrapper wrapper--xs\" data-title=\"a-quebec-fire-protection-leader-for-more-than-75-years\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Qu\u00e9bec Fire Protection Leader for More Than 75 Years<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<p>For over 75 years, Guard-X has played a vital role in safeguarding residential, commercial, and institutional buildings across Qu\u00e9bec. The company embodies reliability, technical expertise, and long-term community engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wrapper wrapper--xs\" data-title=\"the-strength-of-quebec-and-canadian-local-businesses\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Strength of Qu\u00e9bec and Canadian Local Businesses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<p>Guard-X represents the positive impact of locally rooted companies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Job creation within Qu\u00e9bec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deep sector expertise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong community presence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proven stability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wrapper wrapper--xs\">\n<p>Vortex Solution is proud to support Guard-X in its digital evolution and to highlight this well-deserved recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Les Affaires \u2013 Top 100 Women-Led Companies in Qu\u00e9bec ranking (September 24, 2025) highlights the strength of local, human-driven leadership. Among these organizations, we proudly celebrate Guard-X Fire Protection, a long-time Vortex Solution client founded in 1938 and a key player in the Qu\u00e9bec fire protection industry. Human-Centered Leadership: Alexandra Ricard de la Durantaye, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/blog\/guard-x-fire-protection-women-led-company-quebec\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clients-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10141,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions\/10141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vortexsolution.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}