First Choice Safety Solutions

Name

First Choice Safety Solutions

Legal name

First Choice Safety Solutions LLC

Website

https://firstchoicesafetysolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Health and Safety Services

NAICS

Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Safety & Compliance (OSHA, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding) (EDAOAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Safety & Site Safety Management (EDABAEAL), Emergency Response, First Aid/CPR/AED & Incident Management Training (BPAKAOAJ), Medical Emergency Response & On-site First Aid/Paramedics (BPABANAG), Machine Safety, Guarding & Industrial Equipment Safety (EDABAEAG)

Keywords

• Occupational safety services
• Industrial rescue standby
• OSHA compliance training
• Confined space rescue
• Fall protection training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mystic

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Safety Consulting and Staffing Services: The company provides workplace safety consulting services including safety program development, compliance auditing, emergency response planning, and staff augmentation. Services are delivered by experienced professionals including active and retired professional firefighters and emergency medical professionals.
2. Safety Training Services: The company offers OSHA safety training, rescue and hazmat training, and rope access training. Training courses are offered both at their facility in Mystic, CT and on-site at client locations. Course offerings include NFPA rope rescue technician, confined space rescue technician, hazardous materials technician, SPRAT rope access certification, NATE tower climber certification, and fall protection training.
3. Rescue Standby Services: The company provides dedicated rescue standby teams for industrial sites including confined space rescue standby, power plant standby, high angle and work-at-height standby, emergency rescue teams, and water/wastewater facility standby.
4. Safety Equipment and Gear Sales: The company operates an e-commerce gear shop selling fall protection equipment, supplied air systems, patient care and transport equipment, personal gear, rope and webbing, tripods and davits. Products are available through their online storefront at shop.firstchoicesafetysolutions.com.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

First Choice Safety Solutions is an integrated occupational health and safety services company that delivers workplace safety services, certified safety training, on-site rescue standby teams, and safety equipment sales. The company combines consulting, OSHA/NFPA/SPRAT/NATE-certified training programs, dedicated industrial rescue personnel, and an e-commerce gear shop to support power generation, water/wastewater, construction, industrial manufacturing, and emergency services clients.

Product overview

First Choice Safety Solutions is a solutions-based safety services company offering an integrated portfolio of four core service areas: Workplace Safety Services (compliance, auditing, emergency response, industrial hygiene, and safety programs), Workplace Safety Training (OSHA, rescue, hazmat, and rope access training with certifications including SPRAT, NATE, NFPA, and ProBoard), Rescue Standby Services (confined space, high angle, power plant, and emergency rescue teams), and a Gear Shop (online retail of fall protection, supplied air systems, and safety equipment). The company provides approximately 26 distinct training courses ranging from introductory workshops to advanced technician certifications, sold alongside professional services and equipment retail to serve power generation, water treatment, construction, industrial manufacturing, and emergency services sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workplace Safety Services Comprehensive safety services including health and safety compliance, outage/turnaround support, compliance auditing and inspections, emergency response drills and planning, project safety plans, staff augmentation, workplace safety programs, industrial hygiene monitoring, safety committee coordination, fall protection equipment inspection, site orientation videos, and fire surveillance/fire watch for enterprise industrial clients.
• Workplace Safety Training OSHA, rescue, hazmat, and rope access training delivered at the Mystic, CT training facility or on-site at client locations, including authorized Petzl Technical Partner, SPRAT, and NATE certification programs.
• Rescue Standby Services Dedicated on-site rescue teams for industrial clients including confined space rescue, power plant standby, high angle/work-at-height standby, emergency rescue teams (ERT), and water/wastewater and water tower standby.
• Gear Shop Online storefront selling safety equipment including fall protection, supplied air systems, patient care and transport, personal gear, rope and webbing, and tripods and davits.
• SPRAT Rope Access Certification Five-day accredited certification course covering SPRAT Level I, II, and III rope access technician credentials with third-party evaluation.
• SPRAT Work-at-Height Certification Two-day SPRAT certification course in fall protection, covering fall arrest, work positioning, and travel restraint systems.
• NATE Tower Climber/Rescuer Certification NATE-authorized certification course for tower climbers and rescuers meeting OSHA and NATE CTS standards.
• NFPA Rope Rescue Technician Seven-day course meeting NFPA 1006 (2021 Edition) for high-angle rope rescue operations, system construction, and technical proficiency.
• Confined Space Rescue Technician Forty-hour hands-on course covering confined space entry and rescue, atmospheric monitoring, ventilation, patient packaging, and vertical/horizontal rescue; eligible for ProBoard certification.
• Hazardous Materials Technician ProBoard Certified Forty-hour course based on NFPA 470 covering hazmat response, PPE, leak containment, and decontamination; leads to ProBoard certification.
• Hazardous Materials Technician for Law Enforcement Five-day program meeting 29 CFR 1910.120 for law enforcement hazmat response and evidence collection.
• HazMat Technician 8 Hour Refresher OSHA-required annual refresher for law enforcement personnel meeting 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii).
• Fall Protection Competent Person Training Two-day intermediate course for facility supervisors meeting OSHA competent person requirements for anchorages, harnesses, and fall protection systems.
• Fall Protection Authorized User Training Worker-level course on fall hazard identification, system components, harness donning, pre-use inspections, and emergency procedures.
• Authorized On-Site Rescuer Awareness-level course for authorized or competent persons on rescue and emergency action plans meeting OSHA 1926.502(d)(20) and ANSI/ASSE Z359.4-2013.
• Rope Rescue Technician Annual Competency Refresher One-day refresher satisfying NFPA 1006 (2021) annual certification covering knots, anchors, mechanical advantage systems, and team-based rescue.
• Introduction to Arizona Vortex Rescue Hands-on workshop covering Arizona Vortex tripod setup, configurations, and winch usage.
• Advanced Arizona Vortex Rescue Two-day advanced course on Vortex configurations, horizontal movement (NFPA 1006), and winch integrations.
• Rope Access Workshop Workshop for rope access skill development in ascending/descending, rescue techniques, and advanced maneuvers at the New England training facility.
• Urban Lead Climbing & Rescue One-day introduction to bottom-up rescue techniques with climbing lanyards, work positioning gear, and suspended victim rescue.
• Advanced Rigging for Rescue Course for rescue practitioners covering advanced knots, hitches, and high directionals in rescue situations.
• Horizontal Rescue Systems Two-day 16-hour course on cross hauls, high-angle offsets, skateblocks, highlines, and mechanical advantage systems.
• Highlines, Guiding Lines, and Victim Movement Workshop Sixteen-hour workshop on NFPA 1006 horizontal movement requirements including cross haul systems, skateblock applications, and SKED stretcher rigging.
• Complicated Emergencies Advanced Rescue Problem Solving Workshop One-day advanced workshop on equipment failure, edge complications, and non-routine rescue conditions with 90% hands-on training.
• Propane Emergencies for HazMat Technicians Two-day NFPA-certified instructor course covering propane properties, containers, firefighting, leak stopping, and flare operations.
• Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Industrial hygiene services including hazard identification, air monitoring, noise surveys, respiratory protection assessments, fit testing, and sampling for silica, asbestos, hexavalent chromium, and volatile organics.
• Safety Committee Coordination Service to help organizations establish and maintain safety committees including issues identification, accountability tracking, monthly training, and compliance assistance.
• Workplace Safety Programs Onsite consultations to assess safety programs including job safety analysis, risk assessments, procedure development, gap analysis, pre-OSHA audits, and accident investigation.
• Staff Augmentation Integrated safety staffing support from short-term to long-term contracts (weeks to five years), providing health and safety personnel including regional management and field oversight for client sites.

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PetzlcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Choice Safety Solutions is a Petzl Technical Partner, providing rope access and fall protection expertise. The partnership enables the company to offer Petzl equipment and provide specialized training in Petzl products. As a Technical Partner, the company has access to Petzl's product expertise and technical support for rescue and work-at-height applications.
• SPRAT (Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Choice Safety Solutions is an authorized SPRAT training provider offering SPRAT rope access certification courses (Level I, II, III) and SPRAT work-at-height certification. The company serves as a third-party certification evaluation site for SPRAT credentials.
• NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst Choice Safety Solutions is a NATE-authorized training provider for tower climber/rescuer certification. The company offers NATE Competent Tower Climber & Rescuer courses that exceed OSHA training requirements and NATE CTS standards.
• AvettaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAvetta is a contractor management platform. First Choice Safety Solutions maintains an affiliation with Avetta for contractor safety compliance management, allowing the company to be listed as an approved safety service provider for Avetta's contractor network.
• ComplyworksminorGTM or Marketing PartnerComplyworks is a contractor compliance management platform. Affiliation allows First Choice Safety Solutions to be recognized as an approved safety service provider within the Complyworks contractor network.
• ISNetWorldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerISNetWorld is a contractor safety and compliance management platform. Affiliation enables First Choice Safety Solutions to be listed as an approved safety service provider within the ISNetWorld contractor network.
• SAP AribaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSAP Ariba is a procurement platform. Affiliation allows First Choice Safety Solutions to be recognized as an approved vendor within SAP Ariba's supplier network for enterprise procurement.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cintas: Cintas is a large uniform, first aid, and safety services provider offering first aid training, AEDs, eyewash stations, and PPE replenishment to industrial and commercial customers. Comparable to FCSS on the first-aid training and PPE distribution side, though it does not perform the high-angle, confined-space, and rope-access specialist services that anchor FCSS.
• BrandSafway: BrandSafway is a large, diversified industrial services and access company offering scaffolding, insulation, coatings, and on-site safety services including rescue and training for power, infrastructure, and industrial customers. Overlaps with FCSS on confined-space work, work-at-height rescue, and OSHA training but at much greater scale and breadth.
• Honeywell Industrial Safety: Honeywell's Industrial Safety division offers PPE, fall protection, gas detection, and connected safety software used by energy, construction, and industrial customers. Overlaps with FCSS on the fall protection, confined space, and PPE equipment categories and on training content; not a direct services competitor.
• MSA Safety: MSA Safety is a global manufacturer of fall protection, confined-space, gas detection, and head, eye, and hearing protection products sold through distributors. Comparable to FCSS on the gear-shop side and provides training-adjacent content, though MSA is a pure-play product company and not a service competitor.
• 3M Personal Safety Division: 3M's Personal Safety Division manufactures fall protection, respirators, hearing protection, and other industrial PPE, and provides training content and consulting. Comparable to FCSS on equipment supply (3M is even an FCSS customer) and on aspects of OSHA training, though it is a global product company rather than a regional services firm.

Emerging players

• Petzl: Petzl is the global manufacturer of headlamps, climbing, rope-access, and fall-protection equipment and operates a Technical Partner network of which FCSS is a member. Petzl is a partner (not a competitor) but defines the equipment category in which FCSS trains and sells, making it a directly comparable reference point for the rope-access and fall-protection stack.

Direct peers

• Total Safety: Total Safety is one of the largest industrial safety services providers in the U.S., offering confined-space rescue, industrial hygiene, safety staffing, and training to power, refining, petrochemical, and construction customers. It is the closest head-to-head analog to FCSS in terms of integrated service portfolio and enterprise target customer base.
• Vector Solutions: Vector Solutions (formerly ClickSafety) is a leading online compliance and safety training provider with a large library of OSHA, construction, industrial, and human resources courses. It competes with FCSS on EHS training delivery, especially for customers seeking scalable e-learning rather than on-site instruction.

Others

• National Safety Council: National Safety Council is a long-standing non-profit safety organization that develops training curricula, certifications, and advocacy across OSHA, first aid, and defensive driving. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant whose training and certification frameworks overlap conceptually with FCSS's OSHA and rescue training content.

Regional players

• Heritage Industrial Services: Heritage Industrial Services provides industrial cleaning, mechanical services, and specialty services including confined-space entry and rescue standby to power, refining, and chemical customers, primarily across the Eastern U.S. Direct overlap with FCSS's confined-space, power-plant standby, and high-angle services within a similar geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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