911 Headcount got started when 911 Consulting needed to offer clients a way of accounting for employees, visitors and contractors during emergencies.

Headcounts are required by federal law. But, everyone agrees that accounting for all personnel in the panic of an emergency is the hardest thing an employer can do.

911 Consulting believed that there would be an off-the-shelf product that would provide employers with just what they needed. In the period 2001-2005, this belief was mistaken. No such product or system existed. So, 911 Consulting invented one in late 2005. We call it 911 Headcount. It is patent pending since February 2006.

Our standards for our system were rigorous and necessary:

1. Comply with federal law
2. Live, real time checklist of all personnel. Be able to see each, named person go from red s to green s
3. Launch the system on the run, not handcuffed to a desktop
4. Include visitors and contractors
5. Be divorced from employer’s power and IT, the first systems to fail in an emergency
6. Manipulate the system remotely from outside during the emergency
7. Ensure the contact information for employees, visitors and contractors is current
8. Provide information remotely to emergency services about employer’s facility (floor maps, video, plans, etc.)