April 22, 2008 - The Encore on 7th, our latest client, is a new, 151 apartment Hi-Rise Residence located in downtown Pittsburgh. The stunningly elegant, 18-story structure is managed by Lincoln Eastern Management Corporation, a division of Lincoln Property Company. Classified as a "Hi-Rise Residence", management found it important to be in compliance with Pittsburgh's All Hazard Plan. It selected US Life Safety as their emergency preparedness consulting firm.
Lincoln Eastern Management Corporation also opted to implement US Life Safety's web-based Life-Counts® service. The Encore's on-site manager, remarked that "US Life Safety was chosen because of their long-time 
experience in emergency preparedness. This company has one-on-one experience with Pittsburgh's EMA, has written a comprehensive occupant evacuation plan (OEP) approved by Pittsburgh EMA and has had their roots in emergency planning for commercial buildings since the late seventies! They just didn't arrive on the scene after 9-11!"
The Encore plans to use Life-Counts® to educate their residents and to use its' unique automatic evaluation feature to ascertain weaknesses in their emergency plans.
September 1, 2007 - We are pleased to announce that Canonsburg General Hospital, a member of the Allegheny Health System of Canonsburg, PA has come on board with Life-Counts®. 
Designed for their over 520 hospital staff members and three area fire departments to quickly access and review floor plans, emergency plans and chain-of-command, the Canonsburg General Hospital will use the online testing and evaluation feature for optimum performance in making sure all staff members understand plan procedures. The auto-evaluate feature will help in locating weak parts of the plan so improvements can be quickly made. An emergency preparedness management choice - well made!
March 2007 - US Life Safety was recently awarded Buildings magazine’s prestigious “2006 Editor’s Choice Top Products Picks” for it’s unique web-based emergency management service Life-Counts®. Out of 100 finalists, Life-Counts® was the only product/service in the “Emergency Response” category. Life-Counts® was created and designed by US Life Safety’s president Steve Burchesky and the programming talents of his Senior IT Director, Mr. Guangming Cui. Life-Counts® can be used by municipalities, school districts, colleges, hotels, condos, mixed use and commercial buildings to securely distribute building floor plans, update and distribute chain-of-command and emergency or safety plans to occupants in one or multiple buildings. Life-Counts® allows testing and verifications of users, evaluates the plan for weaknesses and connects with local emergency services.
November 10, 2006 – We are pleased to announce yet another Pittsburgh company has discovered what Life-Counts® can do for them; Lanxess Incorporated. Headquartered in Germany, Lanxess is well known as an international leader as a supplier of chemicals with operations in 18 countries world-wide.
LANXESS operations have a long history, rich with a tradition of research and discovery. The company's roots go back to 1863, the year Bayer was founded. In 2004, during its reorganization, Bayer AG combined most of its chemical activities and approximately one-third of its polymer activities into a new company: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH.
With over 9.3 billion (US) in sales in 2005, Lanxess has over 18,282 employees at 50 international production sites and offices in all major regions to ensure their business partners the best possible service on the world's markets.
Lanxess commitment to safety in chemical handling is apparent in their decision to implement US Life Safety’s Life-Counts® at their United States head office in Pittsburgh.
October 24, 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Electrical division of Eaton, Inc. located in Moon, PA, has chosen Life-Counts® to assist in corporate safety compliance. Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2005 sales of $11.1 billion. Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel economy; and automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and specialty controls for performance, fuel economy and safety. 
Eaton has 59,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 125 countries. Mr. Todd Pfeifer, CFM who made the decision to implement Life-Counts® remarked "We look forward to being able to meet the dozens of safety requirements that corporate asks of us. In addition, we'll feel good knowing and that our employees will have a secure exposure of our site plan and that our plans and floor plans will be accessible from local fire stations."
August 2006 - Sandusky, Ohio – US Life Safety is proud to announce its latest client: the Great Wolf Lodge, Sandusky, Ohio. The Sundusky Lodge is one of seven Great Wolf Lodges including lodges in Wisconsin, Kansas, Niagara Falls, Canada, Virginia and the Pocono Mountains with other lodges under construction in Minnesota, Texas and Ohio.
General Manager Derrek Kinzel is excited about having Life-Counts® "We look forward to getting our staff members on board right away and having the accountability that they all have read their emergency plans and understand them!" Great Wolf Lodge is a first-class, full-service, year-round family destination four-story resort with 271 family-sized suites; a 42,000 square-foot indoor entertainment area, featuring a grand-scale waterpark, two 150-seat casual, themed family restaurants; a huge arcade with ticket redemption center; meeting space; a fitness center and a gift emporium. For more information Great Wolf Lodge.
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Harrisburg, PA - The Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU) has just signed an agreement to implement US Life Safety’s Emergency Management program Life-Counts®. The 12-month trial for eleven schools was given the approval by Executive Director Dr. Glenn W. Zehner, who oversees 24 districts in the four-county IU15 Capital Area. “I chose to use US Life Safety’s Life-Counts® because it will place our emergency plans on the web so that they are safe, secure and accessible to those who need to know and use them, and the system will allow us to update the plans, track staff training levels, and communicate information in a timely manner”. Life-Counts® will be serving as a platform for the eleven schools to map critical emergency plans, floor plans, chain-of-command, and inventory of resources to better facilitate the schools with their preparedness effort for NIMS and NIMS Compliance for School Districts.
With a back ground of over 25 years in emergency planning, US Life Safety’s president and designer of Life-Counts®, Steve Burchesky, is no new comer to this vital field. He first began producing site-specific emergency safety and evacuation procedure programs for over 160 high-rise buildings in Los Angeles, New York City and Pittsburgh. Burchesky is confident with how Life-Counts® will perform for CAIU, “When other districts see how easy it is to test their faculty on emergency planning, to evaluate their plans to spot weaknesses, track the performance of multiple schools, and allow local emergency agencies access to critical building plans and information, they’ll want on-board also!”
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US Life Safety, Inc.
is dedicated to helping superintendents and presidents of schools, school districts, colleges, and owners and managers of high-rise and commercial buildings better protect the lives of building occupants by providing the best emergency and safety management and A/V tools available so all involved may be better prepared for any emergency. These tools include US Life Safety's own "Life-Counts®" which is a secure web-based emergency management tool that allows general workplace safety plans, emergency preparedness plans, streaming video, or disaster recovery or contingency plans to be posted and tested by all users. Other training tools include custom videos, DVD's, and building or occupant emergency plans. Among our clients are: GlaxoSmithKline and Highmark Blue Cross - Blue Shield.
Glaxo's Tom Ritchie and Ken Wagner
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GlaxoSmithKline Activates US Life Safety's "Life-Counts®"
Pittsburgh - June 2004 - The brass bands were not there...but they should have been as GSK's Consumer Healthcare division executed their first full building fire drill since the implementation of US Life Safety's "Life-Counts®". To the delight of management and local fire officials who oversaw the event, over 530 company associates cleared the building and rendezvoused to their respective rally points in less than three minutes.
Steve Burchesky, president and designer of "Life-Counts®", couldn't have been happier. "I feel the success of the drill was attributed in great part to the recently activated Life-Counts®."
GlaxoSmithKline - Consumer Healthcare Facility - Moon Township, PA
Facility Manager Tom Ritchie was also impressed. "In less than ten short days following the activation of US Life Safety's Life-Counts®, the entire building had their emergency plans and floor plans available, and knew where their rally points were located." With over 25 years in the facility management field Ritchie marveled at the fact that he had never seen such a well-designed emergency management program. Operations Supervisor Ken Wagner is pleased that the average test-scores of GSK associates understanding the "Life-Counts®" plan now exceeds 99%.
Harrisburg, The Pennsylvania Capitol, October 14, 2003 - US Life Safety's president, Steve Burchesky, presented the company's new "Life-Counts®" emergency preparedness compliance tracking program which is intended for all state owned buildings. It was warmly received with great interest and enthusiasm. From left; Director Philip Fredericek (Security and Safety/House of Representatives), Jim DiBasilio (US Life Safety), Steve Burchesky, Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, State Rep. Tim Solobay, and Director Keith Martin, Office of Homeland Security/Office of the Governor.
