SAFE STEPS
The Night You Need a Plan, Isn't the Night to Make One
Custom emergency plans for house fire, medical crises, home invasion.
Designed by veterans. Built for your home.
Why?
Most families think their emergency plan is simple: call 911 and wait.
In Charlottesville, emergency services arrive in 10 minutes on average.
In a house fire, you have 3 minutes before the second floor becomes uninhabitatble.
The gap between call and arrival, is when your family is most vulnerable and most families have no plan for it.
Emergency Response In Charlottesville
10min
90% of Fire Fighter Response Times
21min
Average Fire Fighter response time in rural Albermarle Co.
11 min
Average EMS response time
11min
Average Police response time in rural Albermarle Co.
MISSION
Prepare families and communities to effectively and confidently respond to household emergencies while offering veterans meaningful post-service employment.
OUR THREE PILLARS
Empower Families
We give families confidence and structure through personalized emergency plans and rehearsals, turning fear into readiness and ensuring calm, coordinated action when every second matters.
Our Story
Safe Steps was founded by U.S. veterans who believe that every family deserves the same level of preparedness we relied on in uniform. We transform proven military readiness principles into simple, practical plans for everyday households.
Our mission is to help families stay calm and coordinated when seconds count: during a house fire, medical emergency, or home invasion. Each plan is built and delivered by veterans with real-world crisis experience, giving families the tools, training, and confidence to act when it matters most.
We focus on people: integrating them with plans and products that work. Our deliverables include a personalized, spiral-bound home preparedness plan with tailored assessments, realistic scenarios, and rehearsal guides, along with a quick-reference one-pager that outlines emergency steps, a 911 call script, and key information for first responders. We also recommend proven safety products—fire ladders, medical kits, reinforced locks—that complement your plan and improve your family's readiness.
Safe Steps also creates meaningful post-service careers for veterans who want to keep serving their communities. Our long-term vision is a nationwide network of veteran-led franchises protecting families across America: one home, one neighborhood, one step at a time.
WHY?
The night you need a plan isn’t the night to make one.
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The average U.S. household has no written emergency plan.
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73% of parents admit they’ve never practiced an evacuation with their kids.
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Over 350,000 house fires and 1.6 million burglaries occur each year in the U.S.
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In most cases, first responders arrive after the critical first 3–5 minutes.
LOCATIONS
CURRENT AREAS
We are starting in the Albermarle County Area of Virginia, but expect to expand to other counties in Virginia very soon.
