Welcome to TheSafetyStore.com! This website is one of several sites owned by
Crisis Management Systems Inc. (C.M.S., Inc.) -a Virginia
Corporation. We are located in Ruckersville, Virginia. (just North of
Charlottesville, VA.), but our company was founded in San Francisco,
CA on July 5, 1991 by Julia Moore and Steven Hull.
In June, 2001, we moved our headquarters from San Francisco, California to Charlottesville,
Virginia. In 2010 we moved our business to current location. Most fulfillment and operations happen here and at our sewing plant in Missouri. Currently we have no retail store, but do have Will Call available to pick up orders schedule meetings or presentations. We can service all our customers through
e-commerce, phone, FAX and in-person sales calls. Please don't hesitate
to contact us if you have questions or wish to place an order.
Our History
In 1991,
we began a consulting firm providing disaster consulting, training and
planning services for businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Unlike
many emergency preparedness vendors that talk about disasters they see
on television, our founders carried decades of on-site emergency
management, pre-hospital care, training and corporate preparedness and
response into the business from the start. After several years, Julie
and Steve began to see a shift in customers' needs - receiving numerous
requests for products and custom-built systems for emergency response.
Coupling their extensive background in the field with the "new" way of
selling, we looked to the Internet to move forward.
In late 1995, we created SafetyStore.com as an
experiment. SafetyStore started out as an small Internet site designed
to supply hard-to-find home and business preparedness products. We are
told now that when we started our site, there were less than 100,000
websites in the World. Over time, our 5-page, 40-product website has
grown to thousands of pages and products. We are known as a pioneer
selling safety and emergency response products on the internet. Our
growth was mostly responsible to our customers - we have always
listened to individual requests, customized needs and additional product
line suggestions. Over time they (and us) have grown to incorporate a
wide range of products and services.
As the Internet grew over the years, so did our reputation for great
customer service and first-hand product knowledge. Homemakers to
international relief groups to government agencies have come to rely on
our safety and emergency management knowledge and product expertise. We
pride ourselves on being able to find the right items and services to
fill the customers requests. We are also known as the go to company in disasters. For instance, the Louisiana National Guard contacted us at 7pm on a Friday of Labor Day weekend to provide trauma kits for Hurricane Katrina.
In 1999, we drastically expanded our business position to more fully
meet customer's needs by offering internet, telephone order, wholesale
and retail sales. We added 4 websites to offer specific products for
industrial safety, First Aid, EMS and Fire-related patches and pins. A few years later we were able to acquire TheSafetyStore.com (it was being used in Alaska and specialized in hazardous materials equipment. We had no idea in 1995 that "safety store" would be such a popular name that dozens of companies would try to copy it. TheSafetyStore.com is part of our family of innovative websites and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
In 2005 and again in 2009, we completely rebuilt our internet and
back-shop order systems. Each year, our websites get a fresh new look, and we continue to add new product lines in response to our customers requests. More importantly, the
products are easier for our customers to find, customize and order. We
are adding more informational articles, tips and ideas to help people,
businesses and government agencies quickly jump-start emergency
preparedness and response programs. As the Internet matures, so does
our company's internet security and computer network to protect both our
customers and our growing company.
TODAY:
We are
continuing to add exciting new websites to help you find the specialty
products you need faster. We are even adding a few non-safety related
websites. We have added many new products and services to help us become your
one-stop source for safety, first aid and emergency preparedness
products. Always feel free to contact us via phone or e-mail with
questions. Don't see something you need? Give us a call! You are the
secret to our success and we appreciate your business and questions.
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