OnScene Technologies, 88 West Main Street, Ramsey, NJ (2026)

04/04/2026

Her day started like every other—in her car, on the way to work.

04/03/2026

There’s a reason millions of people rely on Waze every day.

Not because it tells you where to go—
…but because it tells you what’s happening right now on the road ahead.

Accidents. Hazards. Traffic.
Shared in real time by the people who see it first.

Now imagine that same concept—inside your building.

That’s where Share911 and Share999 change everything.

During a fire or smoke event, the biggest challenge isn’t just detection—it’s awareness.

Where is the smoke actually coming from?
Which stairwell is safe?
Is the hallway ahead clear—or filling with smoke?

Traditional systems sound alarms. Horns. Lights.
But they don’t provide context.

Share911 and Share999 enable the people closest to the danger to share real-time, location-specific updates:

👉 “Smoke on the 12th floor near the east stairwell.”

👉 “West stairwell is clear.”

👉 “Fire visible in conference room A.”

Just like Waze helps drivers reroute around hazards, Share911 helps occupants navigate away from danger.

Because in an emergency, seconds matter—
and the best information often comes from the people already there.

Calling 911 or 999 gets help on the way.
Share911 and Share999 helps people get out of the way.

04/02/2026

Most people already understand the value of real-time, location-based information. It’s why millions rely on Waze every day. (I use Waze all the time, even if I am just driving a few miles.)

I don’t just want to know that there’s traffic. I want to know exactly where it is, so I can decide what to do next.

Now imagine that same concept… applied to an emergency.

Because during a crisis, the problem isn’t just awareness. It’s location awareness.

Where is the danger?

How close am I to it?

Which direction is safe?

Without those answers, we are left guessing.

And guessing costs time. Sometimes, it costs more than that.

That’s the gap Share911 and Share999 are built to solve.

Just like Waze turns drivers into real-time reporters of traffic conditions, Share911 and Share999 enable the first person at your school, workplace, place of worship or venue who sees danger to instantly share exact, location-specific information with everyone nearby.

Not hours later. Not filtered through layers of communication. But in the moment, as it unfolds.

So people don’t just hear “something is happening.” They understand what’s happening, where it’s happening, and how to respond based on their proximity.

Because in an emergency, knowing where it is… determines where you go next.

02/17/2026

Over 90% of U.S. public schools have written emergency procedures (lockdown, evacuation, shelter-in-place, etc.), and these plans assume that staff are with students and direct them during the event. But students can and often are, by themselves, during the school day, when in a restroom, in transition between classes, or in other situations.

Many of our schools have an “open campus” allowing students to leave school grounds (often at lunch) or to flexible entry/exit for certain grades. Many of our schools, especially those in California, permit students to eat or study outdoors. Many students walk or drive to school. And, after 3 PM, students may remain on campus for after-school activities.

Analyses of K–12 school shooting incidents (using the K–12 School Shooting Database) show peaks during morning classes, dismissal, and school events; after‑school periods and evenings (sports, clubs, community events) together account for hundreds of shootings over the multi‑decade dataset, including about 167 incidents specifically categorized as “after school.”

That's why we now enable employees, substitutes, visitors, and students to receive emergency alerts and incident updates via Share911 (US) or Share999 (UK). Visitors and students have limited visibility compared to employees and public safety personnel; they receive only alert directives and incident updates that include them.

01/27/2026

Most emergencies don’t start with sirens. They start quietly.

12/24/2025

The Nakatomi Plaza security team consisted of only two members on the night of Christmas Eve, 1988, while 30 employees of the Nakatomi Corporation were on the building's 30th floor.

Terrorists entered the main lobby in clear sight of Security Guard #1, who was shot nearly immediately while seated behind the security desk. He had little to no chance to alert building occupants or call 911 about armed intruders in the lobby.

After 36 years of investigation, it has been determined that the second security guard likely had time to warn building occupants and 911 of the danger, had Share911 existed at the time. Unfortunately, a hockey-puck-like object rolled toward him, and the confused guard studied it for a moment before it detonated. Moments later, he, too, was tragically shot.

Had he shared the location of the threat in the lobby with all building occupants, including the partygoers on the 30th floor, they may have been more prepared when Hans Gruber and his heavily armed crew stepped off the elevator.

Despite being in the bathroom when the terrorists arrived on the 30th floor, even John McClane could have been notified if he had opted in to receive safety alerts upon arrival in the lobby. Share911's Visitor Pass would have allowed him to scan a QR code, enter his first and last name, and mobile number.

As 2025 comes to a close and we enter our 13th year in business, we want to thank you all for being members of our page and, in many cases, our customers and friends.

Have a most Merry Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and a Happy New Year!

12/02/2025

In an emergency, knowing what’s happening is essential—

But knowing where you are in relation to the danger can be the difference between life and death.

In workplaces, retail stores, healthcare and office environments, live events, and entertainment venues, violent events unfold fast. People don’t have minutes to figure out whether they should evacuate, hide, or barricade. They have seconds. And those seconds are often lost in confusion, uncertainty, and the false assumption that “someone else will tell me what to do.”

The truth is simple: If employees and customers can’t determine their proximity to danger, they can’t make effective decisions.

This is where the intersection of technology and human connection can help improve the outcome of a critical event.

11/21/2025

Thursday on Share911, one of the drills conducted on the platform really stood out for me: a district in Texas ran a shelter-in-place drill after a train derailment with hazmat release. The school that conducted the drill is, as you can see below, blocks away from the rail line.

Over the past decade, there have been more than 12,000 derailments (most of which occur in rail yards). An analysis by the Howard Center found 57 derailments in the last 10 years that each released at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous material; only 26 of those led to evacuations, and one led to a shelter‑in‑place order.

We have many schools and business customers that operate near rail lines like this and other critical infrastructure, such as nuclear power plants. If there is a release, immediate action is needed to keep folks safe. That may be sheltering in place or evacuation, followed by reunification outside of the warm zone.

So great to see a district training for something that, while statistically unlikely, is possible. And if it's "possible," you should be ready for it.

11/01/2025

History tells us that when an emergency occurs in a building — such as an active shooter threat — everyone in the building needs to be informed about it. However, too often, the people inside the building are left in the dark, unaware of what’s happening and their proximity to it.

The building employee who saw the armed man approaching the building they work in may have called 911 from their mobile phone. Still, the information they provided to 911 does not reach the on-site personnel, possibly armed security personnel who can mitigate the threat long before law enforcement arrives. Nor does their mobile 911 call alert their coworkers who are in the building or security personnel.

An employee experiencing chest pains in the men's room can call 911 from their own mobile device, which will result in a response from law enforcement and an ambulance. Still, it doesn't notify co-workers and security personnel, who can respond with an AED and start CPR long before public safety personnel arrive and then have to wayfind to the victim.

The truth is, the ability to improve the outcome of these incidents and others 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

When employees, visitors, and security personnel are connected, everyone can share information, not only by issuing emergency alerts such as lockdown, shelter, or evacuation, but also real-time reports from everyone on-site:

✅ What they see - do they have eyes on the threat?
✅ Where they are - their exact location and how close am I to it?
✅ Who needs help - are they having a medical, or are they trapped?

That flow of information doesn't prevent the threat from appearing or your heart from stopping, but it can transform chaos into coordination. It turns fear into action.

Because in an emergency, the most powerful safety system isn’t the one on the wall — 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.

10/28/2025

𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Just before 6:25 p.m. on July 28, 2025, the driver of a black BMW double-parked his car on the street in front of 345 Park Avenue in NYC, exited the vehicle with an assault rifle in his right hand, walked into the lobby, and began shooting.

At 6:26 p.m., an AI weapons-detection system spotted the approaching shooter before entry, but it did not alert all building occupants.

At 6:28 p.m., the first 911 calls arrived — there would be 113 in all. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝟵𝟭𝟭 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲.

Four minutes after the first 911 call was received, unknowing tenant employees looking down from their windows observed police officers storming toward the building.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

As tenant representatives (likely the first person the custodian encountered) were informed of the danger by custodians, they, in turn, had to communicate with their employees, who then sought shelter and tried to gain situational awareness.

“𝗛𝗶 𝗜’𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺,” 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗿/𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗡𝗬𝗖. “𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

The City issued a shelter-in-place order via mass notification, urging all occupants of the building and those in the immediate area to remain indoors and away from windows. Police on-site used the building's PA system to advise tenants and office workers to lock doors, stay away from windows, and remain in secure areas until tactically evacuated.

Multi-tenant commercial buildings, whether office buildings or shopping malls, need to communicate with everyone on-site and have redundancy in case the primary communication point is compromised, as happened here. And tenant safety, security, and key points of contact — need a way to communicate with, receive information from, and account for their employees, whether they are in the building or out—𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵.

10/26/2025

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

Local law enforcement was staged down the street, and when they received the lockdown alert via Share911 on their mobile devices, they responded to the school's front door, made entry, and drew fake weapons as they initiated their search for the threat.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟯𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 "𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝟵𝟭𝟭, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺. 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆'𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.

Members of the entry team ascended the stairwell, entered the unsecured bathroom, and located the student, standing on top of a toilet in a stall (the door was closed), crying. He had been in the bathroom when the "lockdown" announcement was made over the PA. The entry team assured him he was safe and that it was just a drill.

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝟵𝟭𝟭, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁.

Not only would this practice reveal the room's occupancy to the threat, but the red piece of paper was visible only to the entry team when they arrived at that room and provided no information about how many students were unaccounted for or where they might be.

10/24/2025

Swatting calls have been placed to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and now to big-box retailers. This results in a high-speed public safety response, often to a location where nothing is actually happening, resulting in chaos and confusion.

How easy is it to create a fake 911 call? Let our CEO Erik Endress show you.

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