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Tech Safety Lines is dedicated to providing workers at height our proprietary training and patented safety equipment they need to stay safe in any environment.
EMPOWER • PREVENT • SAVE
OUR STORY
9/11
Diane Waghorne was watching the news along with the rest of the world on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Amid the tragedy unfolding before her eyes, she kept thinking, how was it possible all these people trapped in the burning buildings didn’t have a way to get down safely? The thought didn’t go away in the following days, weeks, or months. Waghorne’s mind was made up. She wanted to do something. She wanted to save lives. Three weeks after the towers fell, she found herself on a plane, on the way to a military manufacturing plant.
Joined Forces
Diane’s research led her to a product that helps people descend in dangerous situations. Eventually, Waghorne bought the patent for the military compact descender (MCD) and brought the manufacturing to North Texas. Her business partner, Brent Wise, a 35+ year veteran of the Dallas Fire Department, brings his knowledge of Emergency Response rescue and mountaineering to the industrial world. As a Captain in the Dallas Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team and Urban Search & Rescue Teams, his unrivaled real-world experience is applied to all aspects of Tech Safety Lines. Diane's passion for incident prevention across all industries and Brent's lifelong commitment to the safety of others has set Tech Safety Lines apart as a leader in rescue.
TSL Founded
The business Diane started from her kitchen table in 2002, now has two training centers in DFW with over 30,000 square feet of training area and 45,000+ rescue kits in over 35+ countries worldwide.
Dallas Fire Department
Tech Safety Lines' proudly utilizes members of the Dallas Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team as instructors for our safety training courses. These experienced and certified professionals bring real-life simulated situations to our curriculum and make the environment fun, hands-on, and applicable.
