As part of its statewide expansion strategy, Hux Safety Solutions plans to secure a permanent home office and training grounds, along with three regional hubs across North Carolina.

HSS Chief Visionary Officer Brian Hux said the hubs will include one in the coastal region, one in the Piedmont, and another in the Triad to support confined space rescue needs for industries, emergency services training, and rescue simulations.

Building the additional hubs will be based on the company reaching certain benchmarks in the platform that it is launching. The company earlier announced it is launching a statewide safety and rescue platform that will allow workers to carry their credentials in a digital wallet.

“The company will soon begin evaluating land, commissioning architectural drawings for the office and hub facilities, and selecting general contractors to build the projects,” Hux said in a statement. “Each hub will be identical in design to ensure consistency across the state.”

To support this growth, the company anticipates hiring 12 new team members for the three new hubs — four per region — along with three additional hires for its existing Halifax County hub.

He is looking for land in Halifax County. “I need about 70 acres to scale this thing all the way. I need 7 acres for the first phase, and then I’m going to need about another 70 by the time we get to national scale. There’s going to be a lot of training and simulations. It will be a proving ground.”

The need for a new location falls in line with the company’s growth since its founding. It has provided confined space rescue stand-by for nearly every industry, with the exception of nuclear and marine.

Since starting the company, it has overseen hundreds of thousands of confined space entries, Hux said. “Not once have we had to do a rescue, and I credit that to two things: first, the good Lord has been looking after us, and the second thing is we’ve been very proactive about making sure that the workers are safe.”

Within the company’s leadership, there are about 120 to 130 years of total experience. Hux began his first responder career as a junior member of the Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad in 1986. The team includes Mark Collier, a former commander of the RVRS; firefighters Michael Butts and Josh Sparks; and Hux’s son, Nick, who serves as the company’s chief operating officer. “Being a business owner and having the ability to handpick our team has made all the difference in the success of the business,” Hux said. “I believe in one thing, and that is to take care of our team members; in turn, they take care of our customers, and that’s a win for everyone.”