About Us

emergency well control fire fighter

Safety Boss

Founded in 1956 by K.J. “Smokey” Miller, Safety Boss has grown from a one-truck fire company into a fleet of safety, loss prevention, and emergency response equipment operated and managed by the industry’s leading team of safety professionals. 

In 1979 Mike Miller, son of the company’s founder, became the CEO and Safety Boss followed a new direction based on Mike’s vision. Originally rooted deep in Alberta’s oil patch, Mike expanded the company internationally in the early 1980s by forging our world-renowned well control reputation. To date, we have successfully controlled more than 800 emergency events, including several of the largest blowouts and firefighting projects in the world.

When Mike retired in November, 2023, he sold his controlling shares of the company to key long-term employees who now continue to lead the company with the same vision, mission, and values that he worked so many years to establish. Partnering with an investment company, Kissell Capital, Safety Boss’ growth strategies are secured for a solid future. Mike has remained on as a shareholder, and will be working with the team on a consulting basis, focused mainly on well control.

Moving forward, we continue to diversify by providing comprehensive prevention, detection and response safety services to the Oil and Gas, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Processing industries worldwide. Striving to improve ourselves and the equipment offered is how we will accomplish our goal of operational excellence for our partners in the industry.

OUR VISION

To be the best fully integrated Health, Safety, and Environmental Company supporting and providing “OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE” to organizations worldwide.

CORE VALUES

We are committed to creating a work-family through mutual trust and respect among all employees.

We are committed to operating with loyalty and reliability between our employees, customers, and the public.

We are committed to operating with professionalism in all our activities between our employees, customers, partners, and the public.

We are committed to conducting all of our business with the highest degree of integrity and honesty between our employees, customers, and the public.

We are committed to supporting and guiding our employees to success.

MISSION STATEMENTS

We promote creating our own economy to ensure we control the outcome of profitability and job stability.

We promote a positive work environment to ensure all our employees feel valued and secure in a harassment-free workplace.

We promote an incident free work environment through the use of our behaviour based safety culture, training, and proactive assessment of hazards and risks.

We promote diversified services to ensure a wide range of HSE requirements providing a “one-stop” concept for our customers and offering multiple career opportunities for our employees.

We promote an Interdependent workplace culture through Respect, Empowerment and Trust in our employees.

“We have no desire to be the biggest… just the best.”

Mike Miller

Leadership Team

Heidi Lasante
CEO/President

Heidi Lasante

Sonia Rehal
Chief Financial Officer

Sonia Rehal

Curtis Wright
Vice President

Curtis Wright

Rob Velthuis-Kroeze
General Manager

Rob Velthuis-Kroeze

Alyce Blair
HSE Manager

Alyce Blair

Mike Miller
Well Control Consultant

Mike Miller