WE ARE REDEFINING Personal Safety

OUR FOUNDER’S NOTE

After years of working within the built environment, designing spaces and navigating safety regulations, I began to notice something important. Most safety systems are designed around compliance. But real emergencies are about human behavior. In critical moments, people hesitate. They search for clarity. They rely on instinct. Being inside the system allowed me to see the gap between how safety is designed and how people actually respond. INSTINKT was created to close that gap, by designing intuitive life-safety solutions that help people act when it matters most.

OUR APPROACH

We design for how people actually respond in critical situations—not how they are expected to.

By combining life-safety expertise with design, Instinkt creates solutions that are:

Visible – Accessible – Intuitive

Because in an emergency, clarity matters more than complexity.

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A New Standard in Personal Safety

INSTINKT is a safety brand redefining personal safety by curating essential, life-preserving tools for crucial situations.

DESIGNED FOR REAL MOMENTS

Each product is built around a simple idea:

Essential tools, brought together in a way that supports action when it matters most. From smoke protection to emergency signaling, every component is selected with one purpose, to increase the chance of safe evacuation during emergencies.

Preparedness should not be overwhelming. It should be ready.

MEET THE TEAM

Captain Richard Birt

Firefighter Captain (Ret.), Las Vegas Fire & Rescue

Captain Richard Birt is a retired Firefighter Captain with over 30 years of service at Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. He is the founder of Solar and Fire Education (S.A.F.E.), a global initiative focused on fire risks related to solar and battery systems, and has led disaster relief efforts deploying microgrids in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Tim Albermann

Senior Security Advisor

Captain Richard Birt is a retired Firefighter Captain with over 30 years of service at Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. He is the founder of Solar and Fire Education (S.A.F.E.), a global initiative focused on fire risks related to solar and battery systems, and has led disaster relief efforts deploying microgrids in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.