Ensure Your Plant Rounds Are Performed and Provable — 100% of the Time
Operators scan NFC checkpoints at critical equipment as they make rounds. Every check is timestamped. A missed check alerts your supervisor in real time. Every round becomes an audit-ready record — on cellular devices that keep working when your plant network cannot be trusted.
No SCADA integration. No IT project. Deployed in days.
The fallback is your people. Prove it works.
In July, over 100 internet-exposed systems in the Water and Wastewater Systems sector were targeted in a single month, according to CISA. WWS utilities in at least seven states reported incidents, and actors changed IP addresses and passwords in ways that caused loss of monitoring and control functionality. Manual operation was a critical recovery capability. Federal guidance is now explicit — “Practice and maintain the ability to operate OT systems manually.” (FBI/EPA, July 30, 2026)
Internet-exposed systems in the Water and Wastewater Systems sector targeted in a single month, per CISA.
Of systems EPA inspected since September 2023 were in violation of Section 1433 requirements.
Deadline for recertified Emergency Response Plans for systems serving 3,301–49,999 people.
How It Works
Life Check Systems is not another cybersecurity product. It is proof your human layer works. Checks cannot be falsified: logging a check requires physically touching a device to an NFC tag at the location.
Operators scan NFC checkpoints at tanks, wellheads, chemical rooms, and critical equipment as they make rounds.
Every check records who, where, and when — with checkpoint questions, readings, photos, and notes logged on the spot.
A missed or late check alerts your supervisor in real time — by app and text — BEFORE a compliance failure occurs.
Every round becomes an audit-ready record you can hand to a surveyor, an auditor, or opposing counsel.
One Platform. Every Proof You Owe.
When someone official asks, here is what you can prove with LCS.
- Staffing and rounds. Timestamped operator presence matching required staffed hours and per-visit operator logs.
- Maintenance. Documented preventive checks, monthly generator runs under load, and tank inspections.
- Security. Scheduled rounds at tanks and wellheads, door sensors on chemical and control rooms, and the timestamps behind a two-hour reporting call.
- Readiness. Manual-operation drills with records, per FBI and EPA guidance.
- Emergency plan. A named detection and verification measure in your Section 1433 ERP — one you can actually run the next morning.
Independent of Your Plant Network
When operators are locked out of controls, displays are manipulated, or alarms are disabled, verification is a person standing at the equipment. LCS runs that verification.
- Off your network. Devices run on Wi-Fi and Verizon cellular — the accountability layer stays up when SCADA is down.
- Door sensors. Wireless sensors cover chemical and control rooms, with real-time alerts.
- Emergency camera. A one-button camera records when something is wrong.
- Your phones or ours. The app runs on phones your staff already carry, plus optional rugged devices with cellular built in.
Florida Requires Documented Operator Visits and O&M Logs
Florida rules already define your paper trail — and every three or five years, depending on system type, an FDEP sanitary survey reads those records. LCS builds that record automatically. The rule itself permits electronic logs with department approval; we help you pursue that approval.
Staffed hours by plant class — 24/7 for Class A conventional plants.
An O&M log recording each operator’s date and time in and out of the plant.
Monthly operation reports signed under your lead operator’s license.
Documented preventive maintenance, monthly generator runs under load, five-year tank inspections.
Built Where a Missed Check Can End a Life
LCS was built for county jails, where a missed cell check can cost a life and every record faces opposing counsel. Our founder is an attorney who spent years defending local governments after in-custody deaths; he built LCS so there would be nothing to defend. That standard of proof now runs at schools — and at a South Florida water utility that wanted certainty its critical equipment gets checked.
Deployment is days, not fiscal years. Unlimited users, free updates, unlimited online training, 24/7 support — with pricing designed to fit under municipal purchasing thresholds and sole-source justification available.
See the System in Action
Twenty minutes will tell you whether this fits your plant. No pressure or obligation. We can also send a sample rounds report from a plant like yours, or a quote sized to your system.
Brandt McMillan
Life Check Systems
brandt@lifechecksystems.com · 615-975-8212
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