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(714) 838-2923

 

 

CONTACT:

Bill Cunningham Pres/CEO

BERT – Emergency Operations Management

714-838-2923

[email protected]

 

BERT Business Emergency Response Team

Attains accreditation for three EOM classes from The American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC).

BERT Garners Press Attention Across the Country Through

Their Innovative EOM Program Accreditation

Santa Ana, CA – February 27, 2013 –the BERT Business Emergency Response Team announced today that they have attained accreditation for three Emergency Operations Management course designed for any business, public agency, house of faith, regional mall, sports franchise, etc.  The accreditation is the latest benefit to having an EOM Certificate. Upon completion (that can be achieved by a business of any type) the certification now qualifies for a potential reduction in insurance rates.  The accreditation is provided by The American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC).

BERT International, Inc., the company that provides the modest fee-based course, has applied for IRS 501c-4 status as a public-private partnership.  Course instructors are Certified and Qualified active and retired first responders.  BERT teaches Knowledge, Expertise and provides Tools to help Business Communities Prepare for, Respond to, and Recover from Systemic Emergency Incidents. Strengthening those communities with a known resource to prepare for those instances when First Responder systems are fully tasked.

Corporate graduates include Waste Management, Abbott Medical Optics/AMO, and Deloitte. Other groups which benefit include large, non-profit organizations and house of worship. Specific examples include Goodwill Industries and Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana, California.

This program offers a curriculum which builds on what has already proven to work, and adds elements which recognize the “new reality of our times”.

Bill Cunningham, BERT Incorporated, CEO along with most of the Directors, officers & instructors have come out of the CERT environment.   They recognized and agreed that there would be a much wider application of the information if it could be specifically tailored to business of any kind.  While other programs are designed to help families and residents in local neighborhoods to survive and become self-sufficient after a natural or man-made disaster, the primary clientele or target users of the EOM program include manufacturing, warehousing, office, hotel, entertainment, restaurant and retail businesses.

There are three courses of study offered: EOM-Basic, EOM-Advanced & EOM-Certificated.  The Certificated course includes a fully-tailored, confidential business emergency operations plan including an emergency action plan OSHA-EAP.  The other two courses are designed to support certificated managers.  All contain a FEMA focused plan for reimbursement.

Upcoming dates include an informational meeting on March  11, 2014 in Santa Ana.  The next basic course will be held on Friday March 14.  The Certificated one will begin on Thursday March 20 and proceed each Thursday morning through April 24th.    More information and registration for all of the courses can be found at or by calling 714/838-2923.

BERT professionals are subject matter experts in public safety who, through training and guidance, empower employees and leverage/strengthen business relationships.

For more information about EOM, visit BERTinc.org

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