Oakville, ON, December 16, 2009 - ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency notification solutions has engaged in a partnership with Readysmith Advisers Limited, providers of wiki-based web-hosted business continuity planning services. Readysmith services are specifically designed to meet the needs of small and medium sized businesses, guiding SMB companies through planning and recovery from sudden business interruptions such as fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, power failures, bomb threats, supplier failures, pandemics... any bad thing that threatens the survival of the business.

Each Readysmith customer is assigned an experienced "Adviser" to support the Ready Plan development.  Readysmith Advisers are available by e-mail, Skype, web meeting, or phone and guide customers through learning modules and development of the Ready Plan. "Our Advisers put years of experience in emergency, crisis and disaster planning to work so you can customize our comprehensive Internet based Ready Plan such as emergency procedures, crisis management procedures, business continuity procedures, IT recovery procedures, and all the data needed to execute your Ready Plan," said Michael Smith, President of Readysmith.

Once the Ready Plan is finished, Advisers lead customers through a scenario based exercise, designed to train staff in the execution of the Ready Plan and to validate its completeness. "ERMS emergency notification services are a great complement to the Readysmith planning tools; if you must really use your Ready Plan to respond to an emergency situation, the ERMS Advantage notification service enables us to get the right communications out to the right people quickly and efficiently.　 We know your Ready Plan and we can help you respond," said Smith.

Oakville, ON, August 7, 2009 - ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency notification and management services is pleased to announce Manitoba Health and Healthy Living has selected and implemented ERMS to manage their crisis and incident management requirements.

The primary mission of Manitoba Health's Office of Disaster Management (ODM) is to ensure the health sector is capable of providing a coordinated and effective response to the health needs of Manitobans during a disaster.  During a disaster, the ODM facilitates the coordination of the health sector's activities with other levels of government, agencies and organizations involved in the response.  The first phase of the ERMS implementation addresses the communications and collaboration requirements of the ODM staff, Regional Health Authority operational response teams, and executive and senior management teams. 

The ability to share information and rapidly collaborate across teams and regions is critical in providing a swift and effective response effort to emergency situations.  The ODM was impressed with the ease of use, speed and reliability of the ERMS system. In addition, the system's GIS-enabled notification functionality allows the ODM to rapidly target areas that have been impacted by floods, forest fires, pandemic outbreaks and other disasters, enhancing response efforts.

"We are happy to have Manitoba Health on board as a customer and are committed to ensuring the Office of Disaster Management is able to fully leverage the communications and collaboration power of the ERMS solution," says Janet Thompson, President of ERMS. 

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services.  Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents.  ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated solution that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs.  ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise.  For more information, please visit http://www.ermscorp.com/ or call 866-382-1477.

Manitoba Health and Healthy Living, Office of Disaster Management

Manitoba Health
Office of Disaster Management
Unit 7 - 1680 Ellice Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3H 0Z2
CANADA
Phone:  (204) 945-1444
FAX:  (204) 948-2531
E-mail:  dms@gov.mb.ca

American Express Company has selected ERMS Advantage Services for world-wide implementation in support of their Global Crisis Management Program and life safety initiatives.

Under the direction of the Global Security Services team, all five principal ERMS service modules will be used to support multiple in-crisis processes including:

• Mass and targeted communications
• Event management
• Accounting for employees through roll-call
• Emergency Management, and
• Business / Technology Continuity Management. 

The Bell Emergency Management Organization (EMO) has selected ERMS for its emergency notification and management requirements.  The EMO team - responsible for management of Bell facilities across Canada - will utilize ERMS services for communication and collaboration amongst its internal team members. The system will be used for two way emergency notification and in-crisis response.

Oakville, ON, February 24, 2009 - Ottawa-based Black Coral, Inc. has partnered with ERMS Corporation to provide emergency notification solutions to Government agencies, providing enhanced communication, collaboration and coordination of emergency operations.  Black Coral Notification ^TM powered by ERMS Advantage is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution hosted within highly secured, geographically redundant data centres in Canada.

Black Coral, a privately-held company is a leading-edge software and services company that has developed a proprietary suite of integrated products for incident management, data exchange, and geo-spatial collaboration.  The addition of the ERMS Advantage Services to the Black Coral portfolio adds two-way crisis communications capability to their offerings, enhancing their ability to provide complete communication, collaboration and coordination solutions to customers.

"We are very happy to have Black Coral in the ERMS Advantage Service Partner Program.  Black Coral has extensive experience providing emergency management solutions to federal, state/provincial and local government agencies in Canada and the United States.  This partnership enhances our ability to reach these target markets with an offering that addresses all phases of Emergency Management including risk mitigation, preparedness and in-crisis response and recovery," said Dennis Hamilton, CEO of ERMS.

"Black Coral is pleased to be able to extend ERMS' notification capability to our customers in the emergency manaqement marketplace," said Douglas Duncan, CEO of Black Coral.  Duncan added, "Adding ERMS' services to our suite of products will be of great benefit to our customers, due to their ease-of-use, cost-effectiveness and reliability; this is a fit."

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services. Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents. ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated modules that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs. ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise. For more information, please visit www.ermscorp.com or call 866-382-1477.

About Black Coral Inc.

Black Coral, a privately-held, Ottawa, Ontario, company, is the industry leader in software solutions that facilitate information exchange and collaboration at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels during emergencies. Their leading-edge solutions provide enhanced situational awareness, incident management capabilities, and ultimately the ability to make informed decisions that lead to successful outcomes.

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Oakville, ON, January 7, 2009 - Today, ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency management and emergency notification services, announced a new partnership with Pacific Alliance Technologies.

Under this agreement, Pacific Alliance is now authorized to offer ERMS Advantage Services to its customers. ERMS Advantage is a subscription-based offering that helps organizations manage their vital emergency processes. Using the ERMS Advantage system, Municipal Government agencies can alert citizens to emergency situations via the mass notification engine. Government agencies can choose to send these alerts to citizens on any device such as phone, PDA, SMS, e-mail or fax. Companies can use the same mass notification engine to send critical messages to employees, suppliers, customers or any other group that is essential to business operations. The service removes the complexity involved in getting critical messages out to large numbers of stakeholders.

Beyond mass notification, the ERMS Advantage Service facilitates the interactive process of accounting for employees that have been dispersed as a result of a panic evacuation, and provides on-demand information through its integrated toll-free hotlines and document repository system.

ERMS and Pacific Alliance are Canadian-based organizations dedicated to providing the Canadian marketplace with leading-edge emergency management solutions. "Pacific Alliance is well known for their proficiency in developing, delivering and supporting technology solutions for clients in the Municipal Government and Oil & Gas sectors. ERMS Advantage Services are a perfect fit for the Pacific Alliance portfolio, and will serve to address the burgeoning requirements Canadian organizations are facing in the notification and crisis management space," said Dennis Hamilton, CEO of ERMS.

"We are seeing new regulations that require employers to have emergency contingency plans for their staff. Without requiring additional infrastructure, ERMS becomes the cornerstone of a firm's emergency management plan," said Chris Webber, President of Pacific Alliance Technologies. "ERMS is a key step in our on-going process of leveraging our domain expertise to provide more comprehensive software offerings to our clients."

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services. Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents. ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated modules that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs. ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise. For more information, please visit www.ermscorp.com or call 866-382-1477.

Established in 1998 and now a member of StarDyne Technologies, Pacific Alliance Technologies is a leading provider of GIS, web-based mapping, architectural and building design software and services. We specialize in the customization and implementation of customer-driven software solutions, reinforced with certified training and support. Our mission is to develop and implement proven solutions that will help sharpen your competitive edge and increase your organization's productivity. For more information, please visit http://pat.ca or call 877-691-9171.

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Oakville, ON, August 21, 2008 - ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency management and emergency notification services, today announced a new partnership with WPS Disaster Management Solutions, experts in emergency planning.  WPS will offer the ‘ERMS Advantage' crisis management service to its customers which will expand the WPS consulting practice, adding full crisis communications capability to their portfolio.

The subscription-based, "software as a service" (SaaS) offering assists large and mid-sized organizations in managing their vital emergency processes, including "employee roll call", event and incident management and traditional mass notification.  The ERMS Advantage service assists emergency response, BCP and security teams in preparing for and responding to crisis situations and day to day operational emergencies.

"We were attracted to WPS due to their 28 year track record in emergency planning and life safety.  WPS has deep expertise in developing and implementing multi-hazard plans for organizations across Canada and the US which will enable them to provide excellent consulting expertise around the ERMS Advantage crisis management service," said Dennis Hamilton, CEO of ERMS.

"Our decision to partner with ERMS was easy, they are a proven leader in providing emergency notification product and services but more importantly they are driven by crisis emergency management people. Their products and services are designed to fit the Client which is often not the case with many other companies," said Doug Araki, President of WPS.

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services.  Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents.  ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated modules that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs.  ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise.  For more information, please visit http://www.ermscorp.com/ or call 866-382-1477.

About WPS Disaster Management Solutions

Since 1980, WPS Disaster Management Solutions has been helping corporations, building owners and property/facility management companies develop and implement Emergency Response and Recovery Management Programs throughout North America. We specialize in commercial-office, commercial-retail, government, shopping centers, schools, hospitals and care facility plans. Our many years of experience in this field combined with our state-of-the art ICS-based emergency plan have awarded WPS the recognition by our many clients to be the "Leaders in Emergency Management".

The WPS Emergency Management Program is revolutionizing the industry by allowing our clients with multiple properties and/or offices to establish a "Best Practices" emergency management policy or standard that exceeds all local fire code compliance and is consistent throughout their entire portfolio on regional and/or national level. In addition to the development and creation of multi-hazard emergency plans, WPS also offers on-going plan support, on-going professional training for all emergency supervisory personnel, and building evacuation supplies.  For more information, please visit http://www.wps-plan.com/ or call 800-545-9028.

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Oakville, ON, August 14, 2008 - ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency notification and crisis management services, today announced a new partnership with N2N Secure, experts in Physical and Logical security solutions.  N2N has entered into an agreement to offer the ‘ERMS Advantage' emergency management service to its customers. This agreement helps round out N2N's security consulting practice, adding full crisis communications capability to their portfolio. 

N2N Secure and ERMS will demonstrate ERMS' notification system when it is used at the upcoming Southern California GSO and GSI conferences as the notification tool for attendee management.  "Through its complete communications solutions platform, ERMS provides corporations with all of the tools they need to communicate effectively with all or a portion of their employees regardless of the situation" said James Connor, Principal of N2N Secure.  "We looked at all of the offerings available in the marketplace and concluded that ERMS provides the best combination of functionality and cost effectiveness.  We look forward to introducing ERMS' products to our client base."

The subscription-based, "software as a service" (SaaS) offering assists large and mid-sized organizations in managing their vital emergency processes, including "employee roll call", event and incident management and traditional mass notification.  The ERMS Advantage service assists BCP and Security teams in preparing for and responding to crisis situations and day to day operational emergencies.

"We are pleased to have established a partnership with N2N Secure, whose security consultancy business will allow ERMS to grow our distribution networks in Western US. The N2N team bring years of global security strategy and deployment experience to the table.  Emergency notification and crisis communications is a natural extension of this core business and it is becoming increasingly important as more and more organizations seek out tools to support organizational resiliency," said Dennis Hamilton, CEO of ERMS.

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services.  Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents.  ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to a secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated solution that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs.  ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise.  For more information, please visit http://www.ermscorp.com/ or call 866-382-1477.

About N2N Secure

N2N Secure is a consulting firm specializing in converged Physical and Logical security solutions.  We help you implement optimized solutions that leverage the latest technologies to deliver superior results for your security operation.  Additionally, we help you justify convergence costs by delivering complete insight and understanding of the total cost of ownership and return on investment for enterprise security deployments. N2N Secure is your one partner that provides end to end converged security solutions.  For more information, please visit http://www.n2nsecure.com/ or call 408-515-3398.

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The subscription-based, "software as a service" (SaaS) offering assists large and mid-sized organizations in managing their vital emergency processes, including "employee roll call", event and incident management and traditional mass notification.  The ERMS Advantage service assists emergency response, BCP and security teams in preparing for and responding to crisis situations and day to day operational emergencies.

"Companies are recognizing it is not only important to be able to communicate in the midst of an emergency - it is equally important that response teams have the tools to effectively manage through the crisis.  The ERMS service provides a full suite of tools that facilitate communication and collaboration between teams and other stakeholders, enabling them to make informed decisions", said Anthony D'Amato, Managing Partner of Delta Consulting, Inc.

"eDelta's expertise in Enterprise Risk Management, specifically Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery is a great complement to the ERMS emergency management offering.  eDelta has a strong track record of delivering superior BCP consulting expertise to their clients and ERMS is very pleased to be partnered with a leader in this space", said Dennis Hamilton, CEO of ERMS.

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency management and emergency notification services.  Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents.  ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to a secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated solution that allow organizations to support life safety, brand image protection and business resiliency programs.  ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise.  For more information, please visit http://www.ermscorp.com/ or call 866-382-1477.

About eDelta Consulting, Inc.

eDelta Consulting is a boutique services firm with extensive expertise in financial, operational and technology risk. Our blue chip clients continuously use our services in such critical areas as internal audit, enterprise risk management, information security, and litigation support. Our team brings decades of experience from major accounting firms, Global 2000 corporations and government entities. For more information, please visit: http://www.edeltaconsulting.com/ or call 516-903-2967.

Oakville, ON, July 28, 2008 - ERMS Corporation, a leading provider of emergency notification and crisis management services, today announced a new partnership with TAMP Systems, experts in business continuity planning.  TAMP Systems has entered into an agreement to offer the ‘ERMS Advantage' emergency management service to its customers. This agreement helps round out TAMP's BCP software and consulting services, adding full crisis communications capability to their portfolio. 

The subscription-based, "software as a service" (SaaS) offering assists large and mid-sized organizations in managing their vital emergency processes, including "employee roll call", event and incident management and traditional mass notification.  The ERMS Advantage service assists BCP and Security teams in preparing for and responding to crisis situations and day to day operational emergencies.

"Emergency communications has emerged as a top concern for business, government and educational institutions globally.  More and more organizations are looking for emergency communications tools to support organizational resiliency.  We are pleased to have established a partnership with TAMP Systems, whose consultancy business and business continuity planning software footprint, will allow ERMS to grow our distribution networks in the Eastern US, said Dennis Hamilton," CEO of ERMS.

"It doesn't matter how large or small your business is," said Tom Abruzzo, CEO of TAMP.  "In an emergency, if you don't communicate with your employees quickly and efficiently, life safety and your business will be impacted.  TAMP is known for its commitment to providing its clients with outstanding business continuity planning services, so it makes sense for us to partner with ERMS - one of the world's leading emergency management services companies - to serve our clients with automated communication services."

About ERMS Corporation

ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services Corporation) is a global leader in emergency notification and crisis management solutions.  Our industry leading ERMS Advantage Services software suite allows organizations to manage vital emergency processes, enabling effective communications and response to crisis situations and incidents.  ERMS Advantage Services are delivered through a SaaS model, providing clients with access to secure, fully hosted, web-based integrated modules that allow organizations to address life safety, protect brand image and minimize disruption caused by an incident or crisis.  ERMS was built based on 25 years of Crisis Management, Emergency Management, BCP and DRP experience and expertise.  For more information, please visit http://www.ermscorp.com/ or call 866-382-1477.

About TAMP Systems

TAMP Systems is a leading provider of business continuity management solutions for organizations spanning a wide variety of industries.  In addition to providing continuity plan development and consulting services, as well as Web-based continuity management software, TAMP specializes in disaster recovery and pandemic incident response planning.  TAMP's popular software is entitled the Disaster Recovery System (DRS), which creates and manages business continuity plans.  As a 25-year-old company, TAMP has earned the reputation as a leading BCP consulting, software and client services organization - one awarded the honor of being inducted into the Contingency Planning & Management (CPM) Hall of Fame.  For more information about TAMP's business continuity planning solutions, visit http://www.tampsystems.com/, email info@tampsystems.com or call 516-623-2038.