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ESi(R) Opens New Emergency Management Training Facility
Friday, May 09, 2008
William Smith, deputy director of operations for the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency, to be featured speaker at the opening of the new ESi University
ATLANTA, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ESi(R), the global crisis information
management solutions provider, today announced the opening of its new training
facility, ESi University. Located in Atlanta, GA, ESi University is led by Jim
Cook, emergency management veteran and former Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency
Management Agency director. The events surrounding the opening of this new
facility will begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. EDT. ESi is expecting
nearly 150 WebEOC(R) customers, including William Smith, the deputy director
of operations for the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency. Smith
is scheduled to speak about how his organization has used WebEOC in recent
disasters including the destructive tornadoes that damaged downtown Atlanta
and how useful the new training center will be for emergency management
agencies.
ESi University is a facility for emergency management training
specializing in ESi's WebEOC, the first Web-enabled collaborative crisis
information system, which provides real-time information sharing to facilitate
decision-making in emergency situations. WebEOC links together local, state,
federal, volunteer, private and even worldwide sources and provides users with
a common operation picture, giving responders and managers access to the
critical operational data they need to make sound decisions quickly.
"The goal of ESi University is to provide the best, most comprehensive
training and certification on ESi products available in the world," said Cook.
"I am confident that with this program we will be able to create a
better-educated pool of talent for emergency management agencies."
At ESi University, emergency management professionals have the opportunity
to become WebEOC administrators and participate in other courses such as
WebEOC Resource Manager, Advanced Board Building, How to Implement Process
Flow, Conducting Exercises with WebEOC, and EOC/Command Center Operations.
Over the past 12 years, ESi has grown to serve nearly 500 customers around
the world. As a leader in emergency management solutions, ESi recognizes that
the technology used by emergency operation centers is continuously evolving
and changing. Therefore, with the opening of ESi University, the company will
offer WebEOC certification in four specific areas: WebEOC Administrator,
"Advanced" Board Builder, Instructor, and Associate.
"The purpose of the certification program is to educate and empower
emergency operation center administrators to do end-user training for their
organizations," said Don Drinkwater, certification administrator of ESi
University. "The ESi University training and certification program will offer
WebEOC users skills that they can not receive at any other facility."
ESi University is one of only a few world-class emergency management
training centers in the country and the only one approved to conduct training
on WebEOC. With its mock EOC and state-of-the-art technology, ESi University
is expected to attract emergency management professionals from all over the
world for training on various ESi products and on emergency management
processes., Currently ESi is expecting to offer two to three training classes
per month, with that number increasing as the training and certification
program grows.
About ESi
Augusta, Georgia-based ESi(R), the global leader in crisis information
management solutions, pioneered the market with WebEOC(R), the world's first
Web-enabled emergency management communications system. Recognized by Inc.
Magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America in 2007,
ESi connects crisis response teams and decision makers at national, state and
local agencies, healthcare providers, airlines and corporations worldwide,
providing access to real-time information for a common operating picture
during an event or daily operations. By offering a solutions package from
initial design and installation through training, implementation and
maintenance, ESi sets the standard for crisis information management. For more
information, please visit http://www.esi911.com.
SOURCE ESi
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