Emergency Preparedness Program Launched by Bowman Specialty Services

"Safety for Life" Helps Organizations Be Prepared for All Natural and Manmade Disasters


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 10, 2008) - "Safety for Life," a customized program that helps organizations respond effectively to any kind of disaster, natural or manmade, has been launched by Bowman Specialty Services, a division of E.G. Bowman Company, New York.

"Preparedness makes a huge difference when the unexpected strikes -- from a tornado to a flood, a gunman to terrorists," said Harry Nolan, PhD, chief loss-control engineer with Bowman Specialty Services.

Clients receive a customized emergency preparedness manual, a safety video and technical support. "Safety for Life" can supplement the efforts of in-house safety staff or be used by organizations that do not have their own safety professionals.

"The emergency preparedness manual is designed as a working plan that's regularly updated and always ready to be implemented at a moment's notice," Nolan said. It also outlines setting up a crisis management team (CMT), creating an emergency evacuation plan, showing how to test the plan, addressing employee training and motivation -- and more.

Evacuation planning is often overlooked, but planning can make a difference between life and death in an extreme emergency like a high-rise fire or an attack by terrorists or a murderous gunman.

The approved safety video, in DVD or computer format, shows employees how to respond in emergencies, while covering the key safety concerns in any organization, whether it's a manufacturer, a service business, hospital, government agency or utility.

And as an optional value-added feature, Bowman can arrange for a disaster-relief company that guarantees a stricken company to be up and running again within 48 hours, with services including mobile offices, computers, satellite phone and Internet access, and power generation.

Bowman safety professionals have many years of experience serving business, nonprofits and government. They've written many articles on safety, loss control and evacuation planning for leading trade magazines.

For more information, contact Jeff Lin at 212-425-8150 or jlin@egbowman.com.

Bowman Specialty Services, LLC in New York City is a division of E.G. Bowman Company, Inc. (www.egbowman.com), a full-service commercial insurance brokerage on Wall Street that serves many of America's largest corporations and nonprofit institutions, as well as smaller organizations.

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