MEA Safety Consultants | Selecting an Emergency Response Contractor

ompanies, when attempting to select an emergency response company and supporting emergency services, may find that they are faced with a daunting challenge finding a quality response group.

McCulley, Eastham & Associates Special Operations Division has found that the cheapest contractor is not always the best risk management choice for your corporation. Emergency response is a very technical field and requires highly skilled and qualified contractors to be solicited.

It is no secret that corporations across the world are moving to contracting out emergency response services.

Responding to incidents in the steel, oil, chemical, marine and other industries is an extremely dangerous occupation. The results of a poorly executed emergency response can cripple an organization. The loss in human life and financial assets can be so great that a company cannot overcome the set back. Damage to the corporation's number one commodity, your good name, and stockholder trust can also result.

McCulley, Eastham & Associates, Inc. recommends that every organization, individual facility, and plant manager seeking to implement a full-time contract emergency program, contract emergency response services for outages and turnarounds, or an emergency response training contractor ask every potential contractor the following eight (8) questions:

8 Questions To Ask:

Does the contractor have the experience in the field of need (has he done it before)?
Does his people have the required skills, knowledge and abilities and are they experienced (been there and done that)?
Can the contractor maintain a standing force of qualified emergency response employees to service your needs?
Does the contractor have a previous work history in the emergency response field (who have they worked for and can you call them)?
Is the contractor properly equipped to do the emergency and safety jobs you need?
If your job runs over the contracted time do they have the resources to staff it until your company is out of harms way?
Can the contractor expand as your plant's needs expand?
Does the contractor have the proper insurance needed to perform the emergency response work in your plant?

McCulley, Eastham and Associates meets and exceeds all of the above criteria for Emergency Response.