01/06/10 – Brea, CA. O'Brien's Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM) today announced the launch of an intuitive and powerful compliance calendar feature that has been integrated into the updated version of its enterprise electronic planning solution ePlanPro™.

This new tool provides ePlanPro™ with robust task management features allowing customers to proactively schedule and track critical events. With the Compliance Calendar feature, customers can associate tasks for individual plans, facilities, or personnel and generate reports documenting regulatory-driven compliance tasks. A standard calendar interface allows plan managers to view upcoming tasks by day, month or year.

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12/01/09 – Brea, CA. O’Brien’s Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM), a global provider of environmental compliance, emergency preparedness, response management, disaster services and crisis management for numerous industry sectors and government agencies, today announced it has completed its acquisition of PIER Systems Inc.

PIER Systems Inc. is a crisis communications company that has developed the PIER software application, an all-in-one, web-based solution for communications management, public relations, media monitoring, employee notification, business continuity and more.

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11/02/09 – Brea, CA. O'Brien's Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM)announced today its plans to merge and integrate Solid Resources, Inc. (SRI), into its Government Services Department. This action is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009.

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08/20/09 – Houston, TX. O’Brien’s Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM) today announced it has been awarded a contract to research and develop influenza pandemic preparedness plans for the State of Hawaii's four Counties: City and County of Honolulu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Counties; and for the Hawaii State Civil Defense.

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07/07/09 – Houston, TX. O'Brien's Response Management Inc.(O'Brien'sRM), a global provider of environmental compliance, emergency preparedness, response management, disaster services and crisis management for numerous industry sectors and government agencies, recently concluded a Homeland Security exercise for Cumberland County, New Jersey.
 
The June 25, 2009 exercise was a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) field exercise designed and facilitated by O'Brien'sRM on behalf of New Jersey's Cumberland County Office of Emergency Management. Held in Millville, NJ, this exercise focused primarily on preparing emergency responders to effectively respond to terrorist incidents

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04/30/09 – Houston, TX. O'Brien's Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM) now provides news media and public relations services as a fully integrated element into its emergency response and crisis management business.

"Successful organizations look for ways to mitigate their risks. Risk to reputation not properly managed can seriously damage a company. To help clients manage their risk before, during and after a reputation-threatening incident, O'Brien'sRM has brought on board an experienced government and energy sector communicator with an extensive maritime background. We're pleased to announce that Tim O'Leary has joined O'Brien'sRM as our Vice President of Communications," said Tim Perkins, O'Brien'sRM Chief Executive Officer

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03/25/09 – Houston, TX. O'Brien's Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM) is moving its I-10 Houston Office to O'Brien'sRM Headquarters office in Spring, Texas effective Monday, March 30, 2009. Mailing address and phone numbers will also be changed to the Main Spring office address, phone, and fax. Emails will remain the same. If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact us at (281) 320-9796.

02/02/09 – Houston, TX. Keeping in line with our commitment to environmental sustainability, O'Brien'sRM has begun a recycling program at our Spring office, led by our “green guru”, Leo Ambrosi, Project Manager for the Regulatory Compliance Division.  Recycling trashcans have been placed in every employee office and a paper dumpster contracted through Waste Management was placed in the parking lot. O’Brien’s Response Management is committed to environmental quality and we look forward to implementing more “green” initiatives in the future.

10/30/08 – Houston, TX. O'Brien's Response Management Inc. (O'Brien'sRM) announced today at the Clean Gulf Conference the latest release of the incident management software CommandPro® Version 1.1.  This latest version includes an integrated Photo ID badge system and automated Geographic Response Strategies (GRS) feature.  CommandPro® is the only software of its kind to combine decades of field response experience with sophisticated technology to integrate strategy and tactics with the Incident Command System (ICS) process and documentation requirements.

10/28/08 – Houston, TX. The O'BRIEN'S Group, Inc. (O'BRIEN'S), a division of SEACOR Environmental Services, and its wholly owned subsidiaries Response Management Associates, Inc. (RMA) and O'Brien Oil Pollution Service, Inc. (OOPS) announced today their plans to merge. The new combined company will be known as O'Brien’s Response Management Inc. and the merger is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Read the full PRESS RELEASE

O'Brien's Response Management (O'Brien'sRM) has scheduled more Regulatory Luncheon Workshops to include Hurricane and Disaster Response and Preparedness and SPCC Compliance and Updates.  Click here for More details, dates, and locations!

3/12/08 – Houston, TX. O'Brien's Response Management (O'Brien'sRM) has been awarded a $300k+ contract to develop a Canadian-US compliant Oil Spill Emergency Response Plan for TransCanada’s Keystone Oil Pipeline Project. The 2,148-mile Keystone Pipeline transports crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta to U.S. Midwest markets at Wood River and Patoka, Illinois and to Cushing, Oklahoma. This award ranks among the largest pipeline planning projects O'Brien's has received. Read More

10/4/07 – Texas City, TX; O'Brien'sRM conducted an Area Security Tabletop Exercise for the Port of Texas City on October 4, 2007.  The event was held at the Doyle Convention Center in Texas City and was sponsored by BP Texas City Refinery.  The exercise included several MTSA-regulated facilities as well as non-regulated facilities located inside the Port of Texas City.  Representatives from several jurisdictional agencies and law enforcement also participated in the exercise including the U.S. Coast Guard, the FBI, Texas City Police Department, Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, and other government agencies. 

Participants were able to practice a coordinated response effort.  Everyone gained additional knowledge of the Incident Command System, Unified Command, and the local area’s emergency response plans.  The event gave the players an opportunity to work and network with facilities, companies and agencies that would be affected by a real security incident in the port.  O'Brien'sRM was privileged to be involved with the exercise.  The day was a great success and everyone in attendance will benefit from their participation.   

9/7/07 – The O'Brien's Group, O'Brien’sRM’s parent company, announced today the acquisition of Solid Resources, Inc. (SRI), a privately held debris management and emergency assistance consulting firm based in Sarasota, Florida.  SRI will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary of The O'Brien'sRM Group in parallel with its other subsidiaries, O’Brien Oil Pollution Service, Inc. and Response Management Associates, Inc.

SRI is a highly specialized professional consulting firm providing disaster debris management and removal monitoring services combined with emergency assistance after a natural disaster, such as a hurricane.  SRI will be a good strategic fit to The O’Brien’sRM Group by diversifying our client base further into the government sector, providing us a significance presence in the Southeast and adding a new range of products and services to our emergency management portfolio.

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