Call To Action

 

     
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell (l.) accepts a commemorative memento from EMCOR Chairman and CEO Frank T. MacInnis.

On Friday, May 9th, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC), joined EMCOR Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO Frank T. MacInnis to announce a special "Call to Action" for, and expansion of, EMCOR's "Taking KidSafety to the Street"TM program.

 

View highlights from the press conference.

 

Having participated in the recovery of 100 missing children, EMCOR will now leverage its proven KidSafety program as part of a new initiative, which includes increasing visibility and enlisting other companies, to help reduce the number of children that go missing, starting in our headquarters state of Connecticut.

 

We announced the creation of an eleventh region and the seventh within the U.S. -- Connecticut -- to expand the program and help drive down the number of missing children.

 

 
Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) accepts a commemorative  memento from Frank T. MacInnis.
"EMCOR has participated in the recovery of 100 children to date; we look forward to the continued success of our KidSafety program," stated Frank T. MacInnis. "Now, with our continuing goal of helping to reduce the number of children that go missing, we're taking the program one step further, right here in Connecticut, and leveraging proven tools -- escalating visibility through an advertising campaign and giant posters hung on our job sites where allowed. Importantly, we're asking Connecticut organizations to join us -- starting just by calling us at 866.890.7794. Think of the impact if even a fraction of Connecticut businesses put the posters of missing kids on their vehicle fleets or in their lobbies!"

 

Another piece of the KidSafety program goes inside buildings and involves EMCOR's facilities personnel trained to implement Code Adam, one of the country's largest child-safety programs. Originally developed by Wal-Mart associates, this program is activated when a child is first reported as missing within a facility and prior to the arrival of law enforcement personnel. EMCOR is the longtime national sponsor of the Code Adam program and, as part of the Company's Connecticut "Call to Action", EMCOR is providing an online Code Adam training program  to all organizations that desire this education.