For Transportation Industry, ECS On-Call Provides Immediate Emergency Spill Response Assistance

The transportation industry now has the technical, regulatory and legal expertise it needs to respond to a fuel or hazardous waste spill when it makes just one phone call to ECS On-Call. ECS On-Call is a comprehensive service provided by ECS Claims Administrators which initiates an immediate emergency response to quickly and cost effectively clean up a transporter's spill.

ECS Claims Administrators, an ECS Company, is one of the nation's leading third party administrators specializing in the management of pollution incidents as well as liability and property claims. The company has managed the remediation details of more than 5,800 incidents for the trucking, railroad and maritime industries.

ECS On-Call services include coordination with local authorities, regulatory agencies and the media, initiation of cleanup activities by qualified remediation contractors and complete supervision of all spill cleanup activities and related costs. The service is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year for all companies that enroll with ECS On-Call.

"Not only do environmental incidents lead to costly fines, legal expenses, and unexpected clean up costs, they also can disrupt or completely halt business operations. Fast resolution, however, saves money, time and a company's reputation," said Karl Russek, assistant vice president of ECS Claims Administrators. "Relying on ECS' proven expertise allows transporters the ability to initiate a fast response while they still concentrate on other areas of their business."

ECS works with more than 500 audited, pre-qualified contractors in more than 750 locations. Its extensive network allows ECS Claims Administrators to dispatch the appropriate contractor to clean up the incident at a competitive price.

For more information or to enroll in the ECS On-Call program, transportation firms should call ECS at 1-800-432-2481 or companies can register directly by visiting ECS' website at www.ecsinc.com/oncall.There is no enrollment fee or retainer for participating companies. Companies only pay for ECS services when they are used. Additionally, there are no mark up fees on the services of hired contractors.

The ESC Companies are leading providers of integrated environmental risk management services to business and industry worldwide. N/A is the 1998 recipient of the Arthur Quern Quality Award, sponsored by the Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and the Quality Insurance Congress (QIC), in recognition of achieving quality in its risk management services and products.