Mes: agosto 2020

LEESBURG, Va., Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Omnilert, the pioneer in emergency notification and management solutions, today announced it’s Omnilert Manage solution was named the winner of Campus Safety Magazine’s 2020 Campus Safety BEST Awards honoring superior emergency management and safety solutions for institutions of higher education, K-12 campuses, and healthcare organizations.

Omnilert Manage is a leading-edge critical event management system that allows for the automation of predefined actions to initiate reliable, expedited responses and eliminate the potential for human error. The multi-channel solution provides two-way interactivity and incident management through its mobile application, enabling customers to quickly gain actionable information from users through polling, tip submissions, and telemetry from their devices, such as the user’s location. Follow up communications can then be sent to successively more targeted groups based on the information received. 

This year’s winner was chosen through independent voting by a panel of judges, along with the editors of Campus Safety Magazine.  Entries were judged on innovation, functionality, competitive advantages, benefits to the installer or monitoring provider, and benefits to the end user.

«Campus Safety Magazine takes pride in focusing on content that helps protection professionals in the healthcare and education markets keep their students, teachers, patients, visitors, and campuses safe and secure,» stated Robin Hattersley Gray, Executive Editor of Campus Safety Magazine.

«This achievement is validation of the progress we have made in bringing innovation to the emergency notification and management space,» said Omnilert CEO David Fraser. «We will continue to introduce new technologies to best support our customers in promoting safety, security, and compliance on their campuses.»

About Omnilert

Omnilert is the pioneer in emergency notification and management solutions and a leader in the higher education market.  Its reliable product offerings provide organizations with peace of mind by streamlining instantaneous communications and response efforts to promote safety, security, and compliance.  To learn more, visit www.omnilert.com.

About Campus Safety 

Campus Safety (CS) Magazine, CampusSafetyMagazine.com and Campus Safety Conference exclusively serve campus police chiefs, security directors, IT personnel, emergency managers and executive administrators involved in the public safety and security of major hospitals, schools and universities in the United States. CS is a product of Emerald Expositions.

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Elizabeth Venafro
Director of Marketing
Omnilert
info@Omnilert.com

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As parents, educators, and administrators decide whether to open schools with in-person teaching, there are escalating concerns about the ability of schools to put in place the programs necessary to protect the health of students, staff, and their families from coronavirus (COVID-19). A key part of most school reopening plans is the fogging or misting of classrooms with toxic disinfectants, raising questions about safe and effective disinfection and sanitizing practices, in addition to social practices that public health officials have advised, to prevent transmission of the virus.

«While people are eager to reopen schools, it is critical that they adopt basic cleaning and safe and effective disinfection procedures, ventilation and infrastructure changes, and adequate maintenance support,» said Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides. «However, these basic practices must follow the recommendations of public health officials, including a less than one percent community transmission rate, social distancing and masks, adequate disease detection testing, contact tracing, and quarantining procedures,» he said.

In spite of the lower incidence of virus among children, many are infected with the virus without or before expressing symptoms. Asymptomatic persons, including children, may carry a high viral load and may infect teachers and other workers at school. They may bring the disease home, where they can transmit the virus to parents, grandparents, and other vulnerable family members.

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends cleaning surfaces before disinfecting, fogging with disinfectant is not a time-saver. Paper and other absorbent materials must be removed from the space where the fogging is conducted. Since the goal is to provide a quick application method that does not require hands-on treatment, no area-wide fogging or misting is adequate at this time.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) advises retrofitting HVAC systems with the highest filtering efficiency, portable HEPA/UV machines, «purge/flush» air systems, among other recommendations. A report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on June 4, 2020 finds, «About half (an estimated 54 percent) of public school districts need to update or replace multiple building systems or features in their schools, according to GAO’s national survey of school districts.»

For the facts on meeting health protection needs for school reopening, see Beyond Pesticides’ factsheet on reopening schools and web page on Disinfectants and Sanitizers for more information. See www.beyondpesticides.org.

contact: Jay Feldman
202-255-4296, jfeldman@beyondpesticides.org

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OXNARD, Calif., Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — In alignment with their commitment to helping enrich the communities where they operate, Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC), makes philanthropic donations to local organizations.

With the COVID-19 pandemic changing many lives in a significant manner, nonprofits across the country are facing increased demand for their services. At the same time, there is a decrease in funding for these organizations as they are being forced to cancel critical fundraising events and regular donors are struggling themselves. To help ease this burden in their local communities, RAC philanthropy committees directed donations to several non-profits throughout California.

In Oxnard, a donation of $25,000 was issued to Future Leaders of America which helps local immigrant families with direct financial assistance to pay for basic needs during the COVID19 pandemic. RAC also donated $13,000 to the Food Share of Ventura County who continues to provide food and fresh produce for families experiencing food insecurity.

«These are unprecedented times,» said Eric Reiter, RAC VP of CA Operations. «Funding for non-profits is falling, but the needs of our communities are not. We are incredibly thankful to be able to support these organizations during this time so that in turn, they can continue supporting our youth and families.»

In Santa Maria, RAC donated $7,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mid Central Coast, which is currently raising funds to provide groceries to the young people participating in its clubs. They also donated $3,000 to the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County, supporting them as they try to keep up with surging demand and ensure that all families have access to food.

«In partnership with Santa Barbara County Foodbank, Gold Coast Packing, and Reiter Affiliated, we now serve approximately 1,200 individuals each week (400-500 bags of fresh food weekly). Many of the recipients of the food distribution service have never needed outside help or been reliant on safety net programs prior to the COVID-19 crisis,» stated Jeremy Deming, CEO Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast.

In Watsonville, RAC donated $11,000 to Santa Cruz Community Ventures, an organization that is helping individuals and families with one-time emergency assistance in this time of crisis in the form of gift cards, rent assistance, and food. Additionally, RAC donated $7,000 to Youth NOW, an organization dedicated to helping youth grow personally and academically through individualized programs. In response to the coronavirus, they are providing virtual tutoring services to support students as they adapt to online learning, as well as providing books, art supplies, and games for students to enjoy at home.

RAC also donated $5,000 to Monarch Services, a safe shelter for domestic violence victims, which has seen a swift uptick in the number of clients they are serving since the shelter-in-place order was mandated.

Furthermore, to help protect essential workers in Watsonville, RAC donated 5,000 KN95 masks to Clinica del Valle de Salinas, Salud Para la Gente, Natividad Hospital, and Watsonville Community Hospital. RAC also provided $5,000 worth of scholarships for children of essential workers to receive free child care at the YMCA.

As a family-owned farming company, RAC is proud to support the important work of community organizations that contribute to a greater quality of life for everyone.

To learn more about Reiter Affiliated Companies, please visit: http://www.berry.net

About Reiter Affiliated Companies

Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) is the largest fresh multi-berry producer in the world, growing Driscoll’s proprietary varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries year round in the United States, Baja California, Central Mexico, Portugal, Morocco, Canada and Peru.

The Reiter family began farming in the San Francisco Bay Peninsula and by the turn of the century had migrated south into Watsonville and the Santa Clara Valley. By the late 1970’s, operations expanded into Southern California where the headquarters is today. The company values of Honesty, Fairness and Respect line the corridors of every office, guiding and leading business principles and decisions. Those decisions have resulted in the organization’s position as an industry leader, adopting health and wellbeing programs, opening primary health clinics and partnering with local organizations to improve the quality of life for the farmworker community.

SOURCE Reiter Affiliated Companies