EmergencyNet News Press Release
11/22/97 - 08:00CST
ERRI Announces Second Anniversary
of Website, 1.25 Million Hits
By: George R. Binzowski, EmergencyNet News Intern
Chicago, IL (EmergencyNet News)-- Clark Staten, Executive
Director, of the Emergency Response & Research Institute
(ERRI) proudly announced that today is the second anniversary of
its popular free website on the World-Wide-Web.
According to Tom Lorinczi, Technical Services manager, the ERRI
site has been received more than 3,140,000 total "hits"
or accesses, including graphics and menu pages, during its first
two years of operation. 1,250,000 of those "hits"
occurred on more than 1,000 actual content pages, which contain
only emergency/national security-related news, analysis, or
reference information.
These statistics were recorded by both the WEBSTAT(tm) and
WEBTRENDS(tm) Web Server Log Scanner programs, which
automatically track, record, and analyze website usage and other
pertinent data. In light of these statistics, the ERRI site is
believed to be one of the largest and busiest multidisciplinary
emergency/security service websites on the entire Internet.
According to Steve Macko, Managing Editor and Risk Analyst for
the EmergencyNet News service, a subsidiary and the reporting arm
of the institute, the website contains approximately five to ten
percent (5%-10%) of the featured articles and news content that
is produced and distributed each day on the internet via e-mail.
The EmergencyNet News service is a subscription publication that
provides 24-hour-a-day coverage of important military and
emergency incidents, as well as expert analysis of the events, by
some of America's leading emergency service, military, and crisis
management thinkers. In addition to its posting on the ERRI
website, EmergencyNet News is delivered daily to the Dept. of
Defense, Dept. of State, Dept. of Energy, dozens of state and
local Fire/Police/ EMS agencies, scores of corporate customers,
and hundreds of individual subscribers.
Critical Acclaim for
ERRI/Emergencynet News
The ERRI website has received at least fifteen awards for its
website excellence, from both media and emergency service
organizations. They include the USAToday "Hotsite
Award," Netguide Magazine "Gold Award," and the
Starting Point "Hotsite News Award." Click here to see the ERRI
Website Awards page
More importantly,
here's what some of our readers said about EmergencyNet News and
the ERRI Website on the occasion of our second anniversary:
Chuck Spinney, a respected analyst who works at the Pentagon
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, said; "I
want to say how much I value the information produced by
EmergencyNet News. During the recent Iraqi crisis, EmergencyNet's
timely open source reporting helped me keep track of fast-paced
events. It was much more useful to me than the regular print
media..."
"ENN has been a excellent source for information that I don't see in regular "news" channels. Timely and topical, it provides cutting edge material for those interested in getting accurate, up to the minute details of the world of emergency services." -- David A. Armstrong, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Training Consultant.
"EmergencyNet News provides vital information to members of COPS & CRIME on Prodigy and to me as a writer/author on police subjects." -- E.W. Count, Moderator, Prodigy Cops & Crime Forum, Author; Cop Talk: True Detective Stories from the NYPD
"Clark Staten is the Genghis Khan of open source intelligence. ERRI is a modern-day flying column of information for crisis and contingency personel. ERRI is an open source resource that consistently provides insightful fast-breaking reports on global and domestic events with serious ramifications: terrorism, chemical and biological warfare, political profiles, background on hot spots, nuclear weapons, international crime, risk assessments, and threat analysis. ERRI covers the landscape. Best of all, ERRI releases are relevant and inexpensive. ERRI reports are extremely popular with military, law enforcement, and emergency personnel. It is a resource for anyone who needs to be in the know." --Col. Gary I. Wilson, USMC
"EmergencyNet News is an absolutely essential source for
timely reporting of important events worldwide. I can always
count on Clark Staten and his team to provide an accurate,
balanced account of important events. ENN also provides excellent
in-depth coverage, including country studies and reports on
issues like terrorism. Everyone interested in real news coverage
of important issues and events should try EmergencyNet
News." -- Hugh Blanchard, Administrator, U.S. Army
Digital Training Library
"I find the EmergencyNet suite of services absolutely
invaluable in knowing what's happening around the planet. To
replace EmergencyNet's online news coverage, analysis and
commentary, I would have to spend many hours every day
collecting, sorting and evaluating mountains of information. ERRI
replaces an entire private-sector intelligence staff." -- Frank
G. McGuire, CBS News Consultant on Terrorism and Aviation
Disasters
Jeffery Gruenow, Paramedic Training Coordinator at the
Carolina's Medical Center told this reporter,
"EmergencyNet News has been a valuable source of timely
national and international emergency management information. At
the Carolinas Medical Center EMT-P Program, we often use
EmergencyNet News items "right off the wire" for class
discussion. EmergencyNet's continued diligence is to be
commended."
"Emergencynet News is the CNN of law enforcement, fire, and
emergency responders. Original reporting and factual,
hard-hitting analysis have made them an indispensible part of our
daily operation. Clark Staten is to be commended personally for
having the vision to create this much-needed resource." -- Eric
L. Nelson, G2 Intelligence
"The ERRI web site is an information-packed, well-organized,
and well-designed resource for anyone concerned with the threat
posed by terrorism and unconventional warfare. The companion
EmergencyNet News provides an excellent daily briefing on
international conflict, terrorism, and security issues. I refer
to both regularly and recommend them highly." -- Jack
Plaxe, security and counter-terrorism consultant, Chicago, IL.
"ENN news articles, in-depth analyses and background data
help me understand the events that could affect my community. As
an emergency manager I use the information ENN makes available to
prepare more comprehensive emergency plans and train emergency
responders. My emergency exercise scenarios are more realistic
because they are based on real-world events. ENN's unique service
is valuable to me because it is timely, accurate and provides a
wide variety of information and analyses that are not available
anywhere else." -- Daryl Spiewak, CEM, CFM, Emergency
Action Coordinator, Brazos River Authority - Waco, TX
Rick Forno, CEO of the PGI Corp. and former terrorism analyst
for the U.S. House of Representatives, commented; "The
ERRI website is a fantastic, well-organized starting point for
emergency response information. From news stories and profiles to
op-eds and expert analysis on a given subject, ERRI is THE source
on the Web!"
"On behalf of Winn Schwartau and the InfoWar Team, we would
like to congratulate Clark Staten, Steve Macko, and the
associates at EmergencyNet News on the second anniversary of
their website. The reports given daily are accurate, timely, and
relevant. The site is useful and chock full of good content.
EmergencyNet News does a superior job of helping us keep us
current and the analyses given is excellent." -- Betty
O'Hearn and Winn Schwartau @Infowar.com
EmergencyNet News has been a great source of information for any
subject related to the emergency services community, for my
research. I check ERRI's web site regularly to stay abreast of
emergency servies news and views. Staten's insight is remarkable
and his writing is straightforward and to the point. A truly
vaulable resource."
-- Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET FF/EMT-A/FSI/EMSI
Safety/Training Officer West Collingswood Heights Fire
Company/EMS Haddon Township Fire District # 4, Haddon Township,
New Jersey
"If I was allowed only one new source to gather all of the
information needed to do threat briefings or provide up to date
intellgence from open sources the one and only service that I
would select would be the EmergencyNet News Service. Thanks to
Clark Staten and his associates for providing us with valuable
information on a day to day basis." --Colonel Dave Gavigan, USA
"As an intelligence professional who monitors a CD, CT/DT,
IW, and WMD issues, I have found ERRI assessments to be timely,
and powerfully accurate. These open-source intelligence reports,
and there in-depth analysis have proved key to my
"Situational Awaremness" on breaking issues around the
world. ERRI is the benchmark for OSINT that gives the US
Intelligence Community a run for its money." -- Mike
McCrane
"The ERRI website is a far more valuable tool for staying
current than CNN or any other news service. If you "need to
know," the ERRI website is the place to go." -- Dr.
Catherine Woytowicz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
"If you're looking for timely, incisive and accurate
information around the nation and around the world, EmergencyNet
News is consistently first, best and most reliable." -- Ronald
W. Lewis THE INTELLIGYST GROUP
Jim Denney, of The MJS Group and retired LAFD Captain,
commented; "While speaking nation-wide to groups of first
responders and consequence managers on the importance of
intelligence to their service, I am often told by them that they
do not have access or that they have no sources of intelligence
within their community. My standard reply is: ERRI is available
and capable of providing accurate, up-to-the-minute information
by phone, fax or "on-line," GET CONNECTED!"
"We have chosen to feature EmergencyNet News in our CIWARS Intelligence Report because it the one single site focused on terrorism with concise and accurate reports. The reporting and analysis is consistently accurate and timely."
-- William Church, Managing Editor, Centre for Infrastructural Warfare Studies
"EmergencyNet News (ENN) fulfills a critical need for up to
date open source information for both the first responder and the
researcher. With the increasing threat of terrorism, gang
violence, and other forms of societal conflict now upon us, ENN
represents one of the tools which will allow us to defeat these
challenges to our nation's security."
-- Dr. Robert J. Bunker, Adjunct Professor, National Security
Studies Program - California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Additional information regarding the ERRI website or EmergencyNet
News can be obtained by contacting the adddresses or numbers
below:
(c) EmergencyNet News Service, 1997. All rights reserved. May be
reproduced at will.
Emergency Response & Research Institute
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Chicago, IL. 60646
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