Firestorm, BC Management Enter Partnership 

SEP. 30, 2009                                                                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROSWELL, Ga. – Firestorm Solutions LLC, a national leader in crisis management, business continuity, communicable illness/pandemic planning and vulnerability analysis, has entered into a strategic agreement with BC Management, Inc., a global executive search firm specializing in business continuity staffing and research data.

BC Management, headquartered in Huntington Beach, Cal., possesses the industry’s most extensive database of business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis/risk management and information security professionals. The partnership gives Firestorm® access to this vast network of pre-approved experts to address the needs of its clients.

“The breadth and depth of the Solutions Board created by this partnership is unprecedented,’’ said Ann Pickren, Firestorm Executive Vice President for Solutions. “All disasters are local, and through our agreement with BC Management, Firestorm is positioned to immediately and effectively respond to clients anywhere on a 24/7 basis.’’

Cheyene Haase, President of BC Management (www.bcmanagement.com), will serve as Executive Director of the Solutions Board.

“The partnership with Firestorm allows BC Management the opportunity to provide an increased range of opportunities for our candidates,’’ Haase said. “Traditionally we have focused our staffing services within corporate business continuity/ risk management planning. In partnering with Firestorm, BC Management will now have the ability to assist our expansive database of crisis management/ emergency management personnel from both the public and private sectors.”

Firestorm (www.firestorm.com) employs a unique Predict. Plan. Perform. ™ methodology and provided on-site communications/crisis management support at Virginia Tech after the tragic shootings in 2007. Its Expert Council includes Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honorè (U.S. Army, ret and former U.S. Surgeons General C. Everett Koop and David Satcher. Firestorm recently began awarding franchises to address the distinct local vulnerabilities and preparedness gaps that exist nationwide.

Significant drivers for the business continuity planning and consulting industry include the rapidly escalating swine flu (H1N1) pandemic; the increase in natural disasters related to climate change; the ongoing threat of terrorism at home and abroad; and the Congressional mandate that the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA establish a certification program for Business Continuity Plans in the private sector (Public Law 110-53, Title IX).

Pickren can be reached at (770) 643-1112 or apickren@firestorm.com. Haase can be reached at (714) 843-5470 or chaase@bcmanagement.com. For information on Firestorm franchises, contact Executive Vice President Hutch Hodgson at (770) 643-1114 or hhodgson@firestorm.com. Media inquiries should be directed to Mike Pennetti at mpennetti@firestorm.com or (678) 557-9243.