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Expanded program to help reduce the number of missing children
By Press Release
May 9, 2008 - 1:52:05 PM

At a press conference today, 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” and program expansion to EMCOR’s “Taking KidSafety to the Street”™ program. This first-ever initiative to reduce the number of children that go missing will be initiated in EMCOR’s headquarters state of Connecticut, leveraging its proven KidSafety program.

In September 2005 EMCOR (NYSE: EME) launched “Taking KidSafety to the Street™,” three-pronged national initiative that is an in-the-buildings, on-the-streets, and at-home program designed to help find missing children and promote child safety. Given the proven importance of photos in finding missing children, under this program EMCOR’s national fleet of more than 6,000 service vehicles display a poster that includes a photo and information about a missing child, along with NCMEC’s 24-hour hotline number – 1-800-THE-LOST – that can be called with information about the missing child. The posters are tailored to different geographic zones that encompass the U.S., UK and Canada, with a new photo rotated into each region on a monthly basis. Today EMCOR announced the creation of a seventh region within the U.S.—Connecticut—to support the program expansion and the goal of driving down the number of children that go missing.

“EMCOR has participated in the recovery of 100 children to-date; we look forward to the continued success of our “KidSafety” program,” stated EMCOR Chairman and CEO, Frank T. MacInnis. “Now, with the goal of actually reducing 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---following easy steps, 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 fleet or in their lobbies!”

“Our research has shown that displaying photos of missing children is a paramount aspect of helping to recover them,” said Ernie Allen, President and CEO of NCMEC. “We are grateful to EMCOR for their outstanding efforts in making the safety of children and the search for missing children—and the reduction of their numbers---a goal for the state.”

“EMCOR’s challenge is quite unique and extremely important,” said Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell. “Pioneering a prototype to reduce the number of children that go missing is a worthy challenge and is a wonderful way of uniting the Connecticut community of businesses and organizations and working towards a common good of keeping our children safer.”

The second prong of EMCOR’s “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 will provide (via free DVD and/or download from its corporate site) the on-line training program developed for its own employees to all organizations that desire this education.

Additionally, EMCOR continues its initiative on-line at www.emcorgroup.com/kidsafety. A special brochure created by EMCOR, “My Safety Tips”, provides kids with NCMEC’s rules for child safety and Internet safety tips, as well as building safety tips. After reading these rules, either on-line or by printing them out in the form of a brochure or poster for their rooms, children are then offered the opportunity to conclude by printing out a “KidSafety Challenge Certificate” of accomplishment which shows that they know the important ways to keep themselves safer in various situations.

About EMCOR Group, Inc.

A Fortune 500 company with over $5.9 billion in annual revenues, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating and maintaining the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses around the world. EMCOR represents a rare combination of reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations worldwide. The 30,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst America’s “Most Admired” and “Best Performing.” EMCOR’s diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company’s strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.

About the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 570,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 140,900 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 124,500 children. For more information about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com.

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