ERTS

What ERTS does

ERTS (Emergency Response and Training Solutions, LLC) is a private environmental services company and CleanHarbors-affiliated subsidiary that provides 24/7/365 emergency spill response management across North America. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the company serves enterprise customers in transportation, insurance, oil & gas, chemical, manufacturing, railroad, retail, trucking, and airline sectors. The core service model is turnkey: a dedicated project manager coordinates incident response from initial call through project closure, executing work through a network of over 1,000 pre-screened contractors that enables average response times of one hour or less. ERTS also holds Responsible Care partner status, signaling credentialed standing within regulated industries.

The company's technology backbone is the proprietary ALERTS Notification System, a cloud-based, patent-pending incident management and communication platform that provides real-time updates, customizable dashboards, time/date-stamped documentation, and configurable distribution lists. ALERTS integrates with the full service portfolio: Nationwide Environmental Emergency Response, Waste Management Services, Facility Compliance Management & Consulting (SPCC, SWPPP), Damaged Goods Response Management, Invoice Auditing, Spill Management and Tracking, and Regulatory Reporting. The platform serves as the connective tissue across service modules, with archive capabilities supporting long-term liability defense.

ERTS generates revenue through managed services contracts and professional services engagements. Pricing is custom and quote-based, with multi-year enterprise contracts. The company explicitly states it does not mark up or take a percentage of contractor invoices, instead passing exclusive contractor discounts directly to clients, which is positioned as a cost-minimization differentiator. Go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, using industry-specific landing pages and direct inquiry ("Request Quote," "Request Demo") forms. As a CleanHarbors subsidiary, ERTS operates within shared corporate infrastructure, including cleanharbors.com information channels and the hepaco.com customer portal, suggesting integration with the parent's broader environmental services operations.

Name

ERTS

Legal name

Emergency Response and Training Solutions, LLC

Website

https://ertsonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ERTS provides 24/7/365 emergency spill response and environmental compliance management across North America, serving transportation, insurance, oil & gas, chemical, and manufacturing enterprises via a 1,000+ contractor network and its proprietary ALERTS cloud platform as a CleanHarbors subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Services

NAICS

Remediation Services (562910), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Response Team (ERT) Staffing & Incident Management Support (BPABANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Response Planning, Training & Spill Readiness Services (ERP, Drills, Standby) (EUAIAMAJ), Emergency Response & Disaster Recovery (Water Intrusion/Mold/Contamination) (BPALALAI)

Keywords

• Environmental emergency response
• Spill response management
• Waste management services
• Regulatory compliance consulting
• Incident management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Solon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Emergency Response Services: ERTS provides turnkey spill response management services across North America, utilizing a network of over 1000 pre-screened contractors. The company does not mark up or charge a percentage of contractor invoices, focusing on cost minimization for clients.
2. Waste Management Services: Waste disposal management and transportation services including waste characterization, manifest collection, and reporting. Single point of contact coordinates with Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) for cost-effective pricing.
3. Invoice Auditing Services: Environmental invoice audit services including line item review of invoices in spreadsheet form, summary letters, and active participation in invoice negotiations upon request.
4. Facility Compliance Consulting: Regulatory compliance consulting including preparation/updating of emergency response plans, SPCC plans, SWPPP plans, and facility-specific compliance plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ERTS provides 24/7/365 turnkey environmental emergency spill response management across North America, leveraging a network of over 1,000 pre-screened contractors. The company coordinates end-to-end incident response including cleanup, waste management, regulatory reporting, facility compliance consulting (SPCC, SWPPP), invoice auditing, and damaged goods disposal, all tracked through its proprietary ALERTS cloud-based notification and documentation platform.

Product overview

ERTS (Emergency Response and Training Solutions) offers a unified environmental compliance and emergency response management platform. The core offering is the proprietary ALERTS Notification System—a cloud-based incident management platform that integrates with all service modules including Nationwide Environmental Emergency Response (24/7 spill response across North America), Waste Management Services, Facility Compliance Management & Consulting (SPCC, SWPPP), Damaged Goods Response Management (DGRM), Invoice Auditing, Spill Management and Tracking, and Regulatory Reporting. The platform provides real-time communication, documentation archiving, and custom reporting through a single login system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALERTS: Proprietary real-time incident communication and documentation system with customizable dashboards, metrics tracking, and regulatory reporting capabilities. Described as Patent Pending.

Products and services

• Nationwide Environmental Emergency Response 24/7/365 turnkey spill response management service deployed across North America for enterprise clients, with a network of 1,000+ pre-screened contractors and average response time of one hour or less.
• ALERTS Notification System Proprietary cloud-based incident communication and documentation platform that delivers real-time site updates, photos, customized reports, and time/date-stamped records to enterprise clients managing environmental incidents.
• Waste Management Services Comprehensive waste management including waste characterization, manifest collection, recycling/repurposing options, and coordination with Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) for cost-effective pricing.
• Facility Compliance Management & Consulting Regulatory specialist services preparing and updating emergency response plans, SPCC plans, SWPPP plans, and facility-specific compliance documentation for industrial clients.
• Spill Management and Tracking 24/7/365 dedicated call center team that guides clients through spill response protocols, verifies compliance, and archives incident data for risk mitigation.
• Invoice Auditing Environmental invoice audit services providing line item review, summary letters, regional pricing database comparisons, and active participation in contractor invoice negotiations.
• Damaged Goods Response Management (DGRM) Nationwide solution for damaged goods and waste disposal, including generator status management, proper waste determination, real-time waste tracking, and cost-effective local disposal options.
• Regulatory Reporting Compliance reporting service maintaining an updated database of federal, state, and local regulations, with the ALERTS system archiving time- and date-stamped telephonic notifications and regulatory reports.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average response time of 1 hour or less
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CleanHarborscoreOthersERTS is a subsidiary/affiliate of CleanHarbors, one of the largest environmental services companies in North America. The contact email ([email protected]) and careers page (careers.cleanharbors.com) indicate this parent-subsidiary relationship. CleanHarbors provides operational backing and shared services infrastructure.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Environmental Restoration (ERV): A direct competitor in emergency spill response and environmental remediation services across North America, serving transportation, industrial, and commercial customers. Operates a comparable incident response and contractor coordination model.
• SET Environmental: Provides 24/7 emergency spill response, hazardous waste management, and industrial services in the Midwest and beyond. Comparable to ERTS in service mix, customer base (industrial/chemical/transportation), and emergency response positioning.
• Spill Center: A national spill response coordination network offering 24/7 emergency response, contractor dispatch, and regulatory reporting services. Directly comparable to ERTS in its dispatch-and-coordinate business model and customer profile.
• Patriot Environmental Services: Full-service environmental services firm offering emergency spill response, waste management, and remediation across the western U.S. Competes head-to-head with ERTS in transportation and industrial spill response engagements.

Broad incumbents

• CleanHarbors: ERTS's parent company and one of the largest North American environmental services firms, offering hazardous waste management, emergency response, and industrial services. Directly comparable as it operates the parent infrastructure behind ERTS and competes in spill response across overlapping customer segments.
• Apex Companies: National environmental consulting and remediation firm offering emergency response, industrial hygiene, and compliance services. Comparable to ERTS in serving regulated industries with compliance and incident response needs.
• Stericycle: Large regulated waste and environmental services provider with broad hazardous waste and spill response offerings. Comparable as an incumbent in the environmental services space touching ERTS's customer verticals, though more diversified into medical waste.
• Montrose Environmental Group: Public environmental services firm offering testing, advisory, and remediation services including emergency response. Comparable as a broad-based environmental services provider with spill response capabilities overlapping ERTS's verticals.
• Veolia North America: Global environmental services giant offering hazardous waste treatment, spill response, and industrial services across North America. Competes with ERTS in environmental emergency response for industrial and transportation customers at scale.
• US Ecology: Major hazardous waste disposal and environmental services company with spill response capabilities serving industrial, transportation, and chemical customers. Comparable as a large incumbent in waste management and emergency response.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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