Vendor Partners

CIRA partners with Evident to streamline contract management and insurance verification by leveraging AI-powered automation and human-assisted reviews. Evident’s platform automates the verification of vendor compliance with contractual risk transfer requirements, reducing administrative workload for CIRA staff and members while improving efficiency, accuracy, and compliance tracking.

CIRA partners with Future Industrial Technologies (FIT) to participate in the Backsafe initiative, a hands-on training designed to help members significantly reduce the frequency, severity, and costs associated with the sometimes life-altering musculoskeletal injuries experienced by many field employees within Parks, Public Works, Utilities, and Water/Wastewater.

KYND provides cyber risk management services to members, including access to a dashboard that provides a snapshot of an organization’s unique cyber exposures and monthly reports with the latest trends and insights related to cyber risks and system vulnerabilities, including prioritized recommendations for mitigating those risks.

Lexipol is the leading provider of policy management for law enforcement (police) and fire agencies. Lexipol’s Daily Training Bulletins (DTBs) bring the policy manual into practice through real-life, scenario-based training exercises emphasizing high-risk, low-frequency events. Completed and verified in less than ten minutes per day, DTBs often qualify for continuous training certification. CIRA subsidizes members’ subscriptions to Lexipol for both law enforcement and fire operations, including annual policy manual maintenance and DTBs.

The Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) Employment Relations Consortium is comprised of local agencies, schools, and community college districts joined together to secure quality employment relations services, which include live and recorded training, workshops, and monthly newsletters. Services also include unlimited telephone consultation with a labor attorney, which is separate from ERMA’s Attorney Hotline and is available to members through participation in CIRA.

Mindbase is a technology platform that integrates with public safety dispatch and record management systems to identify employees whose call response history indicates a need for additional mental health support. This unique approach allows organizations to proactively identify those needing support compared to other reactive platforms requiring the public safety employee to initiate contact with a mental health professional. Through CIRA’s three-year master service agreement, members receive a 30% discount on standard pricing for services.

Through its partnership with PRISM, CIRA members have access to Plexus Global to deliver drug and alcohol testing services at a significant discount compared to standalone programs (see the Pricing Sheet and Plexus Global Fact Sheet.) Plexus Global Services include the following: Random driver selection, medical review officer (MRO) coordination; post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and applicant screening tests; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) clearinghouse queries; and program management.

Through PRISM, CIRA members are eligible to receive discounted pricing for sidewalk maintenance services provided by Precision Concrete Cutting (PCC). Services include assessing hazardous conditions, identifying issues, and addressing problems and/or making repairs.

Restoration Family Counseling (RFC) is a California-based behavioral health organization serving first responders and their families, providing member employees with a safe place to process work-related events as well as other services related to spouse support, critical incident stress debriefing, quarterly peer support training, and counseling/consultation services.

CIRA provides each member access to Simple But Needed, a software tool to assist members with conducting and recording inspections, managing assets, and developing procedures. Software training is available related to the functionality of web and mobile applications (apps) as well as various use cases like inspections, corrective actions, proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures, preventative maintenance, and chemical inventory.