Air Partner Launches Hurricane Evacuation Program.Expands Emergency Planning Division From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office. Offerings WASHINGTON -- Air Partner, the world's largest aircraft charter broker, formally launched its Hurricane Evacuation Program, an air transport service designed to assist individuals, corporations, and governments in the evacuation of persons vacationing or residing in regions threatened by hurricanes. The program is the latest service developed by Air Partner's Emergency Planning Division (EPD EPD expected progeny difference. ), a division that assists corporate and governmental organizations with the preplanning and evacuation of their employees from regions at risk to political instability and natural disasters. "In a day and age where individuals, corporations and government organizations are keenly aware of the real dangers natural disasters pose and the subsequent living and operational difficulties during their aftermath, services such as our Hurricane Evacuation Program are prudent steps to any risk management preparation," said Sue Hazard, Vice President of Air Partner and US Director of EPD. After several years of piloting the program, Air Partner is now rolling out a comprehensive Hurricane Evacuation Program to individuals, corporations and governmental organizations. Specifically, the program comprises two services: preplanning and evacuation. The program's preplanning services include air evacuation planning and preferred aircraft access. The evacuation is carried out based on the preplanning component, with preferred aircraft to pre-selected destinations. The program provides clients a rapid response program by securing vital passenger, financial, departure and destination planning that would otherwise be time consuming and difficult to manage during times of crisis. Air Partner has already performed several evacuations for companies such as Ernst & Young, who have more than 150 employees working and living in the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (kā`mən), British dependency (2005 est. pop. 44,300), 100 sq mi (259 sq km), comprising three islands in the West Indies. . "Not only have our evacuation experiences with Air Partner been very successful, simply having a plan in place is a great morale booster Noun 1. morale booster - anything that serves to increase morale; "the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder" morale building boost, encouragement - the act of giving hope or support to someone for our employees and other participants in our (hurricane) evacuation plan," said Lauren Nelson Lauren Nelson (born 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state. , Area Director of Finance for Ernst & Young. For Ernst & Young, the program was of such vital success that they referred other companies to Air Partner's program including Deloitte & Touche Cayman, Maples and Calder Maples and Calder (sometimes referred to as Maples) is the largest law firm in the Cayman Islands. It was originally founded by Jim MacDonald and John Maples in the early 1960s. , UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System and Fortis Bank. "The Hurricane Program is a natural extension of Air Partner's Emergency Planning Division, which has traditionally provided evacuation and planning services for political instability and other natural disasters," states Jerry Parr, Air Partner's Director of EPD Worldwide. The EPD Hurricane Evacuation Program is ideal for organizations with expatriate staff residing in the Caribbean and other regions susceptible to hurricanes. Additionally, on a smaller scale the program is ideal for individuals who have second homes or who frequent these regions, and who do not wish to remain in their vacation homes during a hurricane or its aftermath. "Often, availability on commercial airlines quickly vanishes when tourists decide to evacuate during an impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. hurricane. We believe our program may be a solution for some high-end hotels who can offer this as an additional service to their guests, should there ever be a need for an evacuation," Hazard also stated. About Air Partner Air Partner (www.airpartnerusa.com) was founded in 1961, and has 210 aviation professionals located in over 20 offices across 4 continents. A publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , Air Partner arranges private air charter solutions for corporations, governments and individuals around the globe. In addition to being the exclusive air charter company for the British Royal Family, Air Partner's clients include the US and British governments For pre-1721 elected parliaments see List of Parliaments of England. Party Prime Minister(s) Date Notes Whig Robert Walpole 1721-1742 generally regarded as being the first Prime Minister of Great Britain Whig The Earl of Wilmington 1742-1743 , Fortune 500 Corporations, celebrities and sports teams. With over 100 flights being dispatched on average every business day, the team is equally accomplished at organizing business jets to fly CEO's and celebrities around North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe as it is co-ordinating 70 large passenger jets to move 10,000 delegates to a major product launch. The company's Emergency Planning Division operates the only integrated corporate air evacuation service available today. Clients have priority access to a wide range of aircraft suitable for rescuing corporate employees from the world's hotspots to points of safe haven, with procedures assured through intensive military-style pre-planning. |
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