Angel Flight(R) Southeast Seeks Pilots for Post-Hurricane Emergency Air Transport Assistance.LEESBURG, Fla. -- As the first major hurricane of 2005 approaches the U.S., Angel Flight(R) Southeast (AFSE AfSE Association for Supported Employment (UK) AFSE Association Française de Sciences Économiques AFSE Association Franco-Slave des Etudiants AFSE Association Française du Syndrome d’Evans AFSE Angel Flight Southeast, Inc. ) is seeking pilots to fly post-disaster emergency air missions. The Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Air Transportation System, or HSEATS HSEATS Homeland Security Emergency Air Transportation System (pronounced "H-Seats"), an out-growth of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, provides the disaster relief community with a pre-planned, reliable, coordinated system to transport key personnel and small, priority cargo items such as blood to a disaster site. AFSE was the first organization to utilize volunteer pilots to ensure that water and blood were transported after Hurricanes Francis and Ivan. More than two dozen HSEATS emergency air missions were coordinated during the two storms. AFSE, which flies patients to specialized evaluation, diagnosis and treatment not provided or adequate near a patient's home, handles all Angel Flight(R) America calls for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Alabama, and Mississippi. Trained and certified pilots are welcome to join. Registered pilots receive a Homeland Security patch, decal and certificate and participate in annual readiness drills. To become a registered HSEATS pilot in the Southeast, visit the AFSE Web site at http://www.angelflightse.org. About Angel Flight Southeast AFSE is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of more than 900 volunteer pilots who utilize their own aircraft, fuel and time to provide free air transportation to medical facilities for citizens who are financially distressed or otherwise unable to travel on public transportation. AFSE also coordinates missions to fly organ transplant organ transplant: see transplantation, medical. candidates; clinical trial participants, repetitive treatment patients; victims of abuse seeking relocation; families receiving help from Ronald McDonald(R) Houses, Shriners Hospitals and other charities; disabled or sick children to special summer camp programs; and for other humanitarian reasons. Last year, AFSE coordinated more than 2,500 air missions within its five-state region. AFSE is one of six geographic regions affiliated with Angel Flight(R) America. For more information, go to http://www.angelflightse.org. NOTE TO NEWS MEDIA: Journalists looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. experts to discuss the role of private air transportation in post-disaster recovery can call Angel Flight Southeast (AFSE) at 352-326-0761 or 407-497-2789 (after hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" ) in Central Florida. |
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