Press Release
Contact: Jack M. Springer
Executive Director
312/644-6610
For Immediate Release
Future Funeral Home Partners
Early in 2004, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented a new procedure affecting those passengers attempting to transport a crematory container on airplanes as carry-on baggage.
Passengers are still allowed to carry-on a crematory container, but the container MUST first pass through the x-ray
machine. If the container is made of a material that generates an opaque image and prevents the security screener from clearly being able to see what is inside, then the container will
NOT be allowed through the security checkpoint. In respect to the deceased, under NO circumstances will a screener open the container even if the passenger requests that
this be done. Documentation from the funeral home is no longer sufficient to carry a crematory container through security and onto a plane.
As a result of this policy the TSA would like to partner with funeral homes throughout the country to accommodate
passengers transporting remains via air travel. To ensure that a TSA screener can successfully x-ray the crematory
container’s contents, the TSA recommends that remains be transported in containers constructed of light-weight materials
such as cardboard, plastic, or wood. We realize that containers made of these materials may not be desirable as the container used to permanently house the remains of a passenger’s loved ones; however,
it can be a temporary container used to transport the remains to their final destination. Using such a solution, passengers are ultimately faced with the
dilemma of how to transfer the remains from the temporary container to the permanent container.
The TSA Solution:
Form a voluntary partnership with willing funeral homes. TSA Funeral Home Partners agree to offer a complimentary
“Remains Transfer Service” at no charge to the traveler. This allows the passenger to obtain a temporary “security friendly”
container for transporting the remains via air travel, and in addition, purchase a permanent container that can be made of
any material they desire. Once the passenger reaches their final destination they can contact their local “TSA Funeral Home Partner” and have the remains transferred into the permanent container free of charge.
Please share this program and the new TSA crematory container policy with your patrons to help extend TSA’s public outreach and education efforts.
Benefits to TSA Funeral Home Partners:
- Your business will be listed as a TSA Funeral Home Partner on our website and will include your business phone number and a link to your website.
- You may post the TSA website link on your website and advertise that you are a TSA Funeral Home Partner. Patrons seeking this service will be encouraged to visit your establishment.
- Funeral Home and Cremation websites that list area or nationwide Funeral Homes can advertise that your establishment offers this service and that you are a TSA Funeral Home Partner.
- This partnership allows you to invite possible buyers in the door where you can sell the traveler a permanent crematory container at the point of their final destination.
- You will be performing a service for the public that will be appreciated, remembered, and possibly reflected in future funeral service or crematory container purchases.
Sign-up to become a TSA Funeral Home Partner and become an important part of this initiative:
- Please visit our website at: http://www.cremation.com/tsa/
- Review the policies and complete the on-line form
- Or we’ll take your information via phone by calling 888-302-2893
You may also Sign-up on the TSA website
- www.TSA.gov
- Click on the “Travelers & Consumers” section on the top left of the page
- Click on “TSA Partner Programs” on the left side
- Click the link to “TSA Funeral Homes” in the middle of the page
- Thoroughly read all the information provided and accurately fill in all of your contact information into the fields provided.
http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1698.xml
Thank you for your support!
For more information please contact:
Patricia Bondor
Cremation.com
patricia@cremation.com
888-302-2893
www.cremation.com
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