Scott Funeral Home becomes a TSA partner / Home

If you plan to travel on any commercial airline with cremated remains in your possesion, then you should read this. Federal regulations now prohibit you from carrying on such items. We can help you solve this problem.

Early in 2004, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented a new procedure affecting those passengers attempting to transport a crematory containter on airplanes as carry-on baggage. Your campaign to get the word out to your membership was quite successful and I applaud your efforts.

As a result of this policy the TSA has put together a program to partner with funeral homes throughout the country to accomodate 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 construced of light-weight materials such as cardboard, plastic, or wood. We realize that containers made of these 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 a dilemma of how to transfer the remains from the temporary container to the permanent container.

The TSA Solution:

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 "travel 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 containter free of charge.

Please share this program and the new TSA crematory policy with your member businesses to help extend TSA's public outreach and education efforts.

For more info click here www.tsa.gov.