NBAA’s HERO Program Partners With Leading Hospitals on COVID-19 Support

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has unveiled a first-of-its-kind partnership to pair the assets available through the association’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) database with the COVID-19-coordination capabilities of the American Hospital Association (AHA).

In operation since 2005, the NBAA HERO database aggregates data about the people, aircraft and other resources available for disaster-response mobilization efforts. The HERO database was instrumental in relief efforts for the 2010 Haiti earthquake; Hurricanes Dorian, Michael and Florence; Superstorm Sandy and other crises. The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Red Cross have worked with NBAA to coordinate HERO database assets, as have a host of aviation humanitarian relief groups.

For questions from humanitarian organizations and individuals regarding the HERO database, contact NBAA at hero@nbaa.org. For a list of additional relief organizations focused on humanitarian-assistance initiatives, visit nbaa.org/hero.

Contact: Dan Hubbard, 202-783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org