Global Rescue
{{Short description|Private rescue and security company}}
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| type = Private
| foundation = {{Start date|2004}}
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| location = Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
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| key_people = Daniel Richards (founder and CEO)
| industry = Medical Evacuation, Security Evacuation, Crisis Response
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| homepage = https://www.globalrescue.com
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Global Rescue is a crisis response, Medical Evacuation and security evacuation company. Founded in partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Global Rescue identifies, monitors, and responds to potential threats. The company performs field rescues,[http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Hero-Complex.html "Hero Complex"], Outside Magazine, 9 March 2011. sending critical care paramedics and military special forces veterans to the site of an emergency. Global Rescue provided services to its members during major events including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, the 2011 tsunami in Japan,[http://robbreport.com/Paid-Issue/Health-Happy-Healthy-Trails "Health: Happy, Healthy Trails"], Robb Report, 1 February 2013. the 2013 civil unrest in Egypt, and the April 2015 Nepal Earthquake.{{Cite magazine|last=Streep|first=Abe|title=The Tricky Ethics of the Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/08/search-and-rescue-for-sale/|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite news|title=Thousands of Travelers Face Extreme Weather Every Year. This Firm Comes to the Rescue|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-14/global-rescue-helps-travelers-in-natural-disasters|access-date=2022-02-08|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=14 October 2021 }}
Organization
Global Rescue is a membership organization offering individual and corporate memberships on a short-term or annual basis. Global Rescue supports clients from its global operations centers and offices in Manila, Philippines; Islamabad, Pakistan; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Kyiv, Ukraine; Boston, Massachusetts, and Lebanon, New Hampshire.{{Cite news|url=http://enterprise.vnews.com/2016/12/28/lebanon-based-global-rescue-they-saved-my-life/|title=Lebanon-Based Global Rescue: 'They Saved My Life' - Enterprise|date=2016-12-28|work=Enterprise|language=en-US}} Clients include the American Alpine Club, the U.S. Ski Team[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/business/at-the-ready-at-the-sochi-games.html?_r=1 "At the Ready, At the Sochi Games"], New York Times, 15 February 2014. and NASA,[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/09/01/global-rescue-demand-travelers-farther-encounter-more-risk/UXBKjIFsvs4chTlF57Q1JI/story.html "Global Rescue in demand as travelers go farther, encounter more risk"], Boston Globe, 1 September 2013. among others. Global Rescue conducts thousands of missions per year around the world, including helicopter evacuations from Mount Everest{{Cite news|last=Schultz|first=Kai|date=2018-09-04|title=Near Everest's Slopes, a Helicopter Rescue Fraud Preys on Trekkers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/world/asia/nepal-everest-rescue-fraud.html|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=0362-4331}} and other remote locations.
Global Rescue provides integrated travel risk crisis management to individuals, corporations and governments"Integrate Travel Assistance with Crisis Management to Protect Employees Abroad.", The Society for Human Resource Management, 18 July 2013. to help them meet their duty of care obligations,[http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2014/03/private_security_team_comes_to.html ""Providing '911' for international crises, disasters"], The Boston Globe, 16 March 2014. meaning that an organization must give employees information, resources, and accommodation to ensure their health, safety, and security.
History
Global Rescue was founded in 2004[https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianwingfield/2011/01/31/the-business-of-evacuation-in-egypt/ "The Business Of Evacuation In Egypt"], Forbes, 31 January 2011. to address a lack of global emergency services for travelers and companies following 9/11. Among the global events for which Global Rescue has provided crisis response services in the 2006 Israeli conflict in Beirut, Lebanon; the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India; the 2010 ash cloud in Western Europe; the 2012 coup attempt in Mali; and the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/05/01/how-save-stranded-people-mount-everest/5f83ozDmvns4P3i0qw3cUJ/story.html "How to Save Stranded People on Mount Everest"], Boston.com, 1 May 2015.