subject: When To Use Emergency Courier Services [print this page] Most courier companies operate on a pretty organized basis. Their services are for the large part scheduled deliveries which run according to a clockwork schedule. Even services which are ordered on a shorter notice basis such as next or same day delivery are still fairly easy to schedule in and organize for trucking services. Sometimes though, people have requests come in which need to be executed absolutely immediately. The companies which rise to these challenges are typically known as emergency courier services.
Emergency courier service is when you need a courier company to provide you with service as soon as possible. There are both stand alone emergency courier companies, and those who provide that service as part of a larger grouping of services. In either case, emergency courier service is unfortunately likely to be the most expensive service option that you can select. The upside though, is that it is that absolute fastest way to get a delivery made, so if you are truly experiencing an emergency situation, they are always the best option.
Emergency courier companies work by keeping vehicles in reserve. This means that they never have their entire fleet in the field at a given time. Instead, they always have someone that they keep back in order to provide you with an emergency delivery if required. That way, the vehicle and driver are ready to go at a moment's notice, and aren't weighed down by the considerations of other deliveries that they might currently be working on. While making an emergency delivery, yours will be the only order that a courier will be dealing with.
Emergency courier service is offered in the business world, and is frequently used to address things such as the emergency delivery of documents, the delivery of time critical components, rush orders, and replacement parts during a breakdown situation. The medical industry also relies heavily upon emergency couriers. There are many situations in the health care world which require a delivery to be made extremely fast. Samples need to be sent for STAT testing, and blood often needs to be sent for transfusions. Emergency medical couriers may even move human organs so that they can be transplanted. Emergency medical couriers often venture beyond using ground only vehicles and also include helicopters within their fleet. This ensures that they can offer even faster service than that provided by the average medical courier company in your area.
