Mounted search and rescue

[Tm' Fi <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Hal,
I tend to agree with you and believe the "ICE" concept is a valuable 
tool for  thousands upon thousands of cell phone users.   I fully 
realize that there are some individuals that do not want to release any 
kind of "ICE" information and also understand that is their right to do 
so.   One nice feature that I like about "ICE concept is that each user 
can select their own contact person or persons, whether it be a friend, 
family, medical or religious contact.    I have family members who I 
would NEVER want contacted in the event of  emergency and have not 
listed their contact information anywhere. 

With all things considered, "ICE" is simply another investigative tool 
used by public safety officers to contact the next of kin, for those 
persons wishing that others be contacted in the event that they 
themselves can not make the call.  

Tomi`
TROT-SAR
Maryland

     

Hal Sikes wrote:

> I believe the families of these folks referred to in the Washington Post 
> article would not share your concerns.
>
> Spurred by 9/11
> Several next-of-kin contact systems were set up after the Sept. 11, 2001, 
> attacks, such as the nonprofit National Next of Kin Registry established in 
> January 2004 that shares information provided to state agencies in the event 
> of an emergency. The registry was set up by Mark Cerney, a disabled Marine 
> who noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 
> in 2003, 900,000 emergency room patients could not provide contact 
> information because they were incapacitated.
>
> Ware said that although there are such databases, some charge as much as 
> $200 a year to register. The ICE initiative is available free to the 192 
> million cell users in the United States.
>
> Hal Sikes 
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