In case you haven't seen it yet, there have been a number of attempts by some unscrupulous online merchants to capitalize on the success ICE4SAFETY.COM has had in bringing the preparedness message to you as a public service across the United States and abroad. 

One has even gone so far as to establish a similar sounding website URL, hijack hyper-links to this site as their own and even falsely lay claim to news articles documenting the hard work ICE4SAFETY.COM has done simply to relieve you of your money.     

We have received some interesting mail about what these characters are doing and to be quite honest, we might have considered giving them a brief look, but when we found out what they were really about we had to say - no way!   All we can do now is just laugh it up being the positive sorts that we are. 

 Thanks again for the humor - and for your community adopting the (still) only FREE ICE....!

  LOL Mouse 

Verizon has this simple color coded ICE featured cell phone around now and aggressively advertising it to seniors. 

Plenty of features for making calls and voice calling but most importantly dedicated keys for ICE and 911...maybe some of those emails to Verizon were actually read? 
Who knows, but next time you are out to get a more than basic phone - get this one...it is only $20 to boot.

Techno-"gotta have it weenies" may opt for something fancier, but Verizon's answer to the Jitterbug Phone will do just fine. 

Once again, Simple wins.  If you want free sticker(s) to put on the outside.....just send that self addressed, STAMPED, envelope to ICE4SAFETY.....

Solo Scientific has come up with a novel metal striking fire starter tool. It is easy to use and practical to boot. The device is approximately 3.5 inches long and .75 inches in diameter and made of a totally checkered metal exterior for easy gripping and a lanyard hole for attaching to essential gear. 

The device screws apart into two pieces - one is the striking surface comprised of a magnesium alloy rod that uses the substantial scraping blade (no knife needed but you can use one if you had to)  that is screwed into a relieved portion of the metal case.

Simply unscrew the pieces and scrape the blade across the length of the rod and you will get a small number of glowing magnesium embers that will easily set tinder on fire. The rod is firmly secured into the base and won't fall off like the traditional magnesium fire starter flints.  So, in short it takes the best of two items and combines them making your attempt at fire starting that much more successful. 

Remember - REDUNDANCY is important - carry this along with or in place of some of the other fire starting tools.   The ICE fire kit will include this item. 

CampingSurvival.com is now carrying these items and a video of the tool in action.  Visit www.campingsurvival.com  to get yours. Kudos to Andy Putrello, inventor.

Okay, you have your cards all filled out for your group, small business or your family…..and you want to laminate them to protect the information.  No problem – stop out to your local Wal-Mart and pick up  a set of these very inexpensive laminating pouches.  

Scotch (3M) has two fast and easy DIY solutions for laminating your Luggage Tags or ICE Cards.  The Laminated ICE Card can be modified to be used as a ski tag, ski card, worn on a neck chain or a ski bag.  Too simple.  



Package of 10 Biz Card pouches = $4.88  Cost per card = 48 Cents  
Package (2) of Luggage Tags = $1.97 Cost Per Tag = 98 Cents.  Do it Yourself!