Significant advances in consumer technology, medical interventions and emergency service delivery in the last 30 years may be responsible for why many Americans believed there was little need for personal preparedness. Since the events of 9/11/01 there has been a renewed interest in personal preparedness - especially among public and private industry safety professionals. More recent world events have illustrated the need to be more prepared.

Realistically, there are many different emergency situations where you could find yourself and where simple preparation would make the difference between life or death. Still, despite the obvious, many still choose not to take even basic steps to prepare - helping themselves and those dedicated to helping us in an emergency. That can prove to be a critical mistake.

About the time of the July 2005 Terrorist Bombings in London, England there was considerable concern about how EMS providers might better locate emergency contact information for disaster victims.  U.K. Paramedic Bob Brotchie of the East of England Ambulance Trust is credited with conceiving the original concept for ICE (go to story upper right of page) by urging that people program cell phones with emergency contact information.   Bob continues to be an outspoken advocate for ICE to this day. Back then such programming took the form of ICE MOM, ICE DAD, ICE DOCTOR etc.. This was a good idea in 2005 and since then new ideas on how to use this concept have been introduced by ICE4SAFETY which continues to advance the cause for ICE as a practical preparedness tool.  New standards for utilizing ICE in mobile devices like E.123 and smart-ICE® continue to keep pace with technology we use daily. Bob Brotchie has recently given his written endorsement of the smart-ICE® and smart-ICE4family™ line of ICE tools for smart phones. 

In Syracuse, New York USA, an Insurance Industry Safety Professional, former EMT and Police Supervisor recognized the  potential of this concept and began to refine and expand the number of uses for ICE. First, an easily recognizable image to represent ICE was designed. Second, a system of highly customizable DIY tools that allowed people to actually put the concept in practice were created and are offered on-line free of charge. The list of uses and available tools for the public to use continues to grow.  This makes ICE4SAFETY the much preferred option for individuals and large organizations because of all the control over the end product they retain unlike strictly commercial and less adaptive options.   

The ICE4SAFETY symbol has come to represent the ICE movement that continues to spread from city to city across the USA and abroad.  People are realizing more and more that they must assume more responsibility and play an active role in ensuring their own safety.  ICE4SAFETY created tools are free to anyone to download and use for non-commercial purposes as a service to the public.

Free ICE4SAFETY ICE Kits can be obtained by sending a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope (SASE) to the address below.  You will receive tools you can use for your home, auto, mobile device and person.....wherever you might be.