City of Philadelphia Offers Free Emergency Identification Program

You may have seen the commercials on television, with Mayor Michael Nutter promoting ICEdot to Philadelphia residents. The program launches Monday, but what is it?

ICEdot—ICE stands for In Case of Emergency—is a free emergency identification service that will give first responders easy access to medical and personal contact information for drivers in case of an accident.

The program supplies motorists with a yellow sticker to be attached to the rearview window of their cars. First responders are being trained to look for the sticker, which tells them that there is an emergency response profile in the glove compartment.

Philadelphia is the first city in the United States to provide the service free to all residents, according to a press release from ICEdot. Not only will the service help motorists, but residents can also use the sticker to their front doors and have their profiles on the refrigerator.

Philadelphians can sign up for ICEdot by first getting the yellow sticker, which will arrive in January’s water bill, or can be picked up at local fire stations and libraries. After getting the sticker, the next step is creating an emergency response profile at www.icedot.org and printing it out. More details about the program are also outlined on the site.

Attach the sticker to your rearview window of your car and put the profile in your glove compartment, or, place the sticker on your front door and put the profile on your refrigerator.

Nutter endorsed the program as a way to give emergency responders critical information in a fast and efficient way.

“As the New Year begins, I encourage every Philadelphian to protect themselves and their loved ones by signing up for ICEdot,” Nutter said in the press release. “Should you or a loved one be involved in an accident, first responders can access valuable medical and personal information with ICEdot that could save your life. The City of Philadelphia’s Fire and Police Departments are working very closely with ICEdot on the launch of this program, and all of the city’s first responders are being trained to look for the Yellow ICEdot sticker at the scene of an accident. I’m proud to offer the Yellow ICEdot program here in Philadelphia.”