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Back
in February, I wrote a Fact of the
Week entitled “What’s
In Your Wallet?” The objective
was to bring to you the importance
of keeping emergency contact information
with you at all times. In that article,
I gave you tips on how to make your
very own emergency card. By the way,
you may still access this story by
going to: http://www.kingscountyoem.com/CountyKings/Preparedness_Fact_02152010_wallet.htm
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I was doing some research this past week, I
came across another method of emergency information.
It is called Next of Kin Registry (NOKR). It
was established in January of 2004 and is a
FREE tool for daily emergencies and national
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It’s
intended use is if you or your family
member is missing, injured or deceased.
NOKR is a central depository for Emergency
Contact information in the United States
and 87 other countries. |
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This
free service will store all your
emergency contacts, next of kin and
vital
medical information that would be critical
to emergency response agencies. Stored
information is only accessible via a
secure area that is only accessible by
emergency public trust agencies that
have registered with NOKR. NOKR is the
protector of this vital bridging resource
to reconnect individuals and families
after urgent events. |
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Who Else Uses NOKR? |
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NOKR
has partnered with the National Center
Missing Adults
(MCMA) to become a force multiplier in
locating adults missing in the United
States. |
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is sent encrypted to a secure area on
a separate server once you press the
register button. This information is
not accessible to the public and is not
located on the same site you register.
Once this information is stored, it
is only accessible via a secure password
protected area that is only accessible
by emergency public trust agencies
that have registered with NOKR. For
system integrity the information collected
is never stored at the same location
it is collected from. The NOKR system
is backed up several times daily.
NOKR
will NEVER ask for any intrusive information
like your social security
number or date of birth. NOKR does
ask for age optionally which is used
as a chronological identifier.
Life
can change in a moment. Protect the
ones you love, especially those
who depend on you. Register your family
on NOKR. It’s free, secure and
confidential.
For more on NOKR visit http://nokr.org/nok/restricted/faq.shtml for the answers to the most frequently
asked questions, or visit their home
page at www.nokr.org
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Ways
that NOKR
can benefit you:
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When
you leave your home each day, no one will
know who your emergency contacts are, if
the need arises. Here are just a few scenarios
where NOKR would become beneficial:
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- You
are injured and cannot speak.
- Your
child is lost.
- Your
family member is suffering from dementia
or Alzheimer’s.
- You are in an accident while
traveling locally, nationally or internationally.
- Your
home is lost in a fire while you’re on vacation.
- Homeless
family member injured or dies alone.
- Natural
Disaster
- Terrorist
Acts nationally and internationally
- Deceased
person used to locate a next of kin
or point
of contact
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system is used during daily emergencies and
was utilized for the following
national and global disasters: |
- 2009
Fort Hood base shooting
- 2009
Samoa Tsunami
- 2009
Georgia Flooding
- 2009
Southern California Wildfires
- 2009
Swine Flu Virus
- 2009
Australian Fires
- 2009
Washington State Flooding
- 2008
California Wildfires
- 2008
Hurricane Disasters
- 2007
California Wildfires
- 2007
I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis, MN
- 2007
Virginia Tech College Shooting
- 2006
Indonesia Earthquake
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