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ID Program Launched to Keep Volunteers Away From Disaster Sites

The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- In an effort to provide better control and coordination, the federal government is launching an ambitious ID program for rescue workers to keep unauthorized people from swarming to a disaster scene. A prototype of the new first-responder identification card is already being issued to fire and police personnel in the Washington area. The Federal Emergency Management Agency came up with the idea after the World Trade Center attack and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when countless Americans rushed to help -- unasked, undirected, and sometimes unwanted. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 4, 2007 12:12 PM