Important ICE Tips

Store an ICE number on your mobile phone or Blackberry now,
and spread the ICE campaign by forwarding this URL to everyone on your mail list. You'll help save lives and possibly your own! It won't take too many "forwards" before this could become a "standard procedure" for all Emergency Service Personnel worldwide.

What is it?

We all carry our mobile phones with names and numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Sure, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency?  Welcome to the ICE
(In Case of Emergency) Campaign.

Add ICE to your cell phone now.
It only takes a few moments.

Since cell phones are carried by most people nowadays, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons, who should be contacted during emergency, under the name "ICE". When seconds matter, this information may be vital.  

The idea was conceived by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call.  He thought it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose.  In an emergency situation, 911 emergency service personnel and hospital staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE."

ICE speaks for you
when you are not able to.