What is I.C.E., and why should everyone have it on their phone?

After the London bombing attacks in 2005, a British paramedic named Bob Brotchie tried to think of a way it would have been easier to contact loved ones to let them know if people were in need of help after such a disaster.  He came up with the In Case of Ermegency plan, also known as I.C.E..

The idea is that you make an entry in your contacts list of your cell phone with either ICE or I.C.E. as the name, that was medical personal will know instantly which number to call.  If you have multiple people to be called, you name them ICE 1, ICE 2, etc or ICE Home, ICE Work and so on.

While this is an excellent idea, and something that all of us here at StarterTech have done, it doesn’t replace an old fashoned contact card in your wallet.  There is always a chance of being seperated from your phone, or it being damaged beyond use, so it never hurts to have a piece of paper in your waller as backup.  In the meatime, what are you waiting for?  Grab your cellphone and get to creating those entires.