Emergency Services Newsletter - Southeastern PA

Red Cross ID Badge                  

As you are aware from your initial meeting with Volunteer Services, badges are required for all volunteers at our chapter.  This is especially important for Emergency Services (ES) volunteers, since our badges also can act as credentials at a disaster scene.  When a disaster scene becomes a crime scene (such as in a transportation incident), our badges are considered as the only proof of service with our organization – so if you don’t have your badge you, cannot respond to the scene.  We don’t want the lack of a required badge to hold anyone back from responding, so please come get your badge!  If you have a 2005 badge already, it expires in June, so you will need to get your new badge.  These badges are provided at the DAT meetings, or you can coordinate with the chapter to have it available at a training, meeting or other Red Cross event you plan on attending.  You can also pick it up at the chapter directly.  If you have not had your digital picture taken to receive your updated badge, or if your picture file was somehow corrupted, we will need to take your picture again before we can provide your badge.  Again, this can be done at any DAT meeting or Red Cross event, as long as we are notified in advance to bring the digital camera.  There is also the option of sending in a picture yourself.  If you have a digital camera, or an ID photo from work, you can send in a photo of yourself (shoulder up) in front of a solid background and as long as the photo is in a compatible format, we can use it to print your ID badge.

If you have questions on badges, please contact Ellie Moore at mooree@redcross-philly.org.