The Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR) was established as a FREE tool for daily emergencies and national disasters. NOKR is your emergency contact system to help if you or your family member is missing, injured or deceased. NOKR is the central depository for Emergency Contact information in the United States.

NOKR provides the public a free proactive service to store 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 encourages every township, county, municipality, city, state and nation to take ownership of the NOKR. This resource belongs to you, your citizens and to your emergency agencies. Take the NOKR registration forms and add your own identifying symbols.

NOKR National News HURRICANE GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, JOSEPHINE (NOKR) America’s central repository for Emergency Contact information is highly encouraging families and those with special needs to register their loved ones and friends who may be exposed to this potentially dangerous hurricane. NOKR is a National partner of the American Red Cross. If you are a disaster victim register at https://disastersafe.redcross.org you can also search to see if your family is safe. National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS) Do you need to locate friends or family displaced by a disaster? The system is activated only during a Presidentially declared disaster or emergency where people are displaced. https://asd.fema.gov/inter/nefrls/home.htm If your family member is not listed and missing please register at NOKR. Please also register the rest of your family for daily emergencies or national disasters such as this event. The NOKR organization has initiated contact with the State of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama to offer any assistance possible to help reunify individuals and families displaced by Hurricane Gustav. NOKR's system is used during daily emergencies and was utilized for the following national and global disasters. 2004 Asian Tsunami 2005 London Bombing 2005 Hurricane Disasters 2005 Mudslide Guatemala 2006 India Train Bombing 2006 Indonesia Earthquake 2006 Leyte Village Philippines Mudslide 2007 Virginia Tech College Shooting 2007 I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota 2007 California Wildfire's 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Disaster 2008 Sichuan China Earthquake 2008 Iowa Flooding Disaster       Information about the Next of Kin Registry can be found at the following links below:   State of Texas   http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol/en/gov/11/11     State of Louisiana   http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?ID=145&Detail=5148     State of Mississippi   http://www.mississippi.gov/ms_sub_template.jsp?Category_ID=5     State of Florida (Hot Topics)   http://myflorida.gov/     State of South Carolina   http://www.sc.gov/Portal/Category/EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT     USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal   http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Family_Issues.shtml     American Red Cross   https://disastersafe.redcross.org/ServicePartners.aspx     Department of Homeland Security Next of Kin Registry (NOKR) Listed under (Finding Lost Family and Friends) Help us spread the NOKR worldwide, keep NOKR strong by supporting NOKR Volunteers and Programs. NOKR is  your proactive resource that is 100% volunteer driven since 2004. Please help today, by giving funds to all organizations supporting the relief and recovery efforts in the Gulf State Region such as NOKR's National partner the American Red Cross. Those individuals and families directly affected by this Hurricane will need your support today and in the future to recover. Read NOKR's Press Release: 8/29/2008>

NOKR is your trusted safe guarding organization for all personal emergency contacts worldwide.  NOKR does not own the information we store, this information belongs to the registrants and is made available securely to registered emergency agencies during times of urgent need.

NOKR is the protector of this vital bridging resource to reconnect individuals and families after urgent events.

NOKR is a non-partisan; non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to bridging rapid emergency contact information. NOKR was established in January 2004, for daily emergency situations. 

The injury or passing of a loved one is a difficult time for families and friends. This sad time is compounded when you're not informed when a loved one is injured or passes on. This happens when Local and State Agencies are unable to locate a family member or Next Of Kin. This would happen for numerous reasons:

○A lack of information about family or contacts.
○A lack of resources available to search for family members, emergency contacts or "Next Of Kin".

Why should I register myself or my family with NOKR? 

NOKR is the ONLY organization globally, that provides a free emergency contact resource of this kind, to both citizens and to emergency agencies. We hope there is never a need but we do know that events in life and disasters will happen.  It's entirely your choice to decide how you will prepare yourself and your family.

FACT: Many people think that if they are carrying a driver's license, identification card or credit cards, authorities will know who their emergency contact is. These forms of identity only indicate who you are not who should be contacted in the event of urgent need. To add to this problem, often times your current identification is not updated or readily available and it becomes very difficult and complex to locate emergency contacts. Who will speak for you or your family member when they can't? NOKR is the solution.

○Here are just a few scenarios where your information will be useful.
○Missing or injured child, adult or senior.
○Lost child.
○Those suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer's.
○Accidents while traveling Nationally or Internationally.
○Unconscious person unable to communicate.
○Natural Disasters (Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornados, Floods, Tsunamis, Fires).
○Terrorist Acts Nationally or Internationally.
○Deceased person used to locate a next of kin or point of contact.

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NOKR is currently used Nationally and Internationally. NOKR can be found on many, city, state and country websites throughout the world.

To request an emergency search contact your local Law Enforcement Agency.

Short list of Agencies, States, Countries and Organizations using or linking the free NOKR resource:
USA.gov, the official U.S. gateway to all government information Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) United States Department of Agriculture (Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information) United States Department of Homeland Security Disasterhelp.gov (Non-Government Orgs) United States Department of Interior National Park Service United States Park Police International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners United States Department of Defense (AmericaSupportsYou) United States Air Force Personnel Center Randolph AFB International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) American Red Cross (ARC) United States Department Of State Army National Guard Bureau Guam Homeland Security FEMA DMORT IV United States Marine Corp
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Of Virginia Commonwealth Of Kentucky State Of New Jersey State Of North Carolina State Of Georgia State Of Alabama State Of Tennessee State Of Arkansas State Of Vermont State Of Maine State Of Maryland State Of Oregon State Of California State Of Montana State Of New York State Of Nebraska State Of Kansas State Of Ohio State Of Colorado State Of Iowa State Of Alaska State Of Washington State Of Indiana State Of Minnesota State Of Hawaii  State Of Arizona State Of Nevada State Of Mississippi State Of Louisiana State Of Florida State Of Wyoming State Of Delaware State Of Texas State Of North Dakota State Of South Carolina State Of Idaho State Of Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline State Of Wisconsin State Of Missouri State Of New Hampshire State Of Oklahoma State Of Utah State Of West Virginia Washington D.C. (Emergency Information Center)