NOKR QUICK REFERENCE WHO, WHAT, HOW

AND WHY

WHO

The Emergency Contact Registry (NOKR) is a non-partisan; non-profit 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization dedicated to bridging rapid emergency contact information. NOKR was established in January 2004 as a public service for daily emergency situations.  NOKR is the central depository for Emergency Contact information in the United States.

WHAT

The NOKR is 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 provides the public a free proactive service to store 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.

HOW

You would visit the NOKR Registration page or the mail-in form page and register either yourself and an emergency point of contact or you could register a family member and their emergency point of contact. Optionally you could register a friend or significant other as a point of contact. Each registration is date stamped; you may also register yourself multiple times. If you have registered yourself several times, we do store each registration and index all individually by date. This information is kept secured and is sent encrypted to a secure area on a separate server once you press the register button. This information is not accessible to the public and is not located on the same site you register at.   

Information stored by public

NOKR SYSTEM

EMERGENCY Agencies 

Once this information is stored it is only accessible via a secure password protected area that is only accessible by emergency public trust agencies that have registered with NOKR.  For system integrity the information collected is never stored at the same location it is collected from.  The NOKR system is backed up several times daily.

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.
 

PRIVACY

Your information will not be sold or shared. For privacy reasons we do not list where this information is located. This information is safe guarded to protect our registrant's privacy. This information is only available to Local and State Emergency Agencies working in an official capacity, attempting to locate a next of kin or emergency point of contact. The NOKR will NEVER ask for any intrusive information like your social security number or date of birth.  NOKR does ask for age optionally which is used as a chronological identifier. The Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR) does not share your information openly as your information does not belong to NOKR. Your information belongs to you. NOKR as a nonprofit entity has facilitated a safe secure archiving resources so that you the public can store rapid contact information at no cost as a way to prepare for the unforeseen. Your stored contact information is for emergency use only. To remove your record from the registry please send the following information. The name of the individual registered, the emergency contact associated with this individual, the city and state for both persons. Your letter must also include the date your registration was sent; this is a security factor for permanent removal. Please send your removal request via letter to: Next Of Kin Registry Attention: NOKR Removal PO Box 1002 Bonita, CA 91908

SECURITY

All registrations are processed and sent via secure socket layer (SSL) to the NOKR registry at a separate secure location.  This secured location is User Name and Password Protected. All data is protected under the watchful eye of NOKR's staff. All Internet Data Centers are strategically located on AT&T's, Global Crossing and Cable & Wireless' OC48 / OC192 Global IP backbones. These locations, together with the extensive public and private peering arrangements, are designed to maximize NOKR's Internet reach, bandwidth capacity and to optimize performance. To ensure all data's security, all facilities are staffed 24 hours a day with on-site guards and equipped with both interior and exterior closed circuit television. Access to and from the hosting and monitoring areas is controlled via highly secure mantraps. These single entry, hardened portals are extremely effective at limiting access to the facility to authorized personnel only. The operations of all Internet Data Centers are monitored by regional Network Operations Centers (NOC) with mirrored content displayed in other NOCs for failsafe network system diversity and redundancy. Network security is ensured by state-of-the-art software and hardware for network monitoring and routing, intrusion detection and filtering. The NOCs are staffed on a 24/7 basis by skilled network technicians and analysts, who continuously monitor the data center network infrastructure for any signs of problems. Automated features as well as customized options help network managers to predict - and often, resolve - problems before they arise.

WHY

NOKR is the ONLY organization globally, that provides a free emergency contact resource of this kind, to both citizens and to emergency agencies. 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. The fact 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 next of kin.

Fact
When you leave your home each day, no one will know who your emergency contact is, if the need arises.
Here are just a few reasons why we need NOKR.
● You're Injured and can not speak
● Your child is lost
● Your family member suffering from Dementia or Alzheimer's
● You're in an accidents while traveling locally, nationally or internationally
● Your home is lost in a fire while you're on vacation
● Homeless family member injured or dies alone
● Natural Disasters (Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornados, Floods, Tsunamis and Fires)
● Terrorist Acts Nationally or Internationally
● Deceased person used to locate a next of kin or point of contact
● Hurricane Katrina, London Bombing, Asian Earthquake and Tsunami, September 11,2001 Attack in USA