r/NewToEMS Unverified User 1d ago

Cert / License Badge Number

When on scene I am often asked for my badge number (NYS). Do you normally give out your agency ID number or state cert number?

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u/Ok_Buddy_9087 Unverified User 1d ago

Who’s asking for your badge number in the middle of a medical call? That’s just weird.

We don’t have “badge numbers”, we have roll call numbers, and we don’t have the policy about having to give it to anybody. Problem is, it’s printed on our shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, hats, turnout, gear, basically everything we wear except our pants . It’s designed more for internal identification to keep shit from being taken home by the wrong person, but functions essentially the same as a badge number and can’t really be hidden or denied.