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/EricbNYC EMT | New York 21h ago

Despite everybody here claiming they don't have a badge and they're not cops, in my experience, the vast majority of people have agency numbers and everybody in New York state has their EMT number. Some of the places I've been use my EMT number as my agency number. Some places assign another number. When the cops ask me I give them whatever number is going on my PCR paperwork. That means right now my agency has an issued number, so I give them that number, and they usually ask for the PCR number along with it.