Eh, I've just written stuff with a pen on a slip of paper and stuffed it in my wallet for the last n decades.
I also do innovative high tech things like tape a piece of paper with my email on it to the back of my kindle. That came in handy when I left it on the airplane, and the airline staff emailed me so I could get it back.
I suppose credit should go to my mom who'd sew a name tag into my clothes before dispatching me off to camp.
Thank you for finding and sharing these links. [1] seems to be an updated version of the PDF. The original inspiration for EWC seems to be gone from ready.gov, but there's a picture of it in my post. If anyone comes across the person/s who designed it, please give them my sincere regards, its genius.
Hey HN, EmergencyWalletCards.com is a website I built with the help of my old friend @oedmarap to help bring Emergency Wallet Cards to everyone by making it super easy for anyone to quickly fill, print and fold a card for their wallet, purse, or anywhere you can slip a credit-card into. Check out the intro blog post, try the app out, and let me know what you think!
This is really cool. I've worked in the Emergency Management space for a decade, and this is a clear win - great idea well executed, so kudos. Even if people never look at them, the process of creating them and thinking through personal disaster responses is hugely valuable (plans are nothing, planning is everything). Well done.
It's scope creep for sure, but I'd love have a version of this for international travel that populates local consulate/embassy offices, visa numbers, airline, hotel numbers, and personal emergency medical info in the local language. I had a coworker that would make international travel wallet cards for folks traveling abroad - it was pretty cool.
I have a few suggestions that might make this more useful for an international audience.
- I suggest that you offer people the option to use long dates; 7th June 1980. When reading in a hurry a little redundancy can be helpful.
- abbreviations like DOB, ZIP, etc., are not necessarily universally understood.
- the address should be a free text multiline field to allow addresses to be written in the customary form in different countries. Not everyone has a house number or postal code.
As all the information is optional it would probably be useful to include a field for things like national ID numbers, social security numbers, etc. The point is that this number give emergency medical facilities a way to quickly access a person's medical records in some countries.
I like the idea, and appreciate the privacy statement on page. I might add - your info is not sent to our servers / the cloud - it stay in your computer memory..
I feel many people do not understand what stays in your browser does not equal the cloud.. especially since chromebooks became a thing.
Not sure they pay for sales - but a link to have it sent to a printer at the local office max.. not having a printer easily accessible p it's actually convenient to send-rmail-to-print.. I stop by there after picking up coffee and print a few sheets once in a while.. I guess some people would email it to another person for them to print for them..
I couldn't find a link anywhere to some sort of 'blank' PDF example, or to a fake filled out example. Double sided printing would be nice. So would formatting the output so you could cut/fold/staple it down into a little book.
Cool idea though. At work (back in the day) we had little laminated pieces of paper crammed with important numbers, a new one every year. Came in quite handy. Having the access to the scarily high res Xerox printer I'd print out a little black book of friends phone numbers to always have around.
I briefly tried to make my own template in Google Drive. In Docs you can set a table's width and minimum height. In Sheets, column width can be set in pixels. Neither seemed great for this purpose.
I think Microsoft Publisher used to be the go-to tool for this type of document. Is there an online alternative that might be usable to make my own? Basically looking for formatting tools that can be used inside a series of rectangles of a constant height and width.
If you don't carry a wallet or other ID (I rarely do myself):
Tape or p-touch your name to the back of your phone (esp handy for people like me who always have to spell it) and somebody else's phone number (the number of someone who can help if something happens to you).
I include my email address too. Then if someone finds my phone, or me prostrate with my phone, they can get in touch with help.
Excellent idea thank you. I added this to https://github.com/wilrnh/emergencywalletcards.com/issues/1. Even if something like this cannot be included directly on the EWC, maybe a bunch of QR codes linking to stuff like this might be useful on the back.
I would too, but maybe the service with a laminator would do well enough…
Road ID is a good, more expensive option that exists too [1]. It is limited space, but they had (and May still have a URL service or phone where you enter your info online and first responders can get the full picture.
What about <$1 for exactly this printed and laminated at a library or stationery shop?
If that's not fulfilling 'nice', it's a pretty simple job for someone that can laser engrave, I wonder what Shapeways or similar would charge for a credit card sized sheet of something, engraved with the info for example.
WalterBright|4 years ago
I also do innovative high tech things like tape a piece of paper with my email on it to the back of my kindle. That came in handy when I left it on the airplane, and the airline staff emailed me so I could get it back.
I suppose credit should go to my mom who'd sew a name tag into my clothes before dispatching me off to camp.
advisedwang|4 years ago
[1] https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/family-com...
[2] https://www.ready.gov/plan
[3] https://www.ready.gov/kids/make-a-plan
wilrnh|4 years ago
wilrnh|4 years ago
csw-001|4 years ago
It's scope creep for sure, but I'd love have a version of this for international travel that populates local consulate/embassy offices, visa numbers, airline, hotel numbers, and personal emergency medical info in the local language. I had a coworker that would make international travel wallet cards for folks traveling abroad - it was pretty cool.
kwhitefoot|4 years ago
- I suggest that you offer people the option to use long dates; 7th June 1980. When reading in a hurry a little redundancy can be helpful.
- abbreviations like DOB, ZIP, etc., are not necessarily universally understood.
- the address should be a free text multiline field to allow addresses to be written in the customary form in different countries. Not everyone has a house number or postal code.
As all the information is optional it would probably be useful to include a field for things like national ID numbers, social security numbers, etc. The point is that this number give emergency medical facilities a way to quickly access a person's medical records in some countries.
stevenicr|4 years ago
I feel many people do not understand what stays in your browser does not equal the cloud.. especially since chromebooks became a thing.
Not sure they pay for sales - but a link to have it sent to a printer at the local office max.. not having a printer easily accessible p it's actually convenient to send-rmail-to-print.. I stop by there after picking up coffee and print a few sheets once in a while.. I guess some people would email it to another person for them to print for them..
KennyBlanken|4 years ago
This is functionality that could have been done simply by adding form fields to the PDF.
engagingdata|4 years ago
BobBagwill|4 years ago
https://pocketmod.com/
Use a "paper" made of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers for extra credit! :-)
zengargoyle|4 years ago
Cool idea though. At work (back in the day) we had little laminated pieces of paper crammed with important numbers, a new one every year. Came in quite handy. Having the access to the scarily high res Xerox printer I'd print out a little black book of friends phone numbers to always have around.
mleonhard|4 years ago
pedantsamaritan|4 years ago
toomuchtodo|4 years ago
andreareina|4 years ago
Arch485|4 years ago
franga2000|4 years ago
Someone had to do it :)
wilrnh|4 years ago
amanzi|4 years ago
cyounkins|4 years ago
I think Microsoft Publisher used to be the go-to tool for this type of document. Is there an online alternative that might be usable to make my own? Basically looking for formatting tools that can be used inside a series of rectangles of a constant height and width.
m-p-3|4 years ago
gumby|4 years ago
Tape or p-touch your name to the back of your phone (esp handy for people like me who always have to spell it) and somebody else's phone number (the number of someone who can help if something happens to you).
I include my email address too. Then if someone finds my phone, or me prostrate with my phone, they can get in touch with help.
vmh1928|4 years ago
https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bustcard_eng_20100630.pdf
wilrnh|4 years ago
alx__|4 years ago
joshka|4 years ago
mlac|4 years ago
Road ID is a good, more expensive option that exists too [1]. It is limited space, but they had (and May still have a URL service or phone where you enter your info online and first responders can get the full picture.
https://www.roadid.com/
sbierwagen|4 years ago
Marketing seems to have anniversary gifts in mind, but you can specify any text you want, obviously.
OJFord|4 years ago
If that's not fulfilling 'nice', it's a pretty simple job for someone that can laser engrave, I wonder what Shapeways or similar would charge for a credit card sized sheet of something, engraved with the info for example.