[Scan-DC] [media] Feds to restrict volunteers at disasters

[John Bacon]

This is a good article but may be bad for others. I am an Emergency
Management personnel for my town and we are hungry to get people to help us.
But no one wants to. So this story might be a 50/50 thing and not get it
all. When the POOP hits the fan they come out of the wood work. 

I feel this is a going to be national but most likely not in the Bush
administration. 

JOHN B.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_us/disaster_ids

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer 
 
....
In an effort to provide better control and coordination, the federal
government is launching an ambitious ID program for rescue workers to
keep everyday people from swarming to a disaster scene. A prototype of
the new first responder identification card is already being issued to
fire and police personnel in the Washington, D.C., area.
....
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