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In support of multiple jurisdictions in the Gulf Coast region including the State Crisis Reentry, Credentialing/Access, and Transit programs in Mississippi and Louisiana as defined by the Mississippi Statewide Crisis/Reentry Program and the and the Louisiana Statewide Credentialing / Access Program, the ER-ITN is now available to organizations that would like to preregister their essential personnel with emergency managers and security checkpoint operators in advance of a crises event (ALL HAZARDS) to help expedite confirmation of personnel's identity information, affiliation and purpose post crises.
The ER-ITN is a web based tool that allows preapproved emergency responder, critical infrastructure (CI/KR) and support / volunteer organizations (sponsors) to register their essential personnel with basic identity information in compliance with access requirements (such as the Louisiana JSOP) published by a state agency and/or local jurisdiction. Identity information includes IDs used to verify identity, employment or sponsorship status, memberships (special teams or other affiliations) and any other required abilities that are required to justify expedited access to or transit through the emergency zone (usually based on Tiers).
After approval by local government officials and after the organization has registered all essential personnel and their validated identity information, the organization can print standardized Access Placards (e.g. for vehicles) and Letters of Access that are used by security checkpoint operators such as state police, national guard or local law enforcement to help confirm identity, affiliation and purpose.
Verification of the information printed on the Access Placards and Letters of Access can be confirmed by security checkpoint operators using the ER-ITN Checkpoint Application.
No New Infrastructure - all stakeholders utilize existing infrastructure (the Internet) in order to publish access requirements, register essential personnel and control access to crisis areas.
Use Existing ID Cards - many essential personnel already posses one or more forms of ID that are suitable for crises area re-entry. For those that require a more secure ID card a cost effective ID card is offered.
Supports ALL COMMS - Supports all communications scenarios for verifying personnel including full Internet access at the checkpoint, radio back to a command post or no local communications available at all.
Private, Secure and Convenient - key safe guards, such as, no need for a central database ensures that only the minimum information required by government and law enforcement is presented for granting reentry and/or transit.
Secure Nationwide Network - the solution is designed to scale to service a very large population and is optimized for managing and responsibly sharing ID, Ability and Membership information.
