Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In case of emergency (ICE) is a programme that enables first responders, such as paramedics, firefighters, police officers, and (more likely) Hospital personnel, to contact the phone owner's next of kin to obtain important medical/support information (the phone must be unlocked & working). The phone entry(s) should supplement or compliment written (wallet/bracelet/necklace) information or indicators. The programme was conceived in the mid-2000s and promoted by British paramedic Bob Brotchie in May 2005.[1] It encourages people to enter emergency contacts in their mobile phone address book under the name "ICE". Alternately, a person can list multiple emergency contacts as "ICE1", "ICE2", etc. The popularity of the program has spread across Europe and Australia, and has started to grow into North America.