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First Responder Verification

Provide access to 1.5 million pre-verified first responders and enable new members of the first responder population to verify, all in a single transaction.

When to use this policy

Ideal for retail and eCommerce integrations that require validation that the user is affilited with a specific community.

Who is eligible?

The following members of the First Responder community (911 DIspatcher, EMT, Firefighter, Police Officer) are eligible for First Responders group affiliation:

Emergency Medical Technician

  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • Paramedic
  • Medical Helicopter Pilot
  • Flight Nurse

Firefighters

  • Career Firefighter (Federal, State, and Local)
  • Wild-land Firefighter/ Prescribed fire burn manager
  • Volunteer Firefighter
  • Fire Marshal

Law Enforcement Officers

  • Police Officers (Federal, State, and Local)—Active & Retired
  • ​Sheriff / Sheriff's Deputy
  • Correctional Officer (Private, for-profit correctional institutions also acceptable)
  • State Trooper
  • Federal Law Enforcement Officer (for example, Customs & Border Protection Officer, Air Marshal, etc.)
  • Park Police & Park Rangers
  • Pretrial Services Officers
  • Probation & Parole Officers
  • Bridge & Tunnel Officers
  • Detention Officers (Private, for-profit correctional institutions also acceptable)
  • Railroad Police Officers
  • School Resource Officers
  • Auxiliary & Reserve Sheriff Deputy or Police Officers
  • Animal Control Officers who are credentialed as a Law Enforcement Officer
  • Fire Marshals who are certified Law Enforcement Officers
  • Court Bailiffs/Court Officers (must have law enforcement credentials)

911 Dispatchers

  • Police, Sheriff, Fire or EMS Dispatcher
  • Fire Communications Officer
  • Public Safety Telecommunicator

Essence of policy

Validated by on one (1) authoritative source OR one (1) piece of evidence:

  • Real Time Authoritative Source (e.g. EMT national database, EMT state database, or Firefighter Proboard)

OR

  • Document Review

Verification flows

As of November 2023, ID.me has 1.5 million pre-verified first responders within our network. Pre-verified first responders securely access offers, benefits, and services in seconds. New users complete verification just as fast, using the least amount of information to generate a unique ping from an authoritative data source. Here you can find what the user verification experience looks like today:

EMT


Preverified

Once verified, users can log in with their ID.me credential anywhere ID.me is accepted and share their credentials in a matter of seconds.

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Real Time Authoritative Source

ID.me uses APIs as our primary method for validating a member's status, providing the highest quality and most authoritative data to confirm the status of a given person.

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Document Review

ID.me provides a relief valve for members to submit a document for users who are unable to complete verification through a real-time option.

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Firefighter


Preverified

Once verified, users can log in with their ID.me credential anywhere ID.me is accepted and share their credentials in a matter of seconds.

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Real Time Authoritative Source

ID.me uses APIs as our primary method for validating a member's status, providing the highest quality and most authoritative data to confirm the status of a given person.

Watch demo

Document Review

ID.me provides a relief valve for members to submit a document for users who are unable to complete verification through a real-time option.

Watch demo

Law Enforcement Officer


Preverified

Once verified, users can log in with their ID.me credential anywhere ID.me is accepted and share their credentials in a matter of seconds.

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Document Review

ID.me's Member Experience team is available to review documents 24 hours a days and 365 days a year.

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911 Dispatcher


Preverified

Once verified, users can log in with their ID.me credential anywhere ID.me is accepted and share their credentials in a matter of seconds.

Watch demo

Document Review

ID.me's Member Experience team is available to review documents 24 hours a days and 365 days a year.

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Use cases

Here you can find example ID.me use cases:


In Cart/Checkout - Under Armour

You have an eCommerce store and would like to offer access to exclusive first responder discounts using ID.me within your cart and/or checkout experience. You want to increase conversation rates, average order value, perform strategic outreach with hyper targeted marketing, and delight customers personalization.


Landing Page - Calvin Klein

You have a website and would like to offer access to benefits and/or promotions to first responders by integrating ID.me to gate access to the landing page with exclusive pricing. Your landing page will be a great way to improve SEO, bring awareness and let users know how to take advantage of the program.


Within Account - Fund The First

You would like to offer your users the ability to complete ID.me’s first responder verification to associate their first responder credential to an existing account within your application. Your users will log into their account and complete verification through ID.me. Once verified, ID.me will provide attributes and unique identifiers that can be ingested to ensure a 1:1 match between a verified user and an account within your application.


Ticketing - Accesso

You have a ticketing platform that would like to offer first responder discounts on ticketed events using ID.me and ensure users are not abusing the exclusive offer by ingesting the assigned ID.me unique identifiers to trigger purchase limits on events.


Account Registration - Lowes

You would like to save time during account registration by enabling your first responder users to complete verification and leverage the assigned ID.me unique identifiers to ensure a 1:1 match between a verified individual and the accounts they create within your application.


In-Store - Pandora/Verizon

You have retail locations that would like to enable ID.me’s seamless omnichannel experience by providing online and in-store verification for your first responder users to protect customer data, increase customer loyalty, and expand your knowledge of your customer base—while removing the burden of determining customer eligibility from store employees.


Product Page - Discount Tire

You have an eCommerce store and would like to provide maximum visibility to allow first responder users complete verification by implementing verification on each product page with your store. This is a beneficial way to increase conversion rates and ensure you are capturing user data as early as possible in the funnel.


SSO - Oakley SI

Your application requires users to authenticate each time to access benefits and leveraging ID.me can enable your applications to participate in a federated single sign-on relationship ID.me’s network of verified first responder users. Leveraging ID.me SSO can streamline the application login process, and ensure that only verified first responders can gain access to partners' products and services.


Native Application - Example TBD

You have a mobile application and would like to provide your first responder users the ability complete ID.me verification to provide a seamless user experience to access special discounts, offers and benefits within your application.