Patent ID: 8068007

Claim:
A system for generating a credential for an emergency responder to participate in an operation, the system comprising: a data store configured to store credentialing data comprising identification data, licensing data, and skills and training certification data for a plurality of emergency responders for a plurality of agencies, each of the plurality of agencies providing an emergency response service; a credentialing terminal configured to generate a verification of identify request in response to an input, the verification of identify request comprising identification data for a particular emergency responder; and a credentialing computing device comprising executable modules stored thereon, the executable modules comprising: an identification verification module configured to retrieve credentialing data from the data store to verify the identity of the particular emergency responder in response to the verification of identify request; a qualifications verification module configured to retrieve credentialing data from the data store to verify the qualifications of the particular emergency responder in response to the verification of identify request; and a credential generation module configured to generate a credential generation request for the particular emergency responder in response to a verified identity and verified qualifications; wherein the credentialing terminal generates the credential in response to the credential generation request; and wherein the credential comprises a record of the verified identity and the verified qualifications of the particular emergency responder.