Roth ID TAGs are now available at the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offices in Pendleton and Hermiston.
The sheriff’s office will begin to distribute tags locally to area agencies within the next few weeks.
A ROTH ID TAG is an emergency identification tool that first responders can utilize during a traumatic incident when a minor child or person that has become incapacitated cannot communicate who they are or who to contact.
It is an information tag that can be affixed to a child’s car seat. In the event of an emergency, the tag pulls from the car seat and becomes an emergency identification wristband. The ROTH ID TAG has identifying information for the child, three emergency contacts, and a line for additional information. Additional information could include medical information, a child’s first language, or speech limitations.
The Origin of the ROTH ID TAG
On Dec. 23, 2022, Julie Roth, wife and mother, was traveling with her two small children when they were caught up in a 47-plus vehicle pile-up on the Ohio Turnpike. Julie and Edna Rose, the baby she was carrying, did not survive, but her two other children did.
Injured and afraid, Julie’s two toddlers waited many hours to see a familiar face while emergency responders worked to identify them and contact their father, who was at work. Thankfully, Ayla and Rory Roth are alive and well today. They are the reason for the ROTH ID TAG creation.
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For more information, call the sheriff’s office at 541-966-3600.
