From
FEMA’s Training Web Site regarding the use of SSN for
training:
FEMA’s database
was built several years ago using the Social Security
Number (SSN) as a student identification number. We are
working to modify the database; however the number is
necessary to track each student's training
progress. Our Internet exam submission pages are socket
layer secured, and all of your information is maintained
in a secure government database system. I hope this
explanation helps you understand our motives for
requesting the SSN.
If a student has
reservations about the use of his or her SSN, but still
wishes to participate in our program, we can assign his
or her account a tracking number after he or she
provides proof of U.S. citizenship (photo copy of a
passport, voter's registration card, birth certificate).
The downside is the student must then remember and use
this unique nine-digit number for all future Independent
Study Program transactions, and most higher-learning
institutions will not recognize the student's course
work for college credit, because the student's SSN is
not associated with the course work.
If you want this office
to assign your account an alternate student ID number,
fax your name, phone number, shipping address, and email
address, along with a photocopy of your voter
registration card, U.S. passport or birth certificate
to: (301) 447-1201, or mail your request to:
EMI - Independent Study
Program
16825 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727-8998
You must wait to receive
your student ID number before you submit your exam. You
will then be able to use this nine-digit number in lieu
of your SSN. Please be aware that this action can take
several weeks.
Please provide an email
address, so we can provide your student ID number as
quickly as possible.
