Last year, Lieutenant Bruce Bachinsky of the Waterbury Fire Department set out on a bike ride after his shift ended. While on his ride he was struck down by a massive heart attack. He had no identification on his person, and first responders were left randomly calling numbers on his cell phone in hopes of identifying him. It was this event that prompted me to think:

" If he only had some kind of ID - something he could wear in fires, as well as off the job - everyday. "

With that thought, the Bravest ID was born.