Every second counts when you or a loved needs to be rushed to a hospital. It’s up to first responders to get you there fast. On Friday, NBC29 got an inside look at the advancing technology that has nothing to with medicine, but may still save your life. The technology is called an Opticom and each fire…
The UK-based Crisis Response Journal highlighted Liberty Township, Ohio‘s Opticom installation success story in a March 12 blog post: Liberty Township positions itself as regional emergency response leader Liberty Township in Ohio is home to the US’s largest zoo, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. With more than 9,000 animal species, the zoo attracts more than…
Global Traffic Technologies’ Opticom devices catch the eyes of drivers in Mississippi. They’re not cameras — these devices are helping first responders get to emergencies faster. Wayne Hereford reports for WTVA News: TUPELO, Miss (WTVA) — Perhaps you’ve seen them around Tupelo, sitting above traffic next to traffic lights. We If you look closely you can see…
Palm Beach Fire-Rescue department officials are working with state and county agencies to expand the town’s Opticom traffic system. “This will decrease our response time to certain emergencies on the island,” Battalion Chief Sean Baker said Wednesday. “It will make the streets safer for responding crews and the public.” The GPS-based system pre-empts traffic lights…
Firefighters and medics can now get to emergencies faster than ever in St. Albert thanks to a new traffic-signal system. City crews are installing pre-emptive traffic control systems at eight intersections along St. Albert Trail and Boudreau Road this month. The controllers automatically switch traffic lights to green from red when they detect an approaching…
GTT’s Market Development Director Tim Hall sat down with Smart Highways editor Paul Hutton at ITS World Congress in Bordeaux to discuss using Priority Systems to reduce emissions. “We know that when a vehicle stops, or accelerates or idles at an intersection it needlessly generates excess CO2 and also causing an inefficiency in fuel as well,…
It is a well-known fact that the first hour immediately following a road accident, otherwise known as the ‘golden hour’, is crucial to determining the chances of survival of victims – especially those who have sustained serious injuries to vital organs. This is where patients in the city often suffer. Bengaluru traffic often prevents ambulances…
Lawmakers stood with southern Queens emergency responders this week to call on the city to take whatever steps necessary to beef up its ability to respond when residents are most vulnerable. State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said the city Fire Department would benefit from some pre-emptive measures like GPS technology to help volunteers and…
Eight intersections along Northern Boulevard in Manhasset and Great Neck have been equipped with new global positioning technology pre-emption systems to ease traffic flow as Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department crews respond to emergencies. Fire department officials said the technology, funded by a $125,000 grant from state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) and installed on all of…
It’s no easy task getting across San Francisco during rush hour, but some new technology being installed on Muni buses is now helping thousands of commuters. SFMTA began utilizing transit signal priority on the 14 Mission line in late March. According to John Haley, Director of Transit for the agency, it had sped up commute…