The Emergency Vehicle Preemption System puts a box in fire trucks, police cruisers, and ambulances to communicate with intersections across Beachwood, gauging the route based on speed and turn signals.
“It’s basically like a sea of green,” said Beachwood Police Chief Katherine McLaughlin. “They’ve {officers} told me it’s some of the best technology they’ve ever received here in Beachwood.”
According to the company behind the system, Applied Information, the system can cut response times up to 20% and reduce crashes en route to a call, which the company reports account for 25% of firefighter deaths on the job.
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