Emergency Safety Solutions Launches Innovative Hazard Alert Platform
Emergency Safety Solutions (ESS) has unveiled the HELP Alert Network, a real-time, groundbreaking hazard communication system designed to enhance safety on roadways.
Tim VanGoethem, ESS CPO, shared, “The HELP Alert Network represents a groundbreaking leap forward in how we protect vulnerable vehicles and individuals on the road. By empowering a broader community of vehicles and systems to communicate with each other in real-time, we’re working with our customers and network partners to deliver critical, life-saving awareness precisely where – and when – it’s needed most.”
According to ESS, this integrated system is poised to revolutionize road safety by overcoming the limitations of outdated hazard lights and disconnected vehicle technologies. The HELP Alert Network communicates essential alerts with exceptional speed and accuracy, improving situational awareness for all road users.
How HELP Works
The HELP Alert Network gathers and processes critical hazard data from various sources, including connected vehicles, fleet platforms, roadway work zones, and emergency systems. The system then shares this information with navigation apps and in-vehicle displays, providing timely and accurate updates to help drivers and autonomous systems react quickly and effectively.
This advanced communication network supports better decision-making for the entire transportation ecosystem, enhancing safety across the board.
A Unified Approach to Roadway Safety
The HELP Alert Network comprises three key service pillars that work together to create safer roadways:
- Notification Partner Network: This network includes vehicles, devices, and platforms that detect and share critical hazard data. These may include disabled or vulnerable vehicles equipped with ESS’s globally patented HELP Digital Alerts, work zone vehicles, emergency response fleets, and even wrong-way drivers.
- Protect Partner Network: This advanced system calculates and distributes real-time alerts about roadway hazards to navigation platforms, in-dash displays, mobile devices, and autonomous vehicle systems, ensuring drivers are aware of potential dangers ahead.
- Response Partner Network: This network enables faster and more informed emergency responses by quickly sharing incident data with traffic management centers, 9-1-1 providers, and public safety networks.
ESS highlighted their progress, noting, “With its patented safety technologies now deployed in the market, ESS is expanding HELP and actively bidding projects with commercial fleets, Department of Transportation fleets, OEMs, and beyond – advancing public safety and extending protection across America’s roadways.”
Innovative Features for the Modern Road
ESS’s HELP safety system introduces cutting-edge communication technologies that replace outdated hazard lights and systems. Key features include:
- HELP Lighting Alerts
This high-visibility flash pattern significantly increases the visibility of stationary and vulnerable vehicles, prompting oncoming drivers to slow down and move over, thus reducing accidents.
- HELP Digital Alerts
These alerts notify oncoming motorists about disabled or vulnerable vehicles via mobile navigation apps and in-cabin displays. Warnings provide drivers with advanced notice about potential dangers.
“These connected vehicle features work together to enhance situational awareness, reduce collisions, and increase protection for not just drivers – but also passengers, pedestrians, and roadside workers alike,” stated ESS.
With the HELP Alert Network, ESS continues to redefine modern roadway safety, delivering unmatched technology for protecting lives and ensuring safer roads.
Source: The Trucker
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