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Williamson Fire Rescue installs HOS navigation alert system on emergency vehicles
Summary
Williamson Fire Rescue, in partnership with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, installed HOS technology on emergency apparatus that activates with emergency lights and sends location and direction data to navigation platforms to aid responder visibility.
A representative of Williamson Fire Rescue told the meeting the department has installed a system called HOS on its emergency apparatus in partnership with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office.
"Williamson Fire Rescue in partnership with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office have installed new technology in our emergency fire apparatus. It's called HOS," the representative said. "This technology activates when we turn on our emergency lights and sends a signal to a various navigation platforms providing our location and direction of travel."
The representative described the system as a way to broadcast location and travel direction to navigation platforms; the transcript does not specify which navigation platforms, any costs associated with the installation, or whether the system requires ongoing subscriptions or data-sharing agreements. No vote or formal action on the installation is recorded in the provided segments.
