TROY — During its meeting July 28, the Troy City Council unanimously approved a contract extension with HAAS Alert so that the Troy Fire Department can continue to use the company’s advanced alert system.

Known as the Safety Cloud Advanced Collision Prevention System, the technology delivers real-time digital alerts that notify drivers if they’re approaching an emergency scene, or if an emergency vehicle is approaching. The alerts are sent when first responders activate the emergency lights on their vehicles.

“It’s an alerting system that’s put in all our fire vehicles,” said Troy Fire Department Chief Peter Hullinger. “So, when a firefighter turns on the emergency warning lights, it sends a signal to the satellites and the cloud systems, and (those) then talk to programs like Waze, Appl

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