Students Safety A Must, Small Mid-Missouri School First in the Nation to Implement New E.A.R.S. Alert System on School Buses
September 22, 2004 -- A small Mid-Missouri school was excited when the owners of E.A.R.S. Alert, LLC approached them about making school buses safer. E.A.R.S. owners, Rick & Connie McBroom talked with Hallsville R-IV School Superintendent Thomas Baugh on September 8th regarding the safety of the children on buses.
Even though there has never been an incident of a school bus from Hallsville colliding with an emergency vehicle, there have been some close calls. E.A.R.S. Alert is an emergency alert response system that warns drivers of approaching emergency vehicles that have activated their emergency equipment. The recievers for this system, will be installed in all of the school buses and school vehicles in mid November 2004. The receivers, that will alert the bus drivers with an audible beep and a visual light, will help the drivers become more aware of the appoaching emergency vehicle by giving them an early heads up.
The transmitters, which are free to all emergency departments, will be installed in the Boone County Ambulances and E.A.R.S. is working with the other emergency services in that area to get the number of transmitters needed for installation.
"The success of this program," says Connie McBroom, "is all on the emergency departments. We are offering the transmitters free to any emergency department that wants them, all they have to do is ask."
E.A.R.S. Alert, LLC is a non-profit orginization that was started to help prevent the tragic accidents caused by emergency vehicles on emergency calls and cars that just don't hear them. This system will help increase awareness and increase response time.
"Everyone knows that 'every second counts' during an emergency," Connie says, "but when you don't hear of see the emergency vehicle, you can't get out of the way. This not only causes confusion and possible accidents on the roadway, but it slows the response time to the real emergency."
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