Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has chosen NEWCOM for Digital Alerting Program
PEMBROKE, Massachusetts, November 14, 2024 – The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has chosen NEWCOM as the solution provider to implement the Delaware Valley Region Digital Alerting program, enhancing first responder vehicles with digital alerting capabilities. NEWCOM will collaborate with regional agencies to install the system and activate HAAS Alerts Safety Cloud services.
”DVRPC is excited to partner with NEWCOM to bring the HAAS alert system to Greater Philadelphia. Safety is a top concern for everyone traveling on our region's roadways, and by alerting drivers of an incident or first responder vehicle ahead, they have more time to move over, slow down, and help keep the first responders safe."
Ariella MaronExecutive Director, DVRPC
DVRPC aims to equip 450 vehicles in the first year and continue the initiative for four years, with funding covering installation costs, subscription fees, and ongoing support services for previously installed vehicles.
This effort aims to create a regional program to deploy digital alerting technology in first responder vehicles. NEWCOM will collaborate with DVRPC to enhance relationships with partner agencies and provide data on the technology’s usage.
Digital alerting, or Responder-to-Vehicle (R2V) technology, alerts motorists of responders’ positions directly in their vehicles, increasing awareness of roadside hazards and encouraging compliance with Move Over, Slow Down laws to reduce serious incidents. The program plans to connect to over 100 agencies and equip 500+ response vehicles, along with PennDOT Freeway Service Patrol vehicles.
Digital alerting technology differs from all past methods utilized to notify a driver of an approaching hazard by bringing the alert within the vehicle to gain the driver’s attention. This increased awareness of roadside hazards can help to increase compliance with Move Over, Slow Down laws and reduce serious injury and fatal collisions.
”The most vulnerable moments for first responders are when they are navigating to a call and while they are on the side of the road. Digital alerting provides them with an advantage that enhances safety and encourages civilian traffic to slow down, move over, and use caution."
Jim CarmanDirector of Sales, NEWCOM
About NEWCOM
NEWCOM has 25+ years of experience with mobility projects and has carefully curated suppliers that are leaders in emerging technology products. Based in the metropolitan Boston area with operations nationwide, NEWCOM designs the most comprehensive systems based on our client’s needs, leveraging “off-the-shelf” technology solutions with customized applications and implementation. NEWCOM, as a systems integrator and solution provider for public safety and government, provides the critical link between wireless technology and business optimization. To learn more, visit https://newcomglobal.com/dvrpc/
About DVRPC
Serving the Greater Philadelphia area since 1965, DVRPC works to foster regional collaboration in creating and maintaining a livable, sustainable, and economically competitive region covering our nine counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey. These nine counties together comprise over 3,800 square miles with land use that varies from the dense urban core of Center City Philadelphia to the open rural areas of the New Jersey Pinelands. DVRPC staff works with municipal, city, county, and state representatives and many other partners to improve transportation, promote smart growth, protect the environment, and build the economy.
DVRPC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the greater Philadelphia region. DVRPC sponsors and conducts studies, assists member planning agencies and provides a forum for interagency cooperation and public input into funding decisions. DVRPC was formed by an Interstate Compact through legislation passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1965, as reenacted and amended in 1967, and by the New Jersey Legislature in a series of conforming acts passed between 1966 and 1974, which vests DVRPC with sovereign immunity. https://www.dvrpc.org/
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