It would put radio-based sensors at 16 intersections and on four fire vehicles at Fire Station No. 12 on Koke Mill Road and No. 9 near Chatham Road and Iles Avenue.
Because of traffic and the road's concrete medians, response time to fire calls south of Interstate 72 along the Veterans Parkway corridor is twice as long as the fire department's citywide average. The technology would help move traffic along by changing lights to green along an outfitted fire rig's route to an emergency.
The technology will take two to three months to install, according to Fire Chief Allen Reyne.
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