Enhancing Nighttime Safety for All
Whelen’s newest innovations calm the scene™ and allow first responders to focus on critical tasks, while also improving motorists’ ability to navigate emergency scenes safely.
Lowering Intensity
Lowering warning light intensity at night reduces glare, allows drivers to feel less stress, and increases their ability to safely navigate around a scene.
Removing Edges
DVI™ ENABLED light patterns eliminate flash edges and gradually increase and decrease warning light intensity to better convey visual information to approaching motorists.
Slower Flash Patterns
Slowing the flashes-per-minute down allows the motoring public to better absorb their surroundings, process the environment and feel more at ease as they navigate the roadway.
Synchronized Flash Patterns
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Synchronization of flash patterns and tones has been shown to improve motorists’ response times and ability to see first responders on the scene.
Scene Safety in Action
Vehicle to Vehicle Sync
On October 12, 2022, just before 6:30am, the San Rafael Fire Department and San Rafael Police Department were dispatched to a report of a vegetation fire in a residential neighborhood off of Point San Pedro Road. The first responders located a small vegetation fire and were able to extinguish it before it was able to burn about a quarter of an acre. Officers on scene had to close down the number two (right) eastbound traffic lane during the incident. The four police cars that responded to this incident all had Whelen’s vehicle to vehicle (V2V) sync installed in them. A police supervisor, while picking up traffic cones, noticed the synchronized left traffic advisory pattern and recorded the video.
A Calm Scene is a Safe Scene
Our latest technology is pushing the boundaries of first responder safety to calm the scene like never before. See it in action through this immersive experience we unveiled at FDIC 2022. Featuring our Vehicle-to-Vehicle synchronization (V2V Sync), Dynamic Variable Intensity™ (DVI), and the most powerful control system available, CenCom Core®, our latest technology reduces distractions and increases safety for both first responders and motorists. These innovations bring nighttime safety to a whole new level.
Core®
Created to enhance first responder safety, CenCom Core® redefines control systems by providing the greatest configurability, speed, and expansion yet. Built to scale with your needs, Core is designed for vast configuration and offers advanced automation, remote connectivity, and true system synchronization.
Core-R™
Core-R™ is an all-new decentralized design providing the freedom to customize your control system to fit your needs. Engineered to enhance first responder and motorist safety with the same configurability, advanced automation, and remote connectivity of CenCom Core, but in a smaller and more customizable architecture.
Core-C™
Core-C™ is the heart of a support vehicle lighting system and allows full command of lights with one simple controller. With enhanced WeCanX® safety features, Core-C delivers the intelligence of a WeCanX controller and the functionality of a control head in one convenient and compact package.
Resources
Learn more about Enhancing Nighttime Safety at Emergency Scenes.
DVI Brochure
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