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Emergency Vehicle Priority

Emergency Vehicle Priority (EVP) is a engineering science that enables emergency vehicles to automatically trigger traffic light sequences to modify along the about direct route when responding to an emergency call.

This means a green traffic light indicate is given to emergency vehicles, when safe to practice and so, in the direction of that emergency response call. By clearing the path ahead emergency vehicles tin can respond quicker to emergencies.

Giving way to emergency vehicles

fire truck and ambulance

If you lot are at an intersection, and y'all hear or meet an emergency vehicle approaching, be aware that the traffic signals at your intersection may not change as they unremarkably do.

Please be patient and expect for your green lite or green 'walk' signal before you lot motion through the intersection.

Find more data nearly sharing the road with emergency vehicles.

Electric current state of affairs

Toowoomba and Mackay are the next areas to accept the engineering enabled for emergency vehicles, with works first in 2022.

There are over 300 emergency vehicles and 1100 signalised intersections throughout Townsville, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Declension fitted with the EVP applied science.

Future plans

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Over the next 4 years the Emergency Vehicle Priority project will be rolled out across major centres in Queensland including:

Caboolture
Cairns
Coolum
Gladstone
Gympie
Hervey Bay
Ipswich
Logan
Maroochydore
Maryborough
Nambour
Rockhampton

The project also covers the fit out of approximately 700 boosted emergency services vehicles with the engineering science.

About the applied science

Ambulance and burn engines are fitted with technology to trigger the traffic light sequences.

emergency vehicle

The intelligent system uses computer-aided dispatch, GPS and traffic management information to determine the location of the emergency vehicle and the time taken to achieve the next set up of traffic lights. Once the emergency vehicle has passed, the traffic lights will return to normal sequence, minimising traffic disruptions.

The projection is a articulation collaboration betwixt Transmax, the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Burn and Emergency Services, Queensland Ambulance Service, and PSBA (Public Service Business Agency).

Awards received

2013 National and Queensland iAward in the Service Domain – Authorities Category for its outstanding ICT innovation dedicated to delivering improved authorities service delivery to the customs.
Public Rubber Business organization Agency and Department of Transport and Master Roads, won the People and Customs Category of the Queensland Spatial Excellence Awards, recognising the innovative employ of spatial information and tools behind delivering the EVP projection: October 2022
In November 2022, the EVP Project also won the ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Commonwealth of australia Government category award for the successful Emergency Vehicle Priority implementation in Samford Road, Brisbane.
In October 2022 at the International ITS Congress held in Bordeaux, France, the EVP organisation won the Hall of Fame award in the Local Government category.
2016 Australian Road Condom Awards – State Government Initiatives, and Founder'southward laurels for Outstanding Achievement.