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NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 2 FRISCO FIRE STATIONS HELP FIREFIGHTERS GET ON THE ROAD DURING AN EMERGENCY.
“JUST TO AID IN RESPONSE TIME.” AND DRIVERS NEED TO BE PREPARED TO STOP.
NEWLY INSTALLED TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL NOW STOP TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION 5 ON ELDORADO PARKWAY IN NORTHEAST FRISCO AND STATION 7 ON STONEBROOK PARKWAY IN WEST FRISCO.
THE YELLOW LIGHTS WILL STOP FLASHING YELLOW AND TURN TO RED.
AND THEN THE SIGNAL DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION WILL GO FROM RED TO GREEN.” THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USES AN OPTICOM SYSTEM, TRIGGERING THE LIGHTS TO TURN GREEN ON THE WAY TO AN EMERGENCY.
“THEY HAVE A DETECTOR ON THEIR TRUCKS THAT COME ON WITH THE LIGHTS SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS HIT THE LIGHTS.” AS THE AREA DEVELOPED AROUND BOTH OF THESE FIRE STATIONS, TRAFFIC GREW ALONG WITH THE NEED FOR THESE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIGHTS BEING ACTIVATED.
“WE'RE GETTING ASKED A LOT ‘WHEN'S THIS GOING TO BE ACTIVATED, WHEN'S THIS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE TURNED ON?’” THE CITY USES THIS TYPE OF SIGNAL AT OTHER FIRE STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY TO HELP CREWS RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES.
"THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THEM OUT.”
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.