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Oklahoma Debuts Ambulance Siren You Can Feel

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By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS – Associated Press Writer – TULSA, Okla.

You’re in the car and you’ve got the radio cranked up insanely loud. Chances are, you’re not going to hear that ambulance siren wailing behind you.

Soon, even if you can’t hear it, you’ll be able to feel when an emergency vehicle is coming.

Oklahoma’s largest ambulance company will become the first ambulance service in the nation to outfit its entire fleet with new Howler sirens, designed to emit low-frequency tones that penetrate objects within 200 feet – such as cars – to alert drivers.

Carbon Motors™ to Unveil World’s First

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Carbon Motors™ to Unveil World’s First Purpose-Built Law Enforcement Vehicle on “PURE JUSTICE TOUR” of US Cities

New Homeland Security Company Mulls Alternative Site Locations – Meets with Economic Development Leaders. Former IACP President to Marshal in New Era of Cutting Edge Homeland Security Technology to Law Enforcement Leaders

October 09, 2008

CHICAGO, IL — Carbon Motors Corporation announced today it will unveil the Carbon ‘E7’, the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement vehicle, during the “2008 Pure Justice Tour” of nine U.S. cities starting in Chicago, Illinois and including San Diego, California for the 115th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference and Exposition where over 15,000 senior law enforcement professionals will gather from all around the world.

The Carbon ‘E7’ – the temporary program code used until the law enforcement community selects a vehicle name – represents the next generation of law enforcement technology as the first vehicle in history designed and engineered from the ground up and bumper-to-bumper specifically for law enforcement operations.

Carbon Motors announced today the nine cities the ‘E7’ will visit during the 2008 Pure Justice Tour beginning Tuesday October 14, 2008 in Chicago, IL. The tour will include stops in:

Ford Escape for Los Angeles County Lifeguards

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FORD ESCAPE HYBRID DELIVERS TOTAL PACKAGE FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY OCEAN LIFEGUARDS

Ford to provide a fleet of 45 customized Escape Hybrids to the Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguards.

  • The full-hybrid SUVs will be used for rescue patrol along 72 miles of Southern California coastline.
  • The front-wheel-drive Escape Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient SUV on the planet, returning 34 mpg in city driving and 30 mpg on the highway.
  • Intelligent four-wheel-drive models are also available, with fuel economy of 29 mpg city and 27 highway.   

LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2008 – Ford Motor Company is teaming up with the Los Angeles County Lifeguards, a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, to help save lives while protecting the environment.  Today, Ford presented the squad with the first 10 of a fleet of 45 eco-friendly Escape Hybrids with Intelligent four-wheel-drive, specially equipped for use on rescue patrol along 72 miles of Southern California coastline.

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