Detroit Expands Digital Safety Alerts Across Public Safety Fleet

Detroit has deployed the HAAS Alert Safety Cloud across its fire and police fleets, becoming the largest US city to implement the system.

HAAS Alert, a mobility safety technology company headquartered at Newlab at Michigan Central, developed Safety Cloud to improve road safety by connecting emergency services with civilian drivers.

The platform delivers real-time digital alerts to drivers using Waze, Apple Maps, and certain Stellantis and Volkswagen vehicles when emergency responders with active lights are nearby. It also includes responder-to-responder features to reduce collisions between emergency vehicles.

The rollout follows a 10-month pilot involving Detroit Fire Department units that generated more than 100,000 alerts.