AWOS Technologies

05/25/2024

05/24/2024

Do You Know How to Escape a Sinking Car? Good Morning America ABC News Live & GMA3: What You Need To Know dedicated full segments to this critical topic. Matt Gutman also highlighted our solution to submersion called (Automatic Window Opening System).

AWOS detects when a car is sinking, automatically lowers windows, and alerts emergency services on your behalf for faster rescue. Watch AWOS in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebUyYp0NfgM

Drowning in our cars in 2024 should be impossible, right? Yet claims 500 lives each year in the US and thousands more worldwide. It turns out none of the tech in our cars is designed to detect submersion or prevent drowning. Recent high-profile tragedies like the Baltimore Bridge Collapse and the drowning of billionaire CEO Angela Chao in her car have brought the issue into the spotlight, but submersion silently claims lives every day.

There is to exit your car, and the safest way is through the side . Manual tools, like hammers, DO NOT break laminated windows found in modern cars. This is why automated solutions like need to become standard in vehicles, just like seatbelts and airbags.

Until such tech is available on cars, remember
✅ Seatbelts Off
✅ Windows Open
✅ Out Immediately
✅ Children First

DO NOT:
❌ Call for help until you're out of the vehicle.
❌ Manual tools do not break laminated windows.
❌ Open doors; it will lead to water rushing in faster.
❌ Wait for the compartment to fill.
❌ Kick out the windshield - it's ineffective and dangerous.

We're working to bring AWOS to market and are in talks with car makers, public safety groups, safety organizations and government agencies.

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05/23/2024

New Tech Could Save Drivers Lives!

Spencer Turcotte & CTV News Kitchener thank you for shedding light on a life-threatening global issue, impacting thousands, including many children and our solution (Automatic Window Opening System)!

In a , speed and knowing what to do are the only things that will save you today. With less than to act, technology like is a lifeline. to allow people to exit. Laminate glass traps passengers, turning the car into a in water. Jim Petrik, fire chief for Guelph/Eramosa Township, explains the challenges with laminate glass for rescuers: "When we go to break the glass, it doesn’t shatter".

AWOS is a simple solution that detects , quickly lowers windows, and expedites response to safely assist passengers.

Until cars are equipped with such tech, always remember :
✅ Seatbelts Off
✅ Windows Open
✅ Out Immediately
✅ Children First

What NOT to do in a sinking car:
❌ Don't call for help until you're out of the vehicle.
❌ Manual tools do not break laminated windows.
❌ Don’t open doors; it will lead to water rushing in faster.
❌ Don’t wait for the compartment to fill or equalize.
❌ Don’t kick out the windshield – it's ineffective and dangerous.

🤝 Support, Share to Raise Awareness, Save Lives 🤝

10/01/2022

The time is now for and automated escape technology!
RoadMedic

Rescue workers in Naples, Fla. helped save the life of a woman who became stranded in her car while attempting to drive through floodwaters during Hurricane Ian

10/01/2022

9-1-1 call and do not risk driving into floods! Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian flood roadways and endanger the lives of people trapped in their vehicles. The scale of 9-1-1 water rescues strengthens our unwavering resolve to deliver on the lifesaving promise of and escape technology.

RoadMedic® + AWOS Technologies partner to provide a lifesaving automated vehicle escape system, that allows occupants to safely exit a sinking vehicle, while instantaneously transmitting intelligent crash data to 9-1-1 first responders.
See the full story here 👉 bit.ly/3f1m6Cs


Group rescues elderly man from vehicle submerged in Hurricane Ian floodwaters - ABC News (go.com)

09/19/2022

First responders risk their lives and need to work against tremendous time constraints in a vehicle submersion rescue. The truth however is that responders may not reach you in time, so drivers and passengers need to do their part by taking the right actions quickly in a submersion incident. This awesome video by Steve Glassey shows best practices for exiting a vehicle in the event of a submersion in swift water. https://youtu.be/y67PEapviW4

Swiftwater rescue pioneer Steve Glassey instructs a vehicle rescue course (SRTV) near Whakatane to local CDEM NZRT and the South Australian SES. This was the...

09/18/2022

AWOS: Life Saving Technology for Vehicle Submersion
Vehicle submersion carries one of the highest fatality rates for accidents involving a single vehicle. With less than 60 seconds to escape a sinking vehicle, speed is key for survival. AWOS immediately detects submersion and rapidly lowers all side powers windows, enabling passengers to escape, and automatically notifying emergency responders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebUyYp0NfgM