Patent ID: 7471213

Claim:
An emergency response warning system for directing roadway traffic in response to at least one approaching authorized emergency vehicle, said system comprising: an upright base tower positioned adjacent a road, the upright base tower including at least one dedicated emergency response warning lamp facing one or more directions and operable to illuminate in response to the at least one approaching authorized emergency vehicle; a top support affixed horizontally to the upright base tower and extending at least partially above one or more lanes in the road, the top support comprising: at least one dedicated emergency response warning lamp facing one or more directions and operable to illuminate in response to the at least one approaching authorized emergency vehicle; and at least one traffic signal lamp embedded into the top support and directed toward oncoming traffic, the at least one traffic signal lamp having three traffic signal lights operable to illuminate in either red, yellow or green to direct traffic flow; a street sign mounted atop the top support and arranged above the one or more lanes, the street sign having indicia indicating a name of an intersecting road proximate the emergency response warning system; and an antenna secured to the emergency response warning system and operable to receive a wireless emergency signal from the at least one approaching authorized emergency vehicle; wherein the at least one emergency response warning lamps affixed to the upright base tower and the top support and the at least one traffic signal lamp collectively illuminate in response to the wireless emergency signal received by the antenna indicating the at least one authorized emergency vehicle is approaching, the three traffic signal lights of the at least one traffic signal lamp each being operable to illuminate red in response to the at least one approaching authorized emergency vehicle regardless of the present traffic signal cycle.