Patent ID: 8405245

Claim:
An emergency response steering wheel device comprising: (a) a steering wheel and steering wheel column attached to a dash of a vehicle; (b) a plurality of push-to-talk (PTT) buttons disposed on the steering wheel; (c) a plurality of control buttons disposed on the steering wheel, the control buttons include a radio change button, a volume control button, a camera activation button, a spotlight activation button, an emergency flasher light activation button, a siren activation button, and a public address (PA) system activation button; (d) wiring and a break-out box each housed in the steering wheel and steering wheel column for operatively connecting the control buttons of the steering wheel to a radio, a volume system, a camera, a spotlight, an emergency flasher light, a siren, and a public address (PA) system, respectively; (e) a speaker-microphone module disposed on the steering wheel or the steering wheel column, the speaker-microphone module being operatively connected to the PTT buttons, to the volume control buttons, and to the PA system activation button; (f) a center console comprising a plurality of console controls, the consol controls include a radio change button, a volume control button, a camera activation button, a spotlight activation button, an emergency flasher light activation button, a siren activation button, and a public address (PA) system activation button; and (g) wiring and a break-out box housed in the center console for operatively connecting the consol controls to the radio, the volume system, the camera, the spotlight, the emergency flasher light, the siren, and the public address (PA) system, respectively.