An emergency vehicle alert system for providing information as to a
location of an emergency vehicle to a motor vehicle, includes a first GPS
receiving unit that is provided on the emergency vehicle and that
receives GPS signals from GPS satellites and that determines emergency
vehicle location information of the emergency vehicle. The system also
includes a radio-wave transmitter unit that is provided on the emergency
vehicle and that transmits the emergency vehicle location information by
way of an emergency vehicle location signal. The system further includes
a second GPS receiving unit that is provided on the motor vehicle and
that receives GPS signals from GPS satellites and that determines vehicle
location information of the motor vehicle. The system also includes a
radio-wave receiver unit that is provided on the motor vehicle and that
receives the emergency location signal output by the radio-wave
transmitter unit of the emergency vehicle. The system further includes a
map display that is provided on the motor vehicle and that displays, on a
map that includes a plurality of street locations, a current location of
the motor vehicle a current location of the emergency vehicle.