{"id":828236,"date":"2026-08-28T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828236\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T03:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:28:11","slug":"emergency-alert-app-to-be-piloted-on-maine-turnpike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828236\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency alert app to be piloted on Maine Turnpike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Turnpike pilots emergency alert app created by Cape Elizabeth teen<\/p>\n<p>The app detects sounds to help deaf and hard-of-hearing travelers receive real-time emergency alerts<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787887691_589_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>KENNEBUNK, Maine \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A safety app created by a Cape Elizabeth teenager will be piloted at Maine Turnpike service plazas in order to help deaf and hard-of-hearing travelers receive emergency alerts. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The ALRM app provides real-time notifications of potential danger by detecting sounds such as fire alarms, sirens, and gunshots.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">It was created in response to the 2023 Lewiston mass shootings and is now being rolled out by the Maine Turnpike Authority. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Beginning on Sept. 4, the app will be available at both Kennebunk service plazas. The app is free and requires no Wi-Fi to work in the designated alarm zones. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maine Turnpike pilots emergency alert app created by Cape Elizabeth teen The app detects sounds to help deaf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[350833,350839,11357,25335,350835,3235,208315,350838,350841,40840,350836,350843,4381,74933,350834,350842,165,27534,290413,350840,2785,350837,103237,10575,74,29475,44414,14972],"class_list":["post-828236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-alrm","tag-alrm-app","tag-app","tag-deaf","tag-digital-alerts","tag-emergency","tag-emergency-alert","tag-emergency-alert-app","tag-fire-alarm","tag-gunshot","tag-hardofhearing","tag-kennebunk-service-plaza","tag-law-enforcement","tag-maine-teen","tag-maine-turnpike","tag-maine-turnpike-service-plaza","tag-mobile","tag-order","tag-potential-danger","tag-real-time-notification","tag-safety","tag-safety-app","tag-siren","tag-sound","tag-technology","tag-traveler","tag-travelers","tag-wmtw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}