PFLUGERVILLE, Texas - There is new cutting-edge technology that the Pflugerville Fire Department installed to notify its first responders.

The backstory:

The CEO of EaseAlert, Blake Richardson, said he grew up in the firehouse watching his father work as a firefighter for more than 20 years, and that is where he got the idea for the company.

"I saw the toll that the alerting process can take on a firefighter, being around the firehouse and hearing those alerting tones from the traditional alarms, I could feel it in my heart when I'd hear those tones go off," said Blake Richardson.

The low-volume system notifies firefighters in place of the loud traditional station alarms, which can be startling.

"EaseAlert has the opportunity to help firefighters wake up quickly and be in a position

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