A vehicular emergency awareness system and method is provided. A vehicle is provided with an onboard computer system adapted to receive and process signals generated at an external source. Under predetermined conditions, the emergency awareness system alerts the driver of the vehicle of a proximal hazard or emergency, such as hazardous road conditions, nearby emergency vehicles and the like. In one embodiment, a program product is provided which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer or other devices to process the received signal, determine whether a warning should be provided to the driver and, if so, provide a signal to one or more output devices disposed on the vehicle.
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