Safer roads. Happier residents. And easy on the budget.

Using Frost tools, municipalities are able to improve winter storm visibility and reduce auto accidents and injury.

"We went from not planning to deploy, to being able to organize the trucks (fuel, materials, etc. - it can be an hour before you can get them on the road) and go salt. Prepping the crew before we had to leave the building gets us a little ahead of the game. That is huge for me, and this is not the first time that’s happened."

"I can roll over in the middle of the night and I am able to check without getting out of bed. Instead of the police department calling to tell us to salt, we know if we need to deploy or not."

"We are very happy with our mini weather stations. They are a valuable resource for our service garage. Our dispatchers and street supervisors use them constantly to keep up with changing weather and road conditions. They have helped us greatly in getting a jump on dispatching crews to deal with snow/ice conditions."

"We use historical data to back up why we made the decisions we did for budget purposes,. i.e. 'This is why I needed to use that much brine that day.'"

Smart Snow Management

The Frost Solutions suite of snow and ice management tools is designed to give public works crews a leg up on winter. Our products all work independently or cohesively, depending on your municipality's needs.

Deploy your snow crew from the comfort of your bed, optimizing for road safety and saving taxpayer dollars on false deployments.

Reduce Salt Impact

Overuse of salt burns vegetation, contaminates water sources, and erodes infrastructure. By using the data provided by the Frost Mini-RWIS, you'll be able to more accurately apply salt and other chemicals, protecting your lakes, rivers, infrastructure, and land. This data can also be helpful for your EPA reporting. Read more about why this matters.

How many units do I need?

While each municipality is different, and we can help plan the number of devices for your locale, we recommend taking one of these approaches to determine the right number of each type of unit. Depending on your city’s characteristics, you may need additional or fewer units to get a good read on conditions. Frost units can also easily be moved from one location to another.

Option 1: Split your Municipality into Sections

This can be the simplest and fastest way to get started, but may not result in the most useful data depending on your topography and road systems. Think about the different climates across your municipality and try to adequately represent each one.

Option 2: Place RWIS units on varied Pavement Types

Asphalt
Concrete
Brick
Shady roads
Sunny roads
Bridges/Overpasses
Higher/lower elevation

Option 3: Focus on Known Problem Areas

Key intersections
Bridges
Inclines

Option 4: Major City Locations

City Hall
Town Square
Near Schools
School Parking Lots
Retail Centers

Is this expensive?

Not your average RWIS.

Historically, RWIS devices have been very expensive. Frost has created the first low-cost Road Weather Information System (RWIS) device that focuses on giving you more datapoints to better make snow and ice management decisions. Frost customers typically find the units pay for themselves after 2-3 winter weather events by better managing their resources, plows, and labor costs.

How Municipalities work with us

We are happy to work with you directly, or work through your preferred cooperative buying site. We are an approved vendor on OMNIA, Sourcewell, and Bonfire. Looking for another? Just ask!

Grants may be available for Frost products. Historically, our customers have had success funding their Mini-Weather Station program with salt reduction/EPA and road safety grants.

Wish you could have more datapoints?

Or more advanced notice on incoming weather?

We are happy to facilitate data sharing with neighboring cities with Frost units.

Ready to get more sleep this winter?

Request a consultation or custom quote below.