System and Method for Telematics for Tracking Equipment Usage

A method of communicating public emergency alert information from a telematics device in a vehicle, comprising:

• configuring a telematics device in a vehicle to receive through a network from a third party, telematics information comprising one or a combination of:
• a public emergency alert announcement, captured images and associated data for matching to an object of interest in the public emergency alert announcement;
• capturing by a plurality of on-board optical sensors on the vehicle, captured images and associated data comprising any one of:
• optical sensors data, on-board laser and sonar pulsed sensor data and imaging camera data;
• and
• sending by the telematics device, the captured images and the associated data to at least one of:
• a third party entity device, a government device and a mobile device for remote processing and for matching to the object of interest in the public emergency alert announcement.

A system for communicating public emergency alert information from a telematics device in a vehicle, comprising:

• a telematics device in a vehicle, configured to receive through a network from a third party, telematics information comprising one or a combination of:
• a public emergency alert announcement, captured images and associated data for matching to an object of interest in the public emergency alert announcement;
• and
• a plurality of on-board optical sensors on the vehicle, configured to capture images and associated data comprising any one of:
• optical sensors data, on-board laser and sonar pulsed sensor data and imaging camera data,
• wherein the telematics device sends the captured images and the associated data to at least one of:
• a third party entity device, a government device and a mobile device for remote processing and for matching to the object of interest in the public emergency alert announcement.