Less Guesswork this Winter

Right now the call gets made from a sensationalized regional forecast, a drive-through of one lot, and a gut feeling — with hundreds of students, staff and faculty waiting on an update. Frost Solutions shows you actual pavement temperature, surface condition, and live camera views at the spots you care about

Real time data and photos are great, but the location specific forecasts is where your headaches go away. The Frost Forecast shows the impact on the pavement - snow, ice, or just wet? How much will accumulate and when? You'll know whether the lots will be ice or wet by first bell before you commit to a two-hour delay.

Proof of Work

Slip-and-fall claims don't arrive in January — they arrive in July, when nobody remembers what the walkway looked like. Frost Solutions time-stamps every pavement temperature, surface condition, and camera image at your buildings and keeps it on file. When risk management, your insurer, or a parent's attorney asks what happened at 6:15 a.m. on February 3rd, you pull up the photo instead of the memory. It also settles the other conversation — whether your contractor's invoice matches the conditions on the ground.

One District. A Dozen Different Winters.

The elementary school at the bottom of the valley frosts an hour before the high school on the ridge, and the shaded north-side bus loop stays slick long after everything else is dry. A single airport forecast can't tell you that, so districts end up treating every site like the worst one — or the best one. Frost Solutions puts monitoring where conditions actually differ and sets thresholds and alerts per site, while giving you one dashboard for the whole district. Crews and contractors get deployed to the locations that need them, in the order they need them.

Save Money

Frost's school district and college campus customers have reported saving money in a number of different ways. Whether you self perform or contract out the work, the return on investment will be a huge win.

• Just because its snowing or icy in the school district, it does not mean all schools need to be salted or plowed. Because different forecasts will be generated for your different micro-climates, you can deploy your resources to the right places at the right time.
• Reduce fuel spend by leveraging cameras and data rather than sending a truck to assess sites.
• Do you question whether your snow contractor is actually doing what they're billing for? Now you have documentation to make sure your budget is having the impact your school needs.
• Do you usually take an "all hands on deck" approach when it snows? Right size that approach with the better current and forecasted data and alerts provided by Frost.
• Salt/chemical de-icing savings through timely application and more appropriate mixture/volume based on road surface temperature.

An Eco-Friendly Approach

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. Read more about why this matters.

Which Products Do I Need?

Our team is happy to recommend a combination of productsbased on your unique business needs. However:

• Our core product, the Mini-Weather Station, is a modern version of an RWIS (Road Weather Information System) that provides customized forecasts, site photos, and more. If you struggle with micro-climates, reliability of local forecasts, or justifying treatment to your customers, these units could be a great fit.
• Frost Vision Cameras are AI-enabled cameras that monitor your sites for you, alerting you when snow starts to fall or accumulate. These are best for when you need additional visual coverage in areas your mini-weather station's forecast can account for. Example: You have a mini-weather station placed down the street from a high value site that requires photo documentation when work is complete. This site may not require another mini-weather station, and would be perfect for a Frost Vision Camera.

How Many Units Do I Need? Where Should I Put Them?

Frost will work with you to right size your deployment. Here are some of the things to consider:

• Micro-climates: It could be elevation driven, proximity to a body of water, or just the quirks of your geography, but we recommend identifying the pockets of different weather historically, and installing a unit in each micro-climate.
• Specific properties that require a higher level of attention - either high profile, or locations that historically have been serviced poorly.
• Outlying locations that can help reduce unnecessary drive time

Different campuses may be better suited for one products vs. another. Schedule a consultation with our team to discuss your specific business needs.

Fast Track to ROI

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.