  The paper presents the vehicles integrated monitoring system giving
priorities for emergency vehicles. The described system exploits the data
gathered by: geographical positioning systems and geographical information
systems. The digital maps and roadside cameras provide the dispatchers with
aims for in town ambulances traffic management. The method of vehicles
positioning in the city network and algorithms for ambulances recognition by
image processing techniques have been discussed in the paper. These priorities
are needed for an efficient life-saving actions that require the real-time
controlling strategies.
