Amtrak selects BlastGard's explosive-resistant trash cans

There are two ways to make sure that terrorists do not place explosives in trash cans in railway and bus stations: Remove the trash cans, or invest money in buying explosion-resistant ones. Amtrak has chosen the second option, and has awarded Clearwater, Florida-based BlastGard International(OTCBB: BLGA), a developer of blast-mitigation products, an $828,750 contract for its BlastGard MTR blast-mitigated trash receptacles. The contract calls for delivery of more than 200 trash receptacles. BlastGard Models MTR 91 and MTR 101 blast-mitigated trash receptacles deal with the threats of an improvised explosive device (IED) — primary and secondary fragmentation, blast shock and pressures, and all the thermal effects, including fireball, after-burn, and post-blast fires.

Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service to more than 500 destinations in 46 states on a 22,000-mile route system, and the vulnerablity of mass transit systems was demonstrated by a series of bombings in Spain in 2003 and in July 2005 in London, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has further heightened its security on public transportation systems, especially in and around major cities,” said BlastGard CEO and Chairman Jim Gordon. “The installation of these blast-mitigating trash receptacles is yet another example of Amtrak’s continual efforts to enhance the safety and security of the 25,000,000 people who travel on its rail service each year.”

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