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In 2017, ARA Security was awarded a contract from the New South Wales (NSW) Road and Maritime Services (RMS) to upgrade the infrastructure protection through the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems on twelve remote bridges in NSW. The twelve bridges covered a wide area from Pheasants Nest southwest of Sydney to Ballina in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. The twelve sites were: Douglas Park Bridge Gladesville Bridge Harwood Bridge Hawkesbury & Peats Ferry Bridge...

Fire interruption technology device to create safety neighborhood and prevent property loss From mid June to mid July, Ara Safety’s Fire Interruption Technology device was used in 4 reported fires, knocking down fires, creating a safer fireground, and preventing hundreds of thousands of dollars in property loss. On June 13, firefighters from the Forestburg Fire Department of Alberta, used their Fire Interruption Technology device to knock down an attic fire. Using the A...

Ara Safety proves useful in bringing down the effects of catastrophic fires and harmful smoke When flames engulfed an attic of a home in Forestburg, Alberta, the local Fire Department and its Chief Kevin Lunty used Ara Safety's Fire Interruption Technology to contain the damage and save the home from total loss. The fire had gone unnoticed for a while. When fire fighters arrived on scene, the flames had spread throughout the attic. With an exhausted water supply, and the rese...

Ara pro, an extra man on the scene with the power to hold fire until fire department crew reaches and attack When Fire Chief David Atwell of the Providence Volunteer Fire Department arrived on scene to a fully involved garage fire, he deployed the Ara Safety Pro to buy time for his crew to arrive. The deployment prevented the fire from spreading to the interior of the house, minimizing fire damage and property loss. The call for a structure fire came in at 5:38 in the ev...

Ara safety saved neighboring structure by preventing spread of flames fromthe fire building For the second time in one week, the Providence Volunteer Fire Department used their Ara Safety Pro Fire Interruption Technology device. This time, the device bought time and saved the neighboring structure from potential damage. Once on scene, Fire Chief David Atwell and his crew were faced with a well-advanced fire in a converted mobile home with extreme exposure on the fire side of...

Ara Safety's Fire Interruption Technology® helped prevent spread of flames and minimised fire damage In three recent fires, Ara Safety's Fire Interruption Technology® helped prevent spread of flames, minimized fire damage, and aided in victim recovery. First to arrive on scene of a kitchen fire in Montague, NJ, Fire Chief Jesse Brace of the Montague Fire Department, found heavy smoke coming out of the right side of the structure. Upon inspection, Chief Brace found a...

Ara Safety's Fire Interruption Technology® quickly reduces spread of flames Ara Safety's Fire Interruption Technology® saves $100,000 in property loss in a Christmas day fire in Ontario, and kicks off 2010 with three other reported deployments in Canada and the USA: two in Alberta and one in Pennsylvania. A fire that started in an attached garage of an Ontario home on Christmas Day was fast spreading to the main entry of the home and spreading to the attic, whe...

ARA Safety Inc develops and distributes life safety technology The Board of Directors of ARA Safety Inc. has appointed Michael Anderer and Dr. Emilio T. Gonzalez as Directors of the Company.Dr. Gonzalez is an international affairs specialist who has spent the majority of his professional career at the forefront of US foreign affairs and international security policy issues. Currently President of Indra USA, Dr. Gonzalez recently served as Director of United States C...

ARA Safety representatives met with heroes at the opening night fundraiser Vancouver-based company wishes all competitors luck ARA Safety proudly sponsors the Vancouver Fire Department at the World Police and Fire Games taking place from July 31 to August 9 in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are happy to have helped provide athletic garments for firefighters and athletes from the Vancouver Fire Department to wear during the Games. Vancouver welcomes heroes from across t...

FIT helped contain a vehicle fire to the 3-car garage and limit exterior damage Two properties worth millions are saved by firefighters using ARA Safety's FIT The Upper Saddle River Fire Department used their FIT-5 devices by ARA Safety to save a mansion from significant amount of damage after a vintage car in its 3-car garage caught fire. Once on scene, first responders deployed one FIT-5 unit through an open garage door. "Two of the three overhead garage doors were open...

ARA Safety's FIT-5 device has helped save a building from total loss, aiding quick and easy knock-down Company's unique fire suppression system saves building from complete loss When first responders from the Township of Otonabee-South Managhan Department of Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to a fire in a single story commercial sign shop building on Monday, they were repeatedly advised to use extreme caution as the building contained significant amounts of fla...

ARA Safety's FIT helped save both Glenda Covelli's home and her dog When Glenda Covelli left for work the day of May 13, she likely didn't expect to return home to find fire trucks and first responders surrounding her home. Little did she know that an electrical fire in her living room had threatened the life of her dog and the safety of her property. Thankfully, first responders arrived just in time to save Glenda's home and her dog Babe, using ARA Safety's Fire Inter...