County of Los Angeles Fire Department Chooses Arotech's Incident Command Training System; Incident Command Training (ICT) System Provides Strategic and Tactical Training for Handling Emergencies and Urban Terror Incidents.AUBURN, Ala. -- Arotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ARTX) announced today that its Simulation and Security Division has received an order for a custom Incident Command Training (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ) system from the County of Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . Designed to meet requirements established by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department, this custom ICT system includes a comprehensive suite of simulation tools to promote both strategic and tactical training for firefighters facing incidents which require a well defined Emergency Incident Command structure. The ICT system will be installed in a mobile trailer which can be brought to fire stations anywhere served by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department. It includes a rich range of incidents typically faced by firefighters as well as incidents involving weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or and other acts of terrorism. The ICT system will provide immersive training for single agency incidents involving the fire service as well as grand strategic training for interagency incidents requiring a unified command A command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander and composed of significant assigned components of two or more Military Departments that is established and so designated by the President, through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of structure with fire, police, emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. , utilities, and other emergency response agency participation. Leveraging over 30 years of experience in simulation-based training, the new ICT system is well suited to meet the complex requirements of all emergency responders who are under constant pressure to meet new challenges with scarce resources. "This training system is the first of its kind in terms of its broad capabilities and degree of interactivity. For the first time we will be training for both large and small events in a repeatable, safe, and economical way," said Fire Captain Michael Lewis Michael Lewis or Mick Lewis may refer to:
"The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is committed to providing prompt and skillful skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. fire protection and life-safety services," said Kurt Kleinsorge, Arotech's ICT Program Manager. "We expect that training on the ICT system will have a strong impact in the protection of both the public and the firefighters who serve the public." "This contract is an important development in our focus on the rapidly growing first responder first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency market," said Robert S. Ehrlich, Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Arotech. "The recent terror attacks in Madrid and London clearly demonstrate the need for training solutions for emergency response agencies worldwide." About Arotech Corporation Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including interactive simulators/trainers; lightweight armoring; advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers. Arotech operates through three major business divisions: Armor, Simulation and Security and Battery and Power Systems. About Arotech's Simulation and Security Division Arotech's Simulation and Security Division develops manufactures and markets advanced hi-tech multimedia and interactive digital solutions for training of emergency response, military, law enforcement, security and private industry personnel. The division's fully interactive training systems feature state-of-the-art simulator technology enabling training in situation awareness, risk analysis and decision making, emergency reaction and avoidance procedures, and conscientious equipment operation. In the driver training market, over 100,000 drivers have been trained on its installed base of 220 driving simulators. The division also provides pilot decision-making support software for the F-15, F-18, and JSF (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client. JSF - JavaServer Faces aircraft as well as simulation models for the ACMI/TACTS air combat training ranges. In addition, the division's use-of-force training products and services allow organizations to train their personnel in safe, productive and realistic environments. Arotech's Simulation and Security Division consists of FAAC FAAC Freeware Advanced Audio Coder FAAC Ford Amateur Astronomy Club FAAC Family Allergy and Asthma Care FAAC Functional Area Agreement Coordinator (USAF) FAAC Fatal Accident Assessment Committee Incorporated and IES Interactive Training Inc. Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices in Auburn, Alabama, and research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, California and Israel. Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology development; the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products; changing economic conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part, of contracts or of purchase orders; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as amended, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press release. |
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