BlastGard International, Inc. Enters Into Exclusive License Agreement With Blast & Fire Technology, Inc.

July 30, 2004, Clearwater, FL. BlastGard International, Inc. (OTCBB: "BLGA" - news) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Blast & Fire Technology, Inc. ("Blast & Fire") for the sale of BlastGard's products to the Petrochemical and Oil & Gas Industry. Blast & Fire, which is headquartered in El Campo, TX, has been granted an exclusive license for the United States and surrounding international waters. In the exploration and production of and the refining of oil and gas, the prevention and containment of vapor cloud explosions ("VCE's") are high priorities. In situations where VCE's are a risk, BlastGard and Blast & Fire are working jointly on a new proprietary, versatile process to produce a revolutionary approach to mitigating explosions.

Under the Agreement, BlastGard expects to more rapidly penetrate various key market opportunities by the use of Blast & Fire's contractual arrangements and marketing operations with the Petrochemical and Oil and Gas industries for BlastGard products and associated services. In addition, Blast & Fire Management will provide, as necessary, office space, administrative support and other technical support to this effort.

When asked to comment on the new relationship, Bobby Vasquez, President of Blast & Fire stated that "our goal at Blast & Fire is to use our expertise and new technologies to design ingenious, cost- efficient solutions, especially for VCE's in the Petrochemical and Oil and Gas industries. We are committed to developing innovative solutions for our customers. BlastGard's blast mitigation products offer a new technology for protection against VCE's and fireballs that we want to help bring to market. Blast & Fire has started extensive testing of BlastWrap™ to develop a cost-effective solution where none exists today. Blast & Fire has achieved 42% mitigation in initial testing of VCE's with the optimum goal of achieving 50% or better in full scale tests.

BlastGard CEO Jim Gordon comments that, "we are excited to be working with Blast & Fire. The skills of the individuals, the synergies between the two companies and the considerable resources brought together by this agreement significantly elevate our opportunity to provide meaningful safety and service to many new customers for our innovative products and systems. The periodic occurrence of large-scale, potentially disastrous accidents involving fire in hazardous environments, such as oil well blowouts and petrochemical explosions, highlights the need for an integrated approach to fire and explosion safety engineering."

About BlastGard International, Inc.

BlastGard International, Inc. creates designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary blast mitigation materials. The Company's patent-pending BlastWrap® technology effectively mitigates blast effects and suppresses post-blast fires. This unique technology is being used to create new, finished products or to retrofit to existing products. BlastWrap® is a market leading product from which blast protection solutions are built to save lives and reduce damage to valuable assets from explosions. Additional information on BlastGard can be found at http://www.blastgardintl.com.

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