BlastGard International, Inc. Retains New York-Based Investor Relations Firm

Clearwater, FL, (September 7, 2005) - BlastGard International (OTCBB: BLGA) has engaged The Investor Relations Group, Inc. (IRG), based in New York City, to serve as its financial relations and corporate communications company.

IRG will strive to increase investor awareness of BlastGard within the U.S. market by individually and personally introducing BlastGard and its management to pre-qualified investment professionals. IRG will also focus on increasing public awareness of BlastGard and its proprietary BlastWrap™ product, a blast mitigation assembly material that is built to save lives and reduce explosion damage to people and valuable assets, by providing an extensive array of public relations services, including obtaining media placements in television, radio, magazine, newspapers and trade media outlets.

In the future, U.S. investor inquiries relating to BlastGard can be directed to The Investor Relations Group, New York, N.Y., Telephone: 212.825.3210, Fax: 212.825.3229, Email: mail@investorrelationsgroup.com.


About The Investor Relations Group

The Investor Relations Group, Inc., (IRG) founded in 1996, represents select publicly traded companies, and has a unique specialization for assisting those in the small-cap sector. IRG arranges meetings for its portfolio of clients with money managers selected from its proprietary contact base of over 44,000 qualified investment professionals, handling investment portfolios from $10 million to over $10 billion. IRG is a full-service corporate communications company offering services that include writing press releases, shareholder communications and serving as a primary contact for the investing community. IRG also houses a full-service public relations arm that specializes in building awareness within the financial and trade media, as well as the public at large. For further information, please visit the company's website at www.investorrelationsgroup.com

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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