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Advanced Firebreak Technology System : Colorado / Australian Firebreak

Our amazing Advanced Firebreak Technology System, is brought to you directly from our partners, Colorado Firebreak, offering ideal wildfire protection for residential, commercial, and community development projects and any other structural application needs.


Customized Wildfire Protection to Defend Your Home

Colorado / Australian Firebreak has developed a revolutionary high-tech wildfire mitigation system to guard homes from the destruction of wildfire.

These customized wild land fire defense solutions include sophisticated systems that will protect both your home and the trees and vegetation that surround it.

Colorado / Australian Firebreak also provides simple do-it-yourself fire retardant spray options that offer effective, but more limited defense. More than 600 Colorado homes were destroyed by wildfire last year. These homeowners lost valuable assets and irreplaceable mementos. Colorado / Australian Firebreak has the wildfire protection systems you need in a wildfire disaster. Colorado / Australian Firebreak designs and builds customized systems to deliver fire retardant sprays in the event of a wildfire. We engineer and install fully-automated wildfire mitigation systems that become operational when sensors detect the UV wavelengths unique to fires. Colorado / Australian Firebreak also sells the FireIce Home Defense Unit. In combination, these options create a customized firebreak for your home, outbuildings, and the surrounding trees and property. You decide the level of protection you desire.

Defend Your Home with Our Fire Retardant Delivery Systems 

For most homes, Colorado / Australian Firebreak recommends our mid-range wildfire protection system, designed to protect your home and an area 50-feet around it. It includes wildfire detection sensors that wirelessly signal the control panel to activate Stage One.

Stage One, FireIce powder is combined with water pumped from an underground storage tank. This creates the FireIce protective gel, a revolutionary fire retardant product used by many professional fire fighting organizations to stop fires fast. Multiple fire suppression lines installed on the home deliver the FireIce gel so that it covers the home. As the fire nears, the control panel activates.

Stage Two

In Stage Two, fire suppression lines in the tree canopy at the perimeter of the home spray water on all trees. The microclimate that Stage Two creates lowers temperatures and raises humidity, producing a natural firebreak around the home. Because Stage Two applies water to the area 50- 100 feet around the home, it can protect valuable vehicles, outbuildings and trees. The Colorado / Australian Firebreak system is fully self-contained, including an isolated water tank and power sources. Depending upon the system chosen, it is activated either manually or automatically and relies on either electrical or gas power generation. The system is customized to your home and property’s environment, and to the area you want to protect.




The FireIce Home Defense Unit

 For the homeowner who wants a do-it-yourself fire retardant system, Colorado / Australian Firebreak recommends the FireIce Home Defense Unit. Using the same FireIce gel that our automated systems use, the Home Defense Unit is designed to deliver fire retardant through a powerful sprayer on wheels. It includes enough FireIce to cover a home up to 2,500 sq. ft. Additional buckets of FireIce® may be purchased as needed.


 FireIce gel is: 


 Environmentally friendly and non-toxic. It is safe for plants, wildlife, pets, and children.

  Non-corrosive and cleans up easily. Just rinse with water to wash it off.

  Long-lasting and effective. It does not break down over time and consistently outperforms the best Class A foams.

  FireIce is designed to protect structures in heat as high as 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.


 Request a Wildfire Mitigation Consultation Today!

The team at Colorado / Australian Firebreak knew that wildfire mitigation solutions that focus only on the home offer inadequate protection. Their goal was to engineer and construct a system that would protect the home and create a firebreak around it.

Our team has extensive experience with high-pressure water systems, fire science, threat evaluation, and fire systems engineering, and this specialized knowledge and skill allowed us to create a unique wildfire protection system. The system’s innovative design not only covers the home in a fire retardant gel spray, but hydrates the trees and vegetation around the home producing a micro-climate that lowers air temperatures, raises humidity, and acts as a natural firebreak.

There is no system that offers your home 100% guaranteed protection from wildfire. But, by combining a Colorado / Australian Firebreak system with standard wildfire protection advice like clearing flammable debris and thinning vegetation, you can mitigate the risk to your home from a wildfire threat. Learn how you can defend your home in the event of a wildfire. Colorado / Australian Firebreak delivers the fire retardant products and systems to provide a customized wildfire mitigation solution. Our team can construct a high-tech system that creates a firebreak around your home or a larger perimeter of your property.

Families that live in wildfire-prone areas know that the call to evacuate can come at a moment’s notice. Often there isn’t time to put in place all of the fire protection needed to defend a home and save its contents.
Colorado Firebreak has developed an automated wildfire mitigation system that covers a home, trees and structures within a designated perimeter in FireIce gel. This fire protection system is customized to your property’s topography, your home’s design and the size of the area you want to protect.  Fully-automated, and with its own power generation, it becomes operational when sensors detect the UV wavelengths unique to fires.
Cinders that fly in through broken windows and ventilation sometimes destroy a home from the inside. Colorado Firebreak’s system is designed to prevent windows from breaking and automatically closes all vents when the fire protection process is initiated.
The Colorado Firebreak fire protection system combines the effectiveness of FireIce with technology that automatically delivers this product when and where it is needed. For more information and a quote, phone Colorado Firebreak at 720-216-2126.

 Let us meet with you and inspect the unique challenges presented by your home and property. Our team will develop a customized plan to mitigate the risk to your family’s home in a wildfire disaster.

Hardened Structures Colorado - Contact Aaron Voorhees

In Australasia & internationally contact Ian Clarry on +6427939093 Clarry@HardenedStructures.com.au




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ALERT! Time To Update With More Ballistic Threat Levels!

(Courtesy of Hardened Structures) The Army is now fielding M855A1 ammunition for the entire line of 5.56mm platform weapon, for both magazine and belt fed weapons.
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Everyone should become aware that these old established levels of protection no longer apply because of the M855A1 technology, and ballistic protection steel and concrete should now be enhanced by at least 100% until full testing and tables are established.
Quote From the American Rifleman article above:
"Fired from the M4's 14.5-inch barrel, the penetrator can pierce 3/8 inches hardened steel at 350 meters, "based on the range at which 50 percent of the rounds will pass through the barrier." That's more than twice as far as the earlier green-tipped cartridge's bullet and that distance is extended even farther when it is fired from the M16A2's 20-inch barrel. To test those claims, both were first fired into a hardened, 3/8-inch steel plate at 100 yards; the old M855's penetrator did not penetrate, leaving only a silver crater. The new bronze-tipped penetrator punched completely through. Next, the green-tip and bronze-tip bullets were fired at 3/8-inch soft steel at 300 yards. Again, the new bullet punched cleanly through, while the green-tipped M855 merely left a surface smear.
According to the Army, the new bullet also penetrates concrete blocks at 90 yards when fired from an M16A2's 20-inch barrel, and at 40 yards when fired from an M4's shorter barrel. A single green-tip projectile could not breach a concrete block at any distance."
Projectile technology is EVERYTHING to terminal barrier performance. And this level of M866A1 technology has raised the bar.
Last week I was testing barrier penetration against 8,000psi concrete pavers.
I wanted to test these because the 8,000psi rating is nearly triple strength of standard 3,000psi concrete for residential work, light commercial, sidewalks, etc.
The target media were 12" squares 1.25" thick.
The projectiles tested were:
  • 7.62 NATO standard Ball ammunition, 147gr FMJ at about 2,700 feet per second (FPS) from an 18" barrel
  • 8mm milspec ball ammunition from a 22" barrel
  • 300 Winchester magnum 150gr lead soft point at 3,100 FPS from a 22" barrel
  • Test distances were about 15 meters fired into stacks of 4 pavers thick.
The most powerful ammunition of these 3 is the .300 Win. Mag. by far, however the results on concrete were not played out in the real world.
.300 Win. Mag. shatters the first block and drives a clean hole through the paver leaving a neatly compacted concrete powder mound deposited on the second paver, (evidence the round was burrowing clean through) but never shattered the second paver.
The 7.62 NATO round consistently shatters 2 pavers thick. It does not leave the same neat deposits of finely compressed concrete powder anywhere but breaks through two 8,000psi pavers as though shattering glass.
8mm was surprising disappointing. It solidly shatters the first paver and inconsistently sometimes begins to crack the second paver. I was somehow expecting .30cal M2 AP level of performance from 8mm and see more damage. The 8mm was from two mil surplus lots, one Turkish, and one of unknown origin.
But the vast difference between "lesser" 7.62 NATO in FMJ outperforming the mighty .300 Win. Mag. is very noteworthy.
We can attribute this to the projectile.
Soft point lead hunting rounds are designed to transfer the projectile energy into the target. FMJ ammunition is a longstanding Hague convention standard of 1900 for international small arms, intended to result in "more humane" wounding.
With this new M855A1 5.56mm round into full production and good initial reports from "boots on the ground" the Army is now advancing into a new 7.62 NATO round based on this same technology.
We can also fully expect to see excellent barrier penetration from this new 7.62 projectile as 7.62NATO is roughly 200% the muzzle energy as 5.56mm
(note, on these same charts, down range the gap in performance of 5.56mm vs. 7.62mm widens to 928 ft/lbs for 7.62 vs. 268 ft/lbs for 5.56 at 500 meters)
In the design of Hardened Structures, we often reference standards for ballistic protection to satisfy threat protection levels.
One non-classified example follows:
Here we see UL level 7 is the 5.56 M193 round and requires 3/8" hardened armor plate and both .30cal M2 AP (.30-06 armor piercing to the layman) and 7.62NATO M61 (AP) require ½" hardened plate steel.
NOTICE: Everyone should become aware that these old established levels of protection no longer apply because of the M855A1 technology, and ballistic protection steel and concrete should now be enhanced by at least 100% until full testing and tables are established.

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 New Military 6.5mm Creedmoor Rounds

"The U.S. Special Operations Command plans to begin fielding of the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge in early 2019 to replace the 7.62 NATO round in semi-automatic sniper rifles. Tests determined that compared to the 7.62 NATO, the 6.5 Creedmoor doubles hit probability at 1,000 meters, increases effective range by nearly half, reduces wind drift by a third and has less recoil. The same rifles can use the new cartridge, as their similar dimensions allow the same magazines to be used and the weapon only requires a barrel change."

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    See the Hardened Structures editorial in The Big 5 Daily Magazine Day 2 Page 74 : Day 4 Pages 8 & 48 : Dubai UAE November 17th~20th 2014
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    Partnering Globally, BIG 5 Dubai, UAE 2014 Editorial & Images

    Dubai UAE November 17~20th 2014
    See The Below Hardened Structures EDITORIAL In The Big 5 Daily Magazine Day 2 Pages 74 & Ad Page 54
    Day 4 Hardened Structures Ad Pages 8 & 48

    Security Expertise At Hardened Structures

    BIG 5 Dubai Image""Hardened Structures offers security protection previously available only to governments. It has more than 23 years of experience in fortified shelters and the fortified eco home design-build industry and provides protection programming and design solutions for any type of facility.
    It helps in securing all structures against a wide range of threats including forced entry, armed assault, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (CBRNE) agents, air-blast, ground shock, penetration, fragmentation, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and damage to the structure and equipment due to explosive loading.
    Brian Camden Principal at Hardened Structures USA said: "We can save you from a disaster and here's why. We have relationships with key subcontractors, suppliers and manufacturers. Our staff are experienced in managing challenging projects in extreme conditions. Modular solutions are not only more economical, they can also be customised according to the client's requirements. Our products are sustainable and our service ensures that every company gets what only governments could afford until now.
    He said: "We believe that The Big 5 will give us an opportunity to connect with the security market in the Middle East and internationally."
    The company has worked on military, commercial and environmental projects. These projects were about protection against blast, CBRNE agents and full HEMP / EMP shields although our expertise is not limited to security. HS engineering solutions have been recognised by international experts on counter terrorism and critical infrastructure protection.
    HS wants to promote personal VIP, corporate, industrial and governmental shelter systems through its attendance at The Big 5.
    Even though the company has steel fabrication facilities in the UAE along with numerous suppliers and contractors, HS has revealed plans to open a new Middle East branch.
    NB: Hardened Structures is also inviting entities globally to both partner and or to consider direct investment on a value added basis ( details below & upon request in complete confidence ).""
    Phone Within The USA Toll Free On +1 (877) 486-0084 / +1 (757) 486-0200 During Normal Office Hours and / or via email Clarry@HardenedStructures.com.au
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    Hardened Structures HQ Virginia Beach VA USA
    Hardened Structures EU, UAE, Asia, Australia & New Zealand

    What We Offer:
    Hardened Structures will provide the following to the successful Contractor:
    • Specific Internet Domain Names, e.g.: "HardenedStructuresofCalifornia" and Area"CaliforniaBunkers".
    • Numerous Hardened Structures security projects ranging from $500k to $50 million.
    • Business Operating Plans containing explicit technical procedures to perform Risk Assessments, Site Selection, and Design
    • Management, Full Construction Contracting, Building Systems Placement, Security Procedures and Storage Requirements.
    • Training Manuals for Company Executives and 40 hours in-office training.
    • Design Phase Management procedures for Multi-Hazard Architectural, Engineering methodology.
    • Tested and proven Contract Agreements for Design and Construction.
    • Selected A/E Firms for complete Design Services.
    • Specialized equipment at discount costs for: blast doors, impact glazing, blast valves, ballistic doors/glass, filtering systems,
    • Sorbent filters, solar and alternative energy systems.
    • Cost Estimating software especially designed for Hardened Structures.
    • Critical Path Scheduling software especially designed for Hardened Structures.
    • Use of the Hardened Structures and Bunker Builder Trademarks in your territory.
    • Extensive advertising both locally and nationally.
    • Project Specific Construction Engineering as needed.
    • Hardened Structures Hardened Shelters, Hardened Structures, Hardened Shelters, Hardened Homes and Bunker Builders are all U.S. Registered Trademarks.

    Partnering Opportunities

    Join a proven network of solution providers as a Hardened Structures “Affiliate” in this rapidly growing specialized field.
    THIS IS NOT A FRANCHISE
    Hardened Structures is in the process of expanding our nationwide and international network of companies who represent us in their respective territory. All prospective companies who wish to join the Hardened Structures team must pass a security and background investigation check. In addition, there is a cost to obtain the Hardened Structures license for specific territory. The selected company and its employees will be required to execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement, Licensing Agreement and Non-Compete Agreement.
    The selected contractor will be provided projects and sales leads in their territory, but will not have to change their company name. These products will be an "Add On" to their existing business. Our research has shown that the ideal business candidates to install Hardened Structures products and to implement the Hardened Structures Multi-Hazard Construction Program Management Methodology are established:
    • Commercial Construction Contractors
    • Land Developers
    • General Contractors
    • Site Contractors
    • Concrete Contractors
    • Custom Home Builders
    • Architectural and/or Engineering Firms
    • Security Firms
    These types of businesses are classified as a "Fragmented Industry" (an industry where most of the businesses are independent operators.) Experience has proven that Fragmented Industries traditionally benefit from branded consolidation. Furthermore, the businesses listed above generally have the technical, business and legal experience necessary to implement the Hardened Structures Multi-Hazard methodology for a design / build program.

    Please email Clarry@HardenedStructures.com.au

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