Aura Systems Inc., the El Segundo-based maker of mobile power generators, said its product came in handy during the devastating wildfires that recently scorched Southern California.
The American Red Cross has a fleet of emergency communications response vehicles, known as ECRVs, each fitted with an 8 kW AuraGen power system. The product provides power to electricity-dependent devices such as radios, telephones and Internet communications systems. The device is especially useful when the conventional power infrastructure is disrupted -- such as during the recent wildfires.
The Red Cross informed Aura Systems that AuraGen-equipped ECRVs responded to the wildfires to provide needed communications during the disaster.
In an Aura Systems release, Tom Worthington, an ECRV operator and Red Cross volunteer, said, "ECRV
4709 was one of five ECRVs to respond to the California wildfires. We provided
emergency communications for Red Cross including Internet and telephone services at
Dulzura, Calif., immediately following the fire."
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