UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  April 12, 2006
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                              SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.
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            (Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)
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    YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA             0-24209                        N/A
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(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                File Number)              Identification No.)
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        #150 - 13151 VANIER PLACE                         V6V 2J1
   RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
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(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (604) 276-9884
                                                     ---------------------------



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

Effective as of April 12, 2006, Al Kozak left our Company. As per his management
agreement,  we will pay him one year  severance.  This  amount will be paid over
twenty-six  (26) pay periods.  We will  continue to provide  benefits  coverage,
excluding  long-term  disability,  until the  earlier of April 12, 2007 or until
such time as Mr. Kozak is eligible for benefits  coverage under another plan. In
addition,  until April 12,  2007,  Mr. Kozak may continue to exercise any vested
stock  options that have been granted to him.  Any unvested  stock  options that
have been  granted to Mr. Kozak will  immediately  vest at the date of his final
severance  payment.   Thirty  days  after  his  final  severance  payment,   any
unexercised stock options will be forfeited.

Effective  as of April 12,  2006,  Mr. Leif  Pedersen  was  appointed as our new
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.  From  late 2001  through  2005,  Mr.
Pedersen,  a Norwegian  citizen,  was the managing director of Consilium GmbH in
Hamburg,  Germany,  responsible for marketing,  sales, support and service for a
line of technical products for the maritime industry including radar, speed logs
and various  monitoring  and detection  systems.  Before  joining  Consilium Mr.
Pedersen was program  director for SensoNor ASA, a company  specializing  in the
development  and  production of micro sensors,  particularly  for the automotive
applications.  SensoNor is one of the largest sensor  suppliers within its niche
in the automotive  industry.  Mr. Pedersen's  earlier experience also includes a
variety of sales and marketing and executive  positions with  Norcontrol AS, The
Marine Group,  Inc. and Kongsberg  Norcontrol AS. He holds a master's  degree in
electronics from the Technical University in Trondheim, Norway, and has a degree
in business  administration from the  Bedriftsokonomisk  Institutt in Norway. He
also earned an export  candidate  certificate  from the Norwegian Export School.
Mr.  Pedersen has studied  cybernetics,  electronics,  sales and  marketing  and
leadership training.  Fluent in English,  Norwegian and German, Mr. Pedersen has
held  several  director  positions  and is at this time a director of  Consilium
Sevoteknikk AS in Oslo, Norway.

We are currently  negotiating the terms of a contract with Mr. Pedersen  related
to his position as our President and Chief  Executive  Officer and will disclose
such terms after finalization of the contract.

A copy of the press release issued April 19, 2006 announcing this development is
attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM  9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number    Description

99.1      Press release issued April 19, 2006


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                          SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.


Date:  April 19, 2006                     By: /s/ Jeff Finkelstein
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                                              Jeff Finkelstein
                                              Chief Financial Officer
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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  April 12, 2006
                                                   --------------

                              SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)
YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA             0-24209                        N/A
------------------------------    ----------------------     --------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                File Number)              Identification No.)
#150 - 13151 VANIER PLACE                         V6V 2J1
   RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
----------------------------------------        -----------------------------
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (604) 276-9884
                                                     ---------------------------

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

Effective as of April 12, 2006, Al Kozak left our Company. As per his management
agreement,  we will pay him one year  severance.  This  amount will be paid over
twenty-six  (26) pay periods.  We will  continue to provide  benefits  coverage,
excluding  long-term  disability,  until the  earlier of April 12, 2007 or until
such time as Mr. Kozak is eligible for benefits  coverage under another plan. In
addition,  until April 12,  2007,  Mr. Kozak may continue to exercise any vested
stock  options that have been granted to him.  Any unvested  stock  options that
have been  granted to Mr. Kozak will  immediately  vest at the date of his final
severance  payment.   Thirty  days  after  his  final  severance  payment,   any
unexercised stock options will be forfeited.

Effective  as of April 12,  2006,  Mr. Leif  Pedersen  was  appointed as our new
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.  From  late 2001  through  2005,  Mr.
Pedersen,  a Norwegian  citizen,  was the managing director of Consilium GmbH in
Hamburg,  Germany,  responsible for marketing,  sales, support and service for a
line of technical products for the maritime industry including radar, speed logs
and various  monitoring  and detection  systems.  Before  joining  Consilium Mr.
Pedersen was program  director for SensoNor ASA, a company  specializing  in the
development  and  production of micro sensors,  particularly  for the automotive
applications.  SensoNor is one of the largest sensor  suppliers within its niche
in the automotive  industry.  Mr. Pedersen's  earlier experience also includes a
variety of sales and marketing and executive  positions with  Norcontrol AS, The
Marine Group,  Inc. and Kongsberg  Norcontrol AS. He holds a master's  degree in
electronics from the Technical University in Trondheim, Norway, and has a degree
in business  administration from the  Bedriftsokonomisk  Institutt in Norway. He
also earned an export  candidate  certificate  from the Norwegian Export School.
Mr.  Pedersen has studied  cybernetics,  electronics,  sales and  marketing  and
leadership training.  Fluent in English,  Norwegian and German, Mr. Pedersen has
held  several  director  positions  and is at this time a director of  Consilium
Sevoteknikk AS in Oslo, Norway.

We are currently  negotiating the terms of a contract with Mr. Pedersen  related
to his position as our President and Chief  Executive  Officer and will disclose
such terms after finalization of the contract.

A copy of the press release issued April 19, 2006 announcing this development is
attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM  9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number    Description

99.1      Press release issued April 19, 2006
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                          SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.

Date:  April 19, 2006                     By: /s/ Jeff Finkelstein
                                              -------------------------------
                                              Jeff Finkelstein
                                              Chief Financial Officer