Giant firefighting sprinkler could protect your home if you have to evacuate from fires

The sprinkler is designed as extra insurance for people in fire prone areas. It's meant to help in addition to creating defensible space before fires start.
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[@thehalloweenenthusiast]

This is why I’ve purchased commercial grade stainless steel rotor sprinklers. With the water pressure that I have, I can easily set them up around the property to HELP in case a fire were to break out. There’s been some close evaluations in my area, I hope it doesn’t happen but you never know. I will absolutely set it up up accordingly if it does happen.

[@kbkesq]

Interesting concept! Great to combine with phos chek pretreatment on all brush areas near house. Wonder wha the power source is- guess backup or gas generator.

[@lb2193]

Sounds good on the surface. need gas, water, or electricity. swimming pools go fast, electricity is disrupted then what, must have high capacity pump. best practice- defensible space, good evac plan, and good insurance and take a lot of pictures before the fire for insurance.

[@AndrooUK]

This was using liquid fuel...

[@nemo227]

It's a combination, like they said: a clear area around the house. If there's no fuel there is much lower chance of the home burning. A fire proof roof such as clay tiles or metal. A pool and sprinkler system powered by a small engine should easily extinguish a series of small fires. Small fires are much easier to extinguish but they'll grow into large fires if they are not put out. I'm not a fire fighter but I have used a garden hose to put out a home fire fed by a severed natural gas pipe. I've put out a truck fire because I had an extinguisher in my car and acted quickly. I put out a fire in a printing business because I had an extinguisher nearby. I keep fire extinguishers in my car, my pickup truck, my RV, and 3 in my kitchen. I keep fresh batteries in my smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm.

[@NelsonBigGunP200Fan]

Nelson F100 big gun. Gets good distance and is reliable.

[@bikersoncall]

Fantastic protection. But bear in mind, in case of a neighborhood fire, YOU BEST HAVE at least a few thousand gallons of water in storage and a genset/pump. DO NOT EXPECT THAT YOUR municipal supply will be there for you. Also if you have your own well but everyone else does in your area too, that can be an issue on the water table draw down. I would think though, in the case of a fire just at your residence, this is going to be a very useful item.

[@C00LCARR0TS]

6 thousand dollars for a hose that goes in circles.... damm

[@AndrooUK]

And just think how much DVD players first cost, or normal gardening sprinklers first cost, or mobile telephones first cost... This thing includes a liquid fuel motor and all the fire resistant materials and design. If everyone got one, it would become much cheaper. It's the same with every novel invention.

[@s.o.c_914]

all you need is a trash pump

[@wexsetter]

How about using a Well for water source?

[@paulmaxwell8851]

Absolutely. That's what I do. We have a deep well rated at 40 US gpm, and a 1.5 hp pump backed up with a small Kubota diesel generator. This set-up runs two sprinklers on our roof-top.

[@URMOM69857]

Hi

[@lindat6688]

I'm not an expert, but 1. What happens when the wild fire reaches your gas-powered pump. Ka-boom? 2. Aren't there really strong winds in a wild fire? What are the chances that spray of water hits the intended target with all that wind?

[@paulmaxwell8851]

In Australia they set up a small sprinkler directly over their small diesel-powered generators and water pumps, just for this reason. Diesel engines aren't affected by water the way gas-engine driven equipment is.

[@NelsonBigGunP200Fan]

Low angle sprinkler fights wind drift. The lower the angle the better it is at fighting it

[@slipperyslope3912]

Should be on every fire hydrant with a "pop-head" for height (say 15ft). That's 500gpm+, and multiple problems solved.

[@AshGreen359]

Yay! Rich people with swimming pools will feel safer now

[@AndrooUK]

If these people live in the middle of nowhere, property prices will be low, and so it will be a lot cheaper to get pools, or like they said, a water storage tank, to provide the water needed. Compare this to Europe, where almost noone has a pool, because properties just aren't big enough, and also they would cost an actual fortune.

[@catchPegasus]

If you think that spigot will prevent your house that's caught in the middle of a wildfire from burning down, I've got a bridge you might be interested in.

[@paulmaxwell8851]

Research out of cottage country in Minnesota has shown conclusively that sprinklering homes can and does save them from catastrophic loss. Read up on the 2008 (I think?) Gunflint Trail fire and see for yourself. If you choose to do nothing for your own home, that's your prerogative, but those of us with nice homes we want to save are sprinklering. I did my home last year, not with a single cannon like above but with two smaller units.

[@NelsonBigGunP200Fan]

Keeping the ground wet prevents the fire from spreading. It'll hit the wet ground and put out the fire.

[@user-cm8rr1ni3o]

Taiwan can help. Bricks for houses.....

[@AndrooUK]

Yes, because wildfires don't destroy brick houses... How many wildfires does Taiwan get, again?