A Modern Pump for the Modern Firefighter Maintaining the tradition while moving technology forward: the MARK-3® Watson Edition plugs right into your existing MARK-3® water-moving systems. It will set a new benchmark of excellence for...
Demob Hose Lays Faster – How-to Melon Roll
Our firefighting friends in British Columbia swear by the melon roll method when they need to demobilize hose in the field. The big benefit over end or centre rolling is of course speed, as WATERAX Product specialist Alex demonstrates in our how-to video. Two...
Everyone’s a Firefighter During National Wildfire Awareness Month! – Part 2
Preventing wildfires is always so much simpler than fighting them Be prepared in case you need to evacuate: Keep important documents in a fireproof safe, on a USB drive, or store password protected documents online. Check your home insurance to...
Everyone’s a Firefighter During National Wildfire Awareness Month! – Part 1
May is National Wildfire Awareness Month in the U.S. May 1 is Wildfire Community Preparedness Day in Canada WATERAX Where people and forests come together, wildfires are an issue. Wildland fire can threaten public safety and damage or destroy homes and...
Perimeter Solutions Launches Next-Generation, Flagship Long-Term Fire Retardant
New PHOS-CHEK® LCE20-Fx offers improved environmental profile, performance, visibility and handling Clayton, MO—Perimeter Solutions has introduced PHOS-CHEK® LCE20-Fx, the next-generation of its flagship PHOS-CHEK® Fire Retardant line. PHOS-CHEK LCE20-Fx...
How to Operate a MARK-3® High-Pressure Pump
Best practices for operations WATERAX - Product specialists and wildland firefighters, Zach & Alex give us a step by step explanation of best practices when operating the MARK-3® high-pressure fire pump. https://youtu.be/EjyOQ-xTD84 Related: Why...
Why Choose a MARK-3® High-Pressure Pump?
The pump of choice for most wildland fire agencies around the world Product specialists and wildland firefighters, Zach & Alex explain why the MARK-3® pump has been the best in its category for the past decades. What do you think? * * * MARK-3® The...
Happy to Present the New WATERAX Van
On the road with WATERAX By Gabriella Gerbasi We're very happy to present the new WATERAX van, Zach, Alexandra and Cooper's new home while they will be travelling across North America to showcase and demo the new edition of the MARK-3® fire pump. They are super...
Backpacking a Water Supply in the Wildland Urban Interface
When you have to bring water and you can't drive in Firefighters and fire crews working in the wildland urban interface sometimes are not able to take motorized vehicles into an area where fire needs to be extinguished and instead must rely on bringing...
Announcing the 2019 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winners! Sponsored by WATERAX
WATERAX is happy to have sponsored The Smokey Generation’s project, American Wildfire Experience 2019 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling to help Canadian Wildland Firefighters share their story. The following twelve talented wildland firefighters — winners of...
Firefighter’s Handbook on Wildland Firefighting; Strategy, Tactics and Safety, 4th Edition
For the fire personnel who need a basic understanding of wildland firefighting The NEW 4th Edition of this bestselling book by noted wildland firefighting author, Bill Teie is updated to address the most current NFPA and National Wildfire Coordinating...
WATERAX at FDIC 2019
Recap of our FDIC 2019 adventure in Indianapolis We had a new booth and we were showcasing the MARK-3® portable fire pump and the MINI-STRIKER® lightweight pump. We had the chance to meet with a lot of our #WATERAX partners like Heiman Fire Equipment,...