True North® has been a trusted source for quality packs, bags and FR clothing Tame your turnout gear with the Dispatch™ Duffle, our new 80L bag designed to fit all your gear comfortably. This fire fighter-approved bag’s simple-yet-functional design is...
Fire Sprinkler Systems: Protecting Structures from Firebrands
There is still much that can be done to prevent buildings from burning to the ground “There were a total of 5.5 million acres burned by wildfires in 2016. On May 1 of that year, a wildfire broke out in the Alberta city of Fort McMurray. The fire is set...
The Waterax Genuine Parts Store: Making Shopping Easy
A more convenient way to shop The WATERAX Genuine Parts Store is now online and available! From any device, any time, you can now effortlessly order genuine WATERAX parts. We're thrilled to be able to offer a more convenient way to shop, and help to save...
Ask for the Real McCoy
WHEN YOU’RE HERE, THERE’S NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISE. YOU CAN TRUST THE MARK-3® TO MOVE WATER Trusted in the wildland firefighting community for generations. When fires occur in remote locations such as wildland forests and mountainous regions, you need a lightweight,...
Build Your Own Skid Unit!
The MINI-STRIKER® is available as a portable pump, a vehicle mount unit and now as a firefighting skid deck to build your own skid unit. Initial attacks and spot patrols on fires, especially rural, field, forest, and brush fires, as well as prescribed burns, are...
WATERAX Pumps for Wildland Fire Apparatus
Fire agencies need versatile, rugged and portable equipment for wildland and wildland-urban interface (WUI) applications, to transport firefighters, hoses, pumps, fittings, water and other equipment. Due to the often remote nature of wildland fires, getting to the...
What Gear Should Wildland Firefighters Pack?
 Wildland firefighters need the strength to not only fight fires, but to take along everything they need for a day’s or more work in their backpacks. Depending on your particular job, the gear and equipment requirements will vary. The length of your assignment...
States That Spark [INFOGRAPHIC]
Wildland fires can be terrifying and devastating, so it doesn’t hurt to be informed. Take a look at the data above to see where wildfires occur most often. Wildfire Facts Roughly 90% of wildland fires in the U.S. are started by humans (i.e. unattended campfires,...
Structure Protection Equipment Against the Threat of Wildfire
When encouraging preparedness against the threat of wildfire we should always consider the human dynamics at play. There is a physiological impact related to the loss of homes during a wildfire event. The emotional repercussions of losing personal belongings are far...
Preparing Your Home for Wildfire Season
We would like to believe the Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, wildland fire that started on May 2, 2016, was a unique, catastrophic event. Approximately 2,400 houses and buildings were destroyed when fire crossed containment boundaries. However, fire science experts...
A History of Fire Pumps
The humble water pump is considered by some to be the greatest invention for fire suppression, saving lives and sparing property from fire devastation. If speed and water are the two components in stopping fires, then portable water pumps were a necessity....