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WATERAX has a long, proud and exciting history of moving water around the world. WATERAX originated as Watson Jack & Company, which was founded in 1898 by Montreal, Quebec native John Colquhoun Watson Jack. Born on August 19, 1870, Jack was a Canadian inventor, businessman and trail-blazer.
In 1904, shortly after founding Watson Jack & Company, John Colquhoun Watson Jack became an agent for Sprague Electric, Sprague Elevator and Otis Elevators. He diversified his business holdings and by 1910 Watson Jack & Company was trading in metals, dyestuffs, chemical boilers and electrical supplies. In 1925, Watson Jack & Company became the manufacturer of a powerful 200 PSI portable fire pump called the WAJAX (an acronym of Watson Jack’s name).
After Watson Jack & Company and its FH Hopkins subsidiary were acquired by BJ Coghlin & Company in 1954, the operations of the two newly acquired businesses were merged to form a single subsidiary. This subsidiary was called Watson Jack Hopkins Ltd. until 1959 when it was renamed Wajax Equipment Ltd.
In 1964, Wajax Equipment Ltd. purchased Pacific Marine’s fire division and its name was changed to Pacific Pumpers Inc. This merger made the Canadian company North America’s leading producer of wildland firefighting equipment, with an offering that included the MARK-3® pump.
Since the 1960s, the MARK-3® series has been the gold standard in performance, reliability and durability. The MARK-3® is the standard wildland portable fire pump trusted by forestry agencies around the world and a truly innovative Canadian success story. Between the 1980s and 2010s the company continued to transform, operating under different banners until it was incorporated into WATERAX in 2014. Based in Montreal, Quebec, today the company exports wildland firefighting equipment to over 50 countries around the world.
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Updated portable water pumps could help wildland firefighters move faster and fight blazes more efficiently. Dilshad Burman gets a first-hand look at the new tech.
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Caldor (CA) Fire Hearing Resumes With Testimony of Victims Fleeing Flames in Terror
Sam Stanton - The Sacramento Bee The second day of proceedings in the Caldor Fire court case continued Wednesday with an investigator describing some of the severe injuries victims experienced during the blaze, part of an effort to buttress charges against the...
New Orleans Fire Officials Want Wildfire Training and Gear to Deal With the Next Swamp Blaze
Tristan Baurick - The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Nov. 29—The long-running swamp fire in New Orleans East has convinced the city's emergency responders that more training and equipment are needed to deal with what's expected to be more frequent and...
Maui County (HI) Agencies Served Subpoenas in Wildfire Probe
Peter Boylan - The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Nov. 28—Three Maui County departments were served subpoenas Monday after not meeting the timelines with a state investigation into their response to the Aug. 8 wildfires that killed 100, left 7, 500 homeless and caused $5.5...
San Diego Sheriff’s Department Unveils Its First Night-Flying Firefighting Helicopter
El Cajon, California - November 20: New Sheriffs Department helicopters were shown during a press conference on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 in El Cajon, California. The BELL 412EPX cost more than $15 million and the BELL 407GXi cost $5.5 million. (Ana Ramirez / The San...
Maui (HI) Firefighters Tell of Fighting and Surviving the Lahaina Fire on 60 Minutes
Four Maui firefighters sat down with CBS' 60- Minutes to recall their struggles with the Aug. 8 wildfire in Lahaina that destroyed the town. Firefighters Aina Kohler, Keahi Ho, Tanner Mosher, and Captain Jay Fujita recalled how they started out trying to fight the...
Encroaching Wildfires Prompt NC and TN Campgrounds To Evacuate
PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Wildfires have prompted campgrounds in North Carolina and Tennessee to evacuate starting Sunday while firefighters prepared for high winds and low humidity on Monday, though officials hoped for some help from expected rain. The National Weather...