Extreme weather conditions. Difficult terrain. Low visibility. Fighting fires can be an extremely unpredictable and dangerous task. One thing is certain in this profession. The stakes are high, and the price of mistakes -- in lives and property -- can be enormous. You cannot afford the cost of faulty equipment. You want to send your crews out with the best chance at winning the battle against wildland fires, and that means arming them with the highest quality tools. Selecting the right hose is...

From the foothill of the Sierra Mountains in Central California, the Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protection District. They protect life, property and the environment. Wildland Forest Fires, Vehicle Accidents, EMS, Air Ambulance Evacuations and Residential Fires Webisode 1: Meet the members The Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protection District (Cal-Co Fire) was formed on July 1, 2013 through a Joint Power Agreement between Jenny Lind and Foothill Fire Protection Districts. Cal-Co Fire covers rou...

Wildland Urban Interface Conference [https://www.iafc.org/events/event/2022/03/22/default-calendar/wildland-urban-interface-conference-2022] March 22 - 24, 2022 Peppermill Resort, Reno, NV WATERAX’s wildland partners and dealers will be at this year’s Wildland Urban Interface Conference, March 22 to 24, in Reno, Nevada. The event is the premier gathering for firefighters and industry and community members to explore issues centred on the minimization and management of wildfire threat to the W...

Join WATERAX in Portugal from May 16th to May 19th 2023 at the 8th  International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC). We’ll be showcasing the new MARK-3® Watson Edition Pump. Join our Industry Session presented by Frederic Lefrançois, VP of Product Development, who will be discussing how WATERAX is Moving Water for the Modern day Wildland Firefighter, explain how lightweight portable high-pressure pumps have evolved to become a weapon of choice to build effective water handling systems to fight fi...

The Calaveras Consolidated chief believes that testing and training should always be executed as if it were the real deal. This test is the deployment of portable water pump, the firefighters will be testing it as they set up to draft water from the Calaveras river. They set up the pump on a pad so as the gas and oil does not leak into the ground. Filling the suction line is next, sometimes not as easy as it looks. This is a brand new pump, Marty is attempting to help start it by pre filling a...

The origins of the MARK-3® pump can be traced back to the earliest days of the company, called WAJAX at the time, with the creation of the DDVC water pump in 1929. As technology and techniques developed in the following decades, so did our industry-leading water pumps, culminating in the creation of the MARK-3® in the 1960s. Today, as we launch the MARK-3® Watson Edition, WATERAX is proud to continue the line of excellence. WAJAX DDVC The predecessor of the centrifugal pump was the WAJAX DDV...