An Alberta-made innovation is promising to make a meaningful difference for fighting wildfires.
A 30-metre-tall sprinkler system is creating “rain on demand,” technology created by a Wildfire Innovations founder Don Hallett.
Edmonton stories Dubbed the “rainstream,” it’s something he’s been spearheading for years.
“I was evacuated from wildfires twice throughout my adult life, I recognized nothing had changed, except that the fires are getting bigger and worse,” Hallett told CTV Edmonton.
The tower and pump mechanism are mounted to a trailer a pickup truck can tow. It takes less than 30 minutes to set up and it can pull water from a hydrant, lake or stream.
The height allows water to fly about 250 metres, depending on the wind. From far away, it almost looks like rain.
The “rainstream,” a 30-metre-tall sprinkler system to help fight and …