1. This Design was accepted and deemed effective to reduce wildfire hazards to buildings
and property threatened by wildfire by Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA and
received the 1st FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant of its kind in 2000. As a result of this
program, 188 Wildfire Protection Systems were installed in Cook County, Minnesota for
the Gunflint Trail Fire District at both private and commercial properties. This program
also included portable Wildfire Sprinkler® Kits deployed several times by local
government agencies during subsequent wildfire emergencies.
Based on this initial successful program (FEMA 1283-DR-M) that resulted in saving
millions of dollars of property value during a 2007 wildfire, St. Louis and Lake Counties
were also awarded Homeland Security Emergency Management Grants that resulted in
over a hundred new installations at private and commercial properties. Currently, Cook
County is implementing a grant began in 2011 that was expanded to include full
automation and low-water systems. Design specifications for this grant were authored by
George Carlson, Wildfire Protection Systems.
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Our Designs have actively saved scores of structures from wildfire.
Our Design Specifications are the only specifications approved by Homeland Security’s
FEMA to proactively protect structures and property within the Wildland-Urban Interface
from the threat of wildfire for both waterfront and non-waterfront properties.