AUSTRALIA

Building a water wall

FIRES are frightening at the best of times and on oil and gas installations the ramifications are truly terrifying. An Australian company has developed a weapon it says will stop fires in their tracks.

Noel Dyson

The Aussie Pumps Water Wall creates a 300 square metre, 12-15m high wall of water jets from just one hose. The effect of such a concentrated impact can be used to stop a fire in its tracks or isolate...

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