Airports
Remote airfields often rely on groundwater and rainwater for emergency situations. But there is never enough water. With Dutch Rainmaker, the water needed can easily be supplied every day at no cost at all. And more important, there is no limit.
Airports have large storage facilities to provide all the water needed at an emergency in a short period of time. With Dutch Rainmaker’s systems this storages can be filled with clean water year round.
Airports have large storage facilities to provide all the water needed at an emergency in a short period of time. With Dutch Rainmaker’s systems this storages can be filled with clean water year round.
Rural areas
In remote parts of the world, and even in our own communities, there are pockets of houses that stand apart from the rest and most of the time, far outside the town perimeter.
In case of a fire, there is not enough water available, immediately, to put out the fire and protect the aerea.
With an air to water system from Dutch Rainmaker, a huge water supply can be stored and used to fight fires right away, bringing down damages and costs to the community and the families directly involved.
In case of a fire, there is not enough water available, immediately, to put out the fire and protect the aerea.
With an air to water system from Dutch Rainmaker, a huge water supply can be stored and used to fight fires right away, bringing down damages and costs to the community and the families directly involved.
Fire
What are the actual costs of a wildfire?
Official Forest Service tallies usually include suppression expenses only. Media reports sometimes include estimates of damage to homes and infrastructure. But the economic impacts of wildfires are far-reaching and new (and old) research shows the need for improved cost estimates of wildfire.
Large wildfires consume more than just suppression expenses (“costs”) – they also do measurable short- and long-term damages (“loss”) to public and private equity and resources. Traditional fire appraisal uses the term “cost-plus-loss” to account for all the economic impacts of wildfire. This econometric analysis method is sometimes expressed as LCD (least cost plus damage) or C+NVC (costs plus net value change). The goal (economic utility) of fire suppression is to minimize cost-plus-loss.
Recently analysts, government officials, and the media have drawn increasing attention to the escalating frequency, severity, and costs over and above fire suppression associated with large-scale forest wildfires – including losses of human lives, homes, pets, crops, livestock and environmental damage.
* The Hayman Fire (2002) burned 138,000 acres and cost $42,279,000 ($307/acre) to suppress. But Professor Dennis Lynch of Colorado State University estimated that an additional $187,500,000 ($1,358/acre) in losses had accrued within a year. Suppression costs were only 18% of the total, and Dr. Lynch stated, “I recognized the need to follow costs into subsequent years to more completely identify a fire’s true impact” (Lynch, 2004).
Recently analysts, government officials, and the media have drawn increasing attention to the escalating frequency, severity, and costs over and above fire suppression associated with large-scale forest wildfires – including losses of human lives, homes, pets, crops, livestock and environmental damage.
* The Hayman Fire (2002) burned 138,000 acres and cost $42,279,000 ($307/acre) to suppress. But Professor Dennis Lynch of Colorado State University estimated that an additional $187,500,000 ($1,358/acre) in losses had accrued within a year. Suppression costs were only 18% of the total, and Dr. Lynch stated, “I recognized the need to follow costs into subsequent years to more completely identify a fire’s true impact” (Lynch, 2004).