AquaDam® Rapid Response Trailers

LOCATION: Manitoba Canada

SCOPE OF WORK: AquaDam® Flood Protections

PROJECT PARTNERS: Owner: Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, Installation: Layfield, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Crews, Canadian Armed Forces, and Local Volunteers, Supplier: Layfield, Featured Product: AquaDam® Rapid Response Trailers

Challenge

One of the problems in a flood is to have the right flood control materials in the right place at the right time. In 2011 the Manitoba government asked for a packaged system that could provide 1,500 lineal ft (460m) of flood protection in an easily deployed trailer.

Solution

The solution was the AquaDam® Rapid Response Trailer. These trailers were developed with all of the tools and equipment needed to deploy 1,500 lineal ft (460m) of AquaDams in a flood situation. 40 cargo trailers were prepared in just 6 weeks with 600 dams to provide 18 kilometers of flood protection.

These AquaDam® Rapid Response Trailers were shipped to government maintenance yards all over Manitoba in anticipation of flooding season. When the floods came in the spring the flood control dams were ready in the areas most prone to flooding. The trailers could be deployed with a standard pickup truck and two people.

Each of the trailers contained:

During the 2011 floods in Manitoba, AquaDams® were used to protect hundreds of homes, communities, and roadways throughout southern Manitoba. They were able to quickly deploy flood protection to a number of areas where sandbag crews were not available. The Rapid Response Trailers allowed the customer to place flood protection in many communities across the province which allowed then to react quickly when the floods arrived.