Values Protection Unit

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Values Protection Unit

• Tour 2003

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Introduction

• First put to use in 2002
• Started with aluminum pipe (long set up time)
• 2003 switched to soft line rubber hose with hose
  reels on trailers (quick set up time)
• 2003 used special water thief in 6 hose
• 2003 registered V.P.U. with CIFFC

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Equipment

• Consists of
• 2 km. Of 6 mainline
• 4 km. Of 6 sprinkler line
• 3 large volume pumps
• Tractors, trucks, quads and trailers
• 6 person crew for set up and operation

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Uses

• Structure protection
• Burn out operation
• Direct attack
• Indirect attack
• Mop up

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Equipment

• Pumps

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Equipment

• Hose reels

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Equipment

• Hose and connectors

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Equipment

• Sprinklers

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Equipment

• The Fleet

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Pasture Fire

• 3.7 km of Sprinklers
• Structure Protection
• Direct and Indirect
• Protecting over 100 homes
• 107 Sprinkler heads

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Pasture Fire
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Pasture Fire
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Pasture Fire

• Sprinkler Line To Protect Homes

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Spruce Fire

• Stand-by for structure protection at Candle Lake.
• 2 km of mainline and 4 km of sprinkler line
• Direct attack with sprinklers and fire hose
• Filling water trucks and skidders
• Flooding of peat moss bogs (ground fires)
• 110 Sprinklers set up

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Spruce Fire

• Raising RHs

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Spruce Fire

• Filling Equipment

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Spruce Fire

• Flooding

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Hillyer Fire

• 2 km Mainline
• 4 km sprinkler line
• Direct attack with sprinkler and nozzles
• 100 sprinklers set up

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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• Supply water for portable retardant base
• Maintain 2.5 km of sprinkler line for back burn
  operation to prevent fires from entering the Bow
  Valley
• Maintain 1.5 km of sprinkler line at Marble
  Canyon to protect campground and buildings

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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• The Crew

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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Cat Guard
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Guard completed
Vermillion Pass
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Finding the Pump site
Here it comes
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Sprinkler Set Up
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Do we have enough time
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Pressure looks good
Maybe too good
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Wetting the Line
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Back burning begins Winds 25km, RHs 20
Cat Line
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Vermillion Pass
Success, only 2 spots across the line and both
contained.
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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• Marble Canyon Campground
• Sprinkler set up to save campground and buildings

before
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.
Marble Canyon
Tokkum creek fire runs over Marble canyon
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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• Marble Canyon Campground

After
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Kootenay Complex, BC.
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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• Marble Canyon Campground

After
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Kootenay Complex, BC.

• Marble Canyon Campground

After
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Kootnenay Complex, BC.

• August 20/03 Tokkum Creek fire takes a .run

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Kootnenay Complex, BC.

• Back Burn from sprinkler line holds.
• Values Protection Unit proves itself.
• No more threats to the Bow Valley .
• The Tokkum and Verendrye fire join together to
  burn 17,409 ha.

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Cranbrook, BC.

• 4 km of of Sprinkler line
• 85 sprinkler heads
• Made connections to allow fire trucks to draft
  from mainline
• Direct and Indirect
• Protecting sub-division of Jim Smith
• 100 homes

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Cranbrook, BC
Jim Smith Sub-division
Sprinkler line
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Cranbrook, BC

• Behind Jim Smith sub-division

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Cranbrook, BC
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Operations
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Costs of Operation

• Price per day 3800.00
• Includes 6 men, 160 hp tractor, 7 person caboose,
  4x4 3ton, crew truck(4x4) 3 quads, 1 ATV
  trailer, main pump and boost pump.
• Dept brings 4 km sprinkler line, 2km mainline on
  trailers, and l km of sprinkler line on an ATV
  trailer, 150 sprinkler heads on stands, Ys,
  nozzles, hoses, repair parts and EXPERTICE.
• Operating cost
• Main pump 260.00/ hr
• Boost pump 100.00/ hr

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Operations

• Pasture fire
• Spruce fire
• Hillyer fire
• Kootenay fires
• Cranbrook fires

• 960,000 Gals of water
• 12,288,000 Gals of water
• 6,366,000 Gals of water
• 19,608,000 Gals of water
• 5,616,000 Gals of water
• 44,838,000 Gals of water

TOTAL
Cost 0.012 per gallon
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Values Protection Unit 2003
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Whats New?

• Purchased an ATV trailer with 1 km of sprinkler
  line.
• On-going changes to improve the system.

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Summary

• The 2003 season went well, lots of challenges.
• Numerous upgrades to the unit.
• Our work out of province, paid for our work in
  province.
• Last year our water was free.
• The future looks great.

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