Wildfire patterns are changing,
it’s not if, but when.
Wildfire Protection
Services
Wildfire Protection Services (“WPS”) provides complete exterior property protection to cottage infrastructure and landscaping in the Muskoka and Georgian Bay area – both have either a “semi protected” or “unprotected” fire rating.
The devastation caused by the wildfires in Los Angeles has been a wake-up call for all homeowners and insurance providers, especially those in vulnerable locations with volunteer or no fire service protection.
Wildfire Protection Services designs and installs fully customized and automated standalone systems for remote locations providing peace-of-mind your investment is protected for future generations.
Did You Know Fire
Can Jump From
Island To Island?
Cottages have a significantly higher wildfire risk than cities with the possibility of fires jumping large distances and from island-to-island.
These structures were not built with fire prevention in mind, in fact, many use highly combustible materials like cedar for roofs, decks, siding etc. In addition, pine, cedar and hemlock trees generate significant ground fuel annually which can often accumulate on roofs.
Fire Fundamentals
Fires require three main ingredients to be together at the same time in order to burn: fuel, oxygen, and heat. This is often shown as a fire triangle.
Removing any one of the three ingredients of the fire triangle will stop a fire. Removing heat is often the easiest and fastest thing to do in a wildfire situation, and this is done by applying water to a fire or fuel source. Water absorbs a lot of heat as it heats and boils, and this rapidly cools down a wood fire’s fuel source. This weakens both the heat and fuel sides of the triangle and stops a wood fire. Water vapour also increases the ability of air to carry heat, which adds to the heat removed by heating and boiling the water, and this removes the heat side of the fire triangle. A foam system can go one step further by isolating the supply of oxygen, which removes the oxygen side of the fire triangle.
Protecting Your Property
Wildfire Protection Services designs and installs fully customized and automated standalone systems for remote locations providing peace-of-mind your investment is protected for future generations.