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There are many products designed to rapidly protect homes and communities from flooding. These devices can be effective when used against an appropriate threat. A community needs to plan for deployment of such devices to make sure it understands the product in advance, can obtain the materials needed, and verifies the product is appropriate for the intended use.
The following links will take you to various web sites for these products. Please note the City of Fargo has not used and does not endorse any particular product.
*BAUER-IBS K-SYSTEM Flood Defense System: rapid deployment flood barrier device
*DEMFLOOD Flood Defense System: rapid deployment flood barrier device
*Flood-Fighting Structures Demonstration And Evaluation: Corps of Engineers report on testing of procedures for Rapid Deployment Flood Wall flood fighting technologies.
Floodwalls: rapid deployment flood barrier device
Geocell Systems Inc: Rapid deployment flood wall consisting of modular sand-confinement grid systems
Hesco Weldmesh Concertainer® Bastions: rapid deployment flood protection barriers used in place of sandbags
Hydro Response Ltd: Flood barriers from Geodesign Barriers
Independent Flood Defense Products: rapid deployment flood barrier device
MegaSecur International Water Gate: rapid deployment flood barrier device
Water-Inflated Property Protector (WIPP): rapid deployment flood barrier device
*US Army Corps of Engineers Innovative Flood Fight Products Guide:
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