FireBozz is continuing its collaboration with Camosun Innovates to further develop rapid-deployment wildfire protection technology designed to help protect homes, towns, communities, and critical infrastructure in wildfire-prone environments.
As wildfire risk continues to grow, protection systems need to do more than work under ideal conditions. They need to be portable, practical, water-efficient, and capable of performing under the variable water pressure and flow conditions that real wildfire response often involves.
That is why FireBozz is working with Camosun Innovates, the applied research arm of Camosun College, to further develop a compact wildfire-protection system designed for rapid deployment and reliable structural protection.
This next phase of collaboration focuses on improving performance in the kinds of environments where conventional sprinkler approaches can fall short, especially in remote and wildland-urban interface settings.
This work has also been featured in independent media coverage by the Times Colonist. Read the article here.
Why this work matters
Traditional sprinkler systems used in wildfire situations are often adapted from agricultural irrigation equipment. In many cases, they were not originally designed for wildland fire conditions.
That can create real limitations in the field, including:
- limited water volume
- extended setup times
- limited area protection
- reduced effectiveness under variable pressure and flow conditions
These challenges become even more important in remote or infrastructure-limited environments, where portability, setup speed, and water efficiency can directly affect how useful a protection system is when conditions become critical.
Key design priorities
The current Camosun Innovates and FireBozz collaboration is focused on several important design priorities:
- Performance under variable water conditions
- Rapid deployment and portability
- Water efficiency and targeted application
- Durability in field conditions
- Scalability across deployment scenarios
These priorities reflect what FireBozz has already seen in real wildfire response: systems must perform in the field, not just on paper.
Building on an established collaboration
This work builds on an established collaboration between the Nanaimo-based company FireBozz and Camosun Innovates. Previous phases included iterative prototyping, development of new nozzle designs, and validation of system performance under field conditions.
Working with Camosun Innovates supports the integration of applied engineering methodologies into product development, including controlled testing, field validation, and refinement of measurable design improvements.
The result is a stronger pathway toward engineered structural-protection solutions that are practical, consistent, and aligned with real operational wildfire conditions.
Research-backed development
The current work is supported by a $40,000 grant from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), delivered through a pilot initiative administered by Tech-Access Canada and focused on advancing clean technology solutions to major Canadian challenges.
This support adds another layer of validation to the work already happening in the field and helps accelerate the development of wildfire-protection technology with broader community and infrastructure applications.
From field experience to engineered solutions
For FireBozz, this collaboration reflects an important shift: taking proven field concepts and refining them into more consistent, practical engineered solutions for structural protection.
That matters because wildfire protection is strongest when field-driven design and applied research work together.
FireBozz systems have already supported structural protection across a wide range of real-world scenarios, including:
- the town of Yellowknife, using what may be the longest wildfire wet line deployed to date
- Jasper’s Stone Mountain Village
- the Adams Lake sawmill
- critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants and electrical grid facilities
- remote structures in the oil and gas industry
These deployments show the value of rapid-deployment systems that can operate in demanding environments where reliability, water efficiency, and practical setup all matter.
What this means moving forward
As communities, utilities, industrial operators, and remote sites continue to face growing wildfire risk, the demand for practical structural-protection technology will only increase.
The collaboration between FireBozz and Camosun Innovates is helping push that technology forward by combining applied research, controlled testing, and field-based learning into a more robust development process.
This is not only about improving a product. It is about improving how wildfire protection works in the real world.
Final thought
Wildfire protection solutions need to be portable, durable, water-efficient, and ready for real deployment conditions.
That is exactly why FireBozz and Camosun Innovates are continuing this work together.
To learn more about FireBozz wildfire protection solutions, visit FireBozz or contact us today to discuss deployment, testing, or collaboration opportunities.