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Flaman Answers Call for Northern Wildfire Response

Posted by Jeff Brown Mar 05, 2025

Hitting Northern Wildfires with 300 gallons of water and foam.

A lightning strike. A crown fire that jumps from treetop to treetop. Dropping embers fall to the ground and smoulder in a quick-drying peat layer up to five feet deep. They wait all winter to flare up through the forest floor or burn through tree roots and inside trunks. In the northern woods, fire is a different animal.

Tree stands are much sparser on the southern prairies. More people can spot and report blazes, and emergency response is less obstructed. Up north, fires are isolated – usually spotted first by provincial observation systems. Wildland Fire Service responds immediately by air, but high winds can push fires toward remote communities before that help arrives. Volunteer firefighters leave their full-time jobs to form the first line of defense for homes, businesses, infrastructure, and lives.

We have a ready-made solution for these dedicated firefighters and the communities they serve. 


QR300 Fire Suppression Skid with cage and without

The Flaman QR300 Fire Suppresion Skid
Our QR300 Fire Skid began as a larger version of the customer-inspired, Flaman built QR150 unit designed for fighting combine fires. Mounted on a flatbed truck or a trailer, the QR300 includes a 300-gallon water tank, a powerful pump and Honda engine, a reel with 100 feet of hose that can spray 35 feet, and a solid Class A Scotty Firefighter Foam-Fast optional cartridge kit that can make water up to 10 times as effective extinguishing flames. 


Cage protects tank and provides a rack for tools.

Equipped for Northern Firefighting 
Our team modified the QR300 for remote communities, parks, and recreation areas. They added a cage to carry essentials like sprinklers, nozzles, extra hose, a toolbox, and hand tools. The unit has an extra discharge for a 1.5” fire line to boost your wildland grass firefighting and help protect exterior buildings.


The QR300 and its replacement parts are always handy.

More Benefits
The Canadian-made QR300 is designed so most needed parts can easily be retrofitted from materials available at nearby hardware and plumbing stores, saving the usual 6 to 8-week wait for parts from the U.S. or back east.


Ready for new challenges in even more communities

Preparing for the Future
Increasing fire risks are a common concern in Northern areas. First Nations and other communities in Western Canada are keen to learn more about training and equipment like our fire skid. Their requests, combined with a few of our own ideas, are spurring new innovations. Following the Q150’s effective example, we’re developing a 225-gallon fire skid option for fire services. 

Considering the changing needs of fire departments, farmers, and other users has helped us make the QR300 more compact, comprehensive, effective, and easy to use.

Learn more about the QR300 and other customer-inspired, Flaman-built firefighting options, available exclusively from Flaman.
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