The Tiger Dam™ System is the quick and effective emergency services response to flooding.
Tiger Dam™ reduces the impact of flooding on communities and minimise recovery costs for government.
Tiger Dam™ is a water-filled high strength tube – easy to deploy, quick to fill, stackable up to 10m high. Water used to fill Tiger Dams™ can be easily recycled using pumps while the dams can be rolled up, ready to be stored and reused.
They offer virtually no environmental impact and are superior to sandbags in every way.
Government and private sector emergency services around the world are adopting Tiger Dams™ as their first line of defence against both floodwaters and hazardous liquid spills.
Why use Tiger Dams™?
- Global success in implementing Tiger Dams™ as a flood protection system
- Reduce the cost of disaster support
- Lower the risk of key infrastructure and residential properties being destroyed
- Reduce the time it takes to rebuild communities and the resulting trauma
Key Scenarios:
- Protect critical infrastructure – electricity, fuel, water, sewerage, communications and roadways
- Contain spills of hazardous materials (HAZMAT)
- Protect river banks and beaches (erosion)
- Protect construction sites
- Protect mine sites
- Protect residential, commercial or retail premises
- Protect agricultural properties
- Maintain fresh water supplies
- Containment for sewage overflow
Benefits Over Sandbags
- Sandbags are a significant cause of injury because they have to be moved and stacked after they are filled
- Tiger Dams™ are filled when they are in place, and standard Tiger Dams™ do not require heavy equipment to move them into place
- When the event is over, the Tiger Dam™ is emptied of recyclable water, rolled up and stored for future use
- Sandbags can hold contaminants carried by floodwaters, and are often damaged from use. They have to be picked up, emptied, transported and disposed of, generally in landfills
- A Tiger Dam™ can be reused as needed
Case Study
City of Puyallup – Emergency Management – including treatment plant
The City of Puyallup operates under the council form of local government, which means the city council sets policy and hires a city manager to oversee its implementation.
They have over 100 Tiger Dams™ for rapid deployment to protect infrastructure against hurricane, rain and snow melt and flood.