This page is provided to show the massive potential of this new Pool Throwing Unit (PTU) solution compared with the 2025 Palisades fire.
The Palisades fire currently ranks as the 3rd most destructive wildfire in Californica history. This fast moving wildfire destroyed over 6000 structures in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, CA
This screenshot image shows the damage map. Click the image to link to the map to explore the damage yourself.
There were over 2600 swimming pools along this fires path of destruction. See the Google Satellite image below.
Consider the following example of how PTU’s could’ve been used to save so many homes in Pacific Palisades. The local hydrant network combined with a fleet of fire trucks could come nowhere near these flow rates and coverage.
See the zoomed in red area where fire swept through the Pacific Palisades and destroyed almost every home along its path to the Pacific Ocean.
The light blue markers show all the swimming pools. A single 20,000+ gallon pool is a major resource, 100’s of them is a game changer.
If there were just 24 PTU’s deployed into this neighborhood, so many homes could’ve been saved. They are simply the equivalent of giant sprinklers that are easily deployable to use swimming pools as their water source.
The light blue circles represent the coverage of 12 PTU’s used in a low duty cycle to wet everything just before the fire reaches this neighborhood.
When the fire is in range the 12 PTU’s on the front line will increase duty cycles to knock down the flames. The trailing line of 12 PTU’s would begin running on a lower duty cycle to wet everything beyond the first line.
As water is completely expended from the first line of 12 PTU’s, these units would then be placed behind the second ones to soak everything beyond that line. At full rate these 24 units could produce a wall of water over a mile wide at nearly 40,000 gallons per minute.
This pattern of back stepping each line of PTU’s could’ve happened all the way to the Pacific Ocean to produce in excess of 10 million gallons of water in a matter of hours with just 24 PTU’s.
Considering there were over 2600 swimming pools along this fires path of destruction, imagine what would’ve been possible with 100’s of PTU’s being deployed. If that sounds like a big number, it’s worth noting at the peak of the fire support, there were over 550 firetrucks assigned.