Readiness for the Unexpected: Where Is Next Flood?
New York City flooding from record-breaking rainfall (CNN, 2023) With record-breaking rainfall and hurricanes, ongoing events can be unpredictable and often give very little to no reaction time, so being prepared is extremely crucial to protecting people and property. In the last two months, coast to coast there was significant, unexpected flash flooding, leaving communities […]
Slimline Gates Protect Against Low Level Street Flooding
PROTECTION AGAINST LOW LEVEL FLOODING The FloodBreak® Slimline Vehicle Gate is designed for low level flooding where less than 2′ flood protection is desired. Originally designed for EDF to protect nuclear power plants in France, the Slimline model met the requirement for a fully passive automatic flood barrier that could support HS-25 vehicular loads, protection […]
PR Feature: Houston Chronicle – Brisk Business for Floodgates after Harvey
This is a excerpt from an article FloodBreak was featured in 2017 with The Houston Chronicles. See below for a link to the full article.
FloodBreak Adds New Zealand to Expanding Global Presence
For over a decade, FloodBreak® passive automatic flood barrier systems have been protecting people and property without human intervention or power across the U.S. Based on it’s simple yet proven design, increasingly customers across the globe are choosing the passive system to protect critical assets. A recent customer installation in New Zealand marks the first in […]
Automatic Floodgates Ease Flood Fear For Tacoma WWTP
In 2009, Tacoma’s Wastewater Treatment Plant faced severe floods. To prevent future damage, Tacoma launched a $25 million flood mitigation project featuring FloodBreak’s automatic flood barriers. In 2016, the project won the Public Works Project of the Year Award for Disaster & Emergency Preparedness.
FloodBreak featured in FEMA Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings Publication
FEMA P-936, Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings, features two hospital flood mitigation projects with floodwalls and FloodBreak® passive flood barriers. The new publication is intended to assist local government officials, engineers, architects, and property owners involved in the planning and implementation of floodproofing retrofits. Both hospital mitigation projects were FEMA funded and used a combination of floodwalls and passive flood […]
Historic Rosenberg Library Protected by Passive Flood Barriers
Architecturally Integrated Flood Gates Protect Rosenberg Library. Customer: Rosenberg Public Library Location: Galveston, TX Products: Vehicle and Pedestrian Gates Installation dates: 2010 – 2011 Background The Rosenberg Library, a historic building on Galveston Island in Texas, was ravaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 but now is fully restored and protected from future storms. Today the many Texas treasures on display […]
Wastewater Treatment Plant in Decatur, IL
Floodproofing The Sanitary District Of Decatur The Sanitary District of Decatur, a wastewater treatment plant in Decatur, IL is permanently protected from flood damage should the flooding that is ravaging many towns in the Midwest, threaten their facility. They will not have to use personnel to fill and place sand bags around the plant nor […]
FloodBreak Prevents Flood Damage at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
A FloodBreak® passive floodgate system was installed at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, TN to provide permanent protection 24/7 against future flooding. The Vanderbilt Eye Institute, a department of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was inundated with two feet of water on the first floor in the 2010 Flood. Flooding on the Cumberland River also damaged the […]
FloodBreak Chosen to Protect Another Hospital: University of TX Medical Branch
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is an 84-acre campus on Galveston Island that was devastated by Hurricane Ike. FEMA awarded the state of Texas more than $90 million, in the form of a Public Assistance Grant, for flood mitigation including FloodBreak passive flood barriers as part of dry floodproofing measures. FEMA requires that […]
