“It’s structural. It’s incredibly strong, but it lays in the ground. And it’s so simple. It just floats up.”
The FloodBreak® Automatic Floodgate, featured in Business Insider, showcases its revolutionary, self-deploying technology that protects communities from natural disasters without human intervention. Deployed during Hurricane Harvey, these floodgates have safeguarded numerous locations, providing automatic flood protection using hydrostatic pressure.
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 […]
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 […]
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 Protects Lourdes Hospital During 2011 Flood
A FEMA funded flood mitigation that included a flood wall and 10 passive floodgates saved Lourdes Hospital.
Hospital Featured in FEMA Floodproofing Publication
Lourdes was one of two hospitals included as a best practice in FEMA P-936, Floodproofing Non-Structural Buildings.
FloodBreak Passive Floodgates included in two FEMA Best Practices stories
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has included FloodBreak in two Mitigation Best Practices stories to showcase projects that show how others have taken action to reduce or prevent future damage from disasters like flooding. Columbus Regional Hospital, IN – Flood mitigation best practice story Lourdes Hospital, NY – Flood mitigation best practices story Columbus Regional […]
Architecturally Blended Flood Protection
FloodBreak has installed campus wide floodgates that protect the MD Anderson campus from floods while retaining the architectural beauty.
