Breaking the Water Barrier
February 2025
Presented "Bushfire Sprinklers: Breaking the Water Barrier" at the Fire Protection Association of Australia's "Bushfire Sprinklers: the future" event held in Melbourne, Victoria.
WEEDS Info
WEEDS Article in the Fire Safety Journal - 2006
The original academic publication on the WEEDS concept and implementation was published in 2006 in the Fire Safety Journal, a premier international journal of fire engineering research.
Available for purchase from Elsevier
Backyards and Beyond, 2013
The effectiveness of water spray technologies for wildfire protection was discussed at Backyards and Beyond, 2013, in Salt Lake City.
WEEDS installation near Sacramento
This is an owner-built system in Northern California.
The video links show WEEDS operation under windy conditions.
Photos and videos used with permission.
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WEEDS Featured on 10News San Diego
Ramona Man's Invention May Protect Homes From Wildfires
Physicist Joseph Mitchell Developed WEEDS System 
11:59 PM, Sep 22, 2009
A Ramona physicist may have invented the last line of defense against wildfires, 10News reported.
Even after clearing brush from his home, Joseph Mitchell, Ph.D. said he did not feel safe if a fire were to happen.