Homemade garden fire protection system in France

A Connexion reader shares their solution to the threat of wildfires to their garden this summer

Using a combination of hoses, a reader creates a way to contain a small garden fire until the pompiers arrive on the scene
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After reading your recent article on drought crisis and wildfire threats, I thought I would pass on a project I undertook to contain a small garden fire until the pompiers arrive on the scene.

Our house has six outside taps with garden hoses.

I fitted all of them with quick release couplings of the same size.

I also purchased coupling connectors so that I could connect several hoses together if needed, and added inexpensive plastic nozzles.

This all worked so well that I did the same thing to my neighbours’ hoses.

This is a simple, fast and cheap way to build the first line of defence in case of a fire. I hope you will pass it on to your readers.

Connexion reader Allan Linhares, by email

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