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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide weed wash stations for wildfires?
Weed Washing Units (Vehicle & Equipment Wash)
Yes.
KDT provides weed washing units for wildfire incidents: self-contained, water-recycling wash stations with operators that clean soil, seeds and plant parts off engines, heavy equipment and vehicles before they move.
Typical configuration
- Wash system
- High pressure (above 1,000 psi), low volume; may add low-pressure high-volume (10+ gpm)
- Equipment
- Two hand-held high-pressure wands plus an underbody washer
- Water
- Recycling system, filtered to 100 microns or a clean-water final rinse; storage for 2+ hours of continuous washing
- Containment
- Waste water contained in the system; 4+ in berms on all sides
- Size
- Wash bay for equipment 10 ft wide and under
- Lighting
- Two or more 1,000-watt (or equivalent) work lights on stands with GFI
- Staffing
- Skilled operators, present during all operational periods
Fire equipment moves from fire to fire and carries mud, seeds and plant parts in its tracks, frames and belly pans. Land managers order weed washing to stop noxious weeds from spreading into burned ground and new watersheds, usually as equipment arrives and before it leaves the incident.
Each KDT unit is a self-contained wash station with a recycling water system. High-pressure wands and an underbody washer clean the undercarriage, cross members, frame, skid plates, belly pans, wheels, tracks, suspension, bumpers, wheel wells and radiator grills, plus drafting hoses on engines and water tenders. Waste water stays contained inside the system and solid waste is packaged for disposal.
The incident picks the site, supplies wash water and removes waste water. KDT operators run the station, keep it working through the assignment and log every vehicle washed.
Available as
- Weed washing unit with operators (daily, fully operated)
What's included
- Delivery, setup, servicing and pickup
- Operators for every operational period
- Solid waste captured and packaged (50 lb or less per package)
- Daily record of all vehicles washed
- Eye and hearing protection for operators
Where it's used
- Washing equipment on arrival at the incident
- Washing equipment before demobilization
- Cleaning engines, heavy equipment, logging equipment, transports, pickups and sedans
- Cleaning drafting hoses and gear on engines and water tenders
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide weed wash stations for wildfires?
Yes. We supply self-contained weed washing units with water recycling and operators for fire incidents and prescribed fire work.
Why do fire incidents wash equipment?
To keep noxious weed seeds and plant parts from riding on equipment into burned ground and other areas. Resources are also expected to arrive washed and free of weed seed.
Who supplies the water and handles waste water?
The incident provides wash water to the site and removes waste water. KDT contains waste water in the system and packages solid waste for disposal.
Can the unit wash dozers and other heavy equipment?
Yes. The wash system handles equipment 10 ft wide and under, including heavy and logging equipment, as well as engines and pickups.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.