A new Alberta-made innovation is hoping to help protect communities from wildfires. The RainStream by Wildfire Innovations is a large mobile sprinkler that takes just 20 minutes. An up to 100-foot tower can then pump 4,000 litres of water a minute into the surrounding area. “When you have a whole bunch of these together, it can create 10 millimetres of rainfall in under two hours, over a huge area,” explained Rolf Wenzel, the CEO of Wildfire Innovations. The intent is to coat a forest or building with moisture, reducing the risk of a wildfire ember lighting spreading the blaze. “Just trying to help save a life, so that people have a home to come home to,” said Don Hallet, the founder of Wildfire Innovations. …He created the RainStream while watching Alberta’s wildfire situation intensify in recent years, and most recently seeing the difficult situation for firefighters in Jasper.