An out-of-the-box idea could potentially be added to the BC Wildfire Service’s repertoire of fighting wildfires, as a BC businessman and the province continue discussions. At the Regional District of East Kootenay Friday, Jeff Kelly, a trained BC Wildfire instructor from Fort St. John and the owner of Safeguard, a BC based company and emergency response think tank, shared his proposal with board members on how to effectively fight back wildfires – with the use of a mass sprinkler system. According to Kelly, the system at full capacity can pump 60 million gallons of water in 24 hours, which would be the equivalent to 20 millimetres of rain hitting a wildfire up to a kilometre and a half.