The system involved using their pool, a generator, a pump, hose and sprinkler to water down vegetation before the flames got to their home. (Credit: Instagram/@cali_._love) ...

Ocean water can be used in extreme cases to fight wildfires, but freshwater is preferred due to equipment corrosion, soil ...

However, saltwater can be less effective ... dump it into some kind of portable holding pool, and then draw it into our pumps for use on the fire … As for using seawater for firefighting ...

Footage of a firefighting plane picking up water from the Pacific Ocean to beat back the wildfires currently burning in Los ...