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Big Bags USA® in Action!

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When it comes to flood preparedness and mitigation, you can't get much better than Big Bags USA® flood barriers . They're made of the highest quality materials and are designed to be exactly what you need to face any flooding or dewatering situations. Of course, we kept you at the forefront of our minds when designing our innovative flood barrier system . This is why they're reusable, require less manpower and resources, deploy in an instant, and offer you a versatile large sandbag system to solve many of your flood preparedness or dewatering needs.  Used by the National Guard!  North Dakota National Guardsmen had the opportunity to place and fill a new system during the 2010 flood fight. The Big Bag USA system is 15-feet wide and 3-feet high; when filled, it's equal to about 750 sandbags. Watch the Big Bags system in action below:    Deploying over 15ft in under 10 seconds! Talk about a fast-acting flood barrier system. As you can see demonstrated above, the ease o...

Saving Money with Big Bags USA Flood Barriers

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 There are many negative aspects to flooding. It can devastate the livelihood, emotional state, and economic stability of those affected. It was reported that 2020 held over $151 billion dollars in flood damages , and that's just inland flooding! At Big Bags USA, our protective flood barriers  have an innovative yet simplistic design that allows for more systems to be installed with less manpower and materials that other barriers on the market. We're here today to showcase just how Big Bags USA's patented flood barrier system can save you money! Cost & Savings There are many flood barrier systems available on the market, and while they work well, we felt the need to address a few other items that we felt pertinent when dealing with flooding threats and disasters. One Big Bags USA protective flood barrier system replaces 750 regular sandbags. This is just in the footprint! If you were to stack regular sandbags to meet 40” in height, it would equal to 1500 sandbags. By us...

Big Bags USA®: The Fastest Deployed Barrier Anywhere!

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Flooding is a dangerous event that can happen without warning, making it essential that you have flood preparation plans in place before the threat arises. Keeping this in mind, Big Bags USA developed a rapid deployment barrier system  that is suited to deploy at record speeds with minimal manpower. Providing communities prone to flooding with a reliable source of flood mitigation . We're here today to tell you all about our rapid deploying flood barriers Rapid Deployment Big Bags USA protective flood barrier systems are ground conforming and therefore have the ability to be deployed on terrain that is uneven or unleveled with negligible preparations. The protective flood barrier system is well suited for corner and curved deployments. The systems are stackable directly on top of each other two systems tall, for higher stacking the pyramid method is advised. In environments that are unreachable with standard equipment, Big Bags USA flood barrier systems are liftable for safe ...

Flood Report: January (Part 1)

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 After a record-breaking hurricane season last year, it would be an understatement to say it was an incredibly wet year. Just what will 2021 have in store for us? It's hard to predict, which makes having flood preparedness plans in place to help mitigate against flooding is vital to the safety of you and your property. At Big Bags USA®, we understand the risk and severity of flooding, as well as the need for a flood barrier system . This is why we're here today to spotlight a few areas of the US that are experiencing or predicted to experience flooding in the near future. Jan. 6 -  Flooding Brings New Woes to NYC Church Hard-hit by COVID-19 "NEW YORK (AP) — A Lutheran church in New York City already reeling from the COVID-19 deaths of more than 60 members of the congregation has suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from the rupture of a major municipal water main. The flooding caused significant damage Monday to the sanctuary and to basement-level rooms, including a...