Worldwide influence and need
Good decisions can be mission-critical when considering the intense nature of SEI’s work. It has customers in Canada, United States, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Indonesia, and Australia, to name a few globe-spanning locations.
Since wildfires have become more severe, Bambi Bucket customers are vigilant about their firefighting tools, Tayler said. “Wildfires are becoming more common internationally. The duration and intensity of the fire seasons appears to be growing over time. This could be due to global warming and seems to be more prominent over the last five years.”
Beginning
The Bambi Bucket experienced success initially because it was a dramatic improvement over the historic solid plastic buckets that had to be delivered by truck to the fire location or slung beneath slow- moving helicopters, Tayler said.
Introduced in 1982, the flexible and collapsible Bambi Bucket allowed helicopter operators to collapse and load the bucket directly inside the aircraft and quickly fly to the fire, where they would simply attach it to a hook and start firefighting.
“SEI has had continued success over the years as we have adapted the Bambi Bucket product and service over time based on feedback from customers, and we have grown continually to meet customer demand,” Tayler said. “Product improvements include multi-drop capability, PowerFill accessories, and foam dispensing options. Service improvements include adding international service centers and expanding internationally with many in-country agents supporting customers.”
Company founder and Bambi Bucket inventor Don Arney is considered “a relentless inventor that is constantly thinking of new ideas for the Bambi Bucket as well as other product ideas in a very broad area of topics,” said Tayler. Now 75, Arney no longer works in the business day- to-day. But he does participate as chairman of the board, and he takes a strong interest in research and development, Tayler said.
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