The easy-to-deploy cellular confinement system is well suited for irregular terrain and the addition of an integral or external impervious layer makes an effective flood barrier for temporary or permanent installation.

According to J & S Franklin, Defencell has been proven in action and undergone thorough testing and it can be used to build new defences, enhance existing protection measures or reinforce weakened levees ensuring that communities, towns and farms are protected.

A simple one metre high (or just 0.50m) wall will be sufficient to stop all but the most extreme flooding. Adding this to an existing levee or embankment is a quick and easy solution and many times faster than installing the equivalent barrier using sandbags and much faster and easier to remove when the threat has passed. Defencell proved its operational capabilities on two flood prevention deployments on the Ohio River in the US and in Ontario, Canada.

In 2017, J&S Franklin Defencell products were installed in two separate areas in South Australia for environmental applications including ground stabilisation, flood protection and erosion control with great success.

Andrew Cole, Chief Executive Officer, ‎District Council of Barunga West, South Australia, said, “Whilst its normal use is military protection, security and flood/erosion barriers, we saw Defencell as a flexible, cost-effective solution in front of the caravan park. We ran a coastal trial and monitored Defencell’s performance in tidal sea movement including high tides.”

“Defencell maintained its integrity and we are very confident moving to a full deployment of Defencell along the caravan park foreshore. It is an easy product to use and there is potential for us to use it elsewhere on Council tasks.”