Distinctive AFWS Designs, Inc. (DDi) has been serving public and private U.S. entities with reliable automated flood warning systems for 30 years. In over 20 states DDi has installed and/or maintained over 2000 gauging stations, established over 300 computer base stations, and pioneered hundreds of emergency plans and procedures for public and private entities across the nation.
- Prior to establishment of DDi, Owner and President, David L. Haynes, worked 20+ years with public safety and emergency response agencies (fire, rescue, EMS, law enforcement and emergency management) at the local and state level.
- In 1990, DDi opened as a sole proprietorship under the name of Distinctive Designs.
- In January 1998, a corporation was formed under the present name.
- In 2009, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Stormwater Services won a National Hydrologic Warning Council’s Operational Excellence Award for a flood warning system for which DDi provided rehabilitation, enhancement, and upgrade design services.
- In 2015, the Harris County Flood Control District also won a National Hydrologic Warning Council’s Operational Excellence Award for a system on which DDi worked with the owner/operator for major system improvements for the design, preventative maintenance, technician training, and overall operational readiness of the system.
- In November 2015, DDi completed the first automated live tweeting flood warning gauge in the U.S.
- In October 2019, DDi expanded their team to include staff in Texas. Though we’ve been serving Houston since Hurricane Ike in 2008 and Fort Worth since 2016, we are now even better equipped to serve Texas and the surrounding states including Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.