Method of proactively defending combustible property against fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11697041-B2
Application number	US-202117497953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

A method of proactively defending combustible property against fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire. The method involves establishing wireless communication between a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying system, and a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracking anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system is used to spray an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid over the exterior surfaces of a GPS-specified combustible parcel of property, and generating a GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray over the exterior surfaces of the GPS-specified combustible parcel of property. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, so as to verify that the GPS-specified parcel of property has been fire-protected on particular date by virtue of the GPS-specified property being sprayed with the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so as to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of proactively defending combustible parcels of property against fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) establishing wireless communication between a GPS-tracking anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system, and a wireless communication network supporting a network database;
(b) using said GPS-tracking anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system to spray an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid over the exterior surfaces of a GPS-specified combustible parcel of property, and generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray over the exterior surfaces of said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property;
(b) transmitting said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records over said wireless communication network for storage in said network database; and
(c) using a computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, so as to verify that said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property has been fire-protected on particular date by virtue of the GPS-specified combustible parcel of property being sprayed with said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so as to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire.

2. The method of claim 1 , which further comprises:
(d) prior to or during an outbreak of a wild fire about said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property, a fire department officer using a mobile computing system to access said network database over said wireless communication network, and review said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records maintained therein, so as to quickly determine the fire-protection status of said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property and any buildings constructed thereon, and confirm whether or not that said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property has a reduced risk of ignition and flame spread when exposed to the presence of said wild fire.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) comprises deploying said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray which, when dried on the sprayed surface of said GPS-specified combustible parcels of property, enables chemical molecules in said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray to cling to the surface of said GPS-specified combustible parcels of property, including vegetation, so that interferes with the combustion phase of an incident wild fire.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (c) comprises using a mobile computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, so as to verify that said GPS-specified combustible parcel of property has been fire-protected on said particular date by virtue of the GPS-specified combustible parcel of property being sprayed with said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so as to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein during step (b), said GPS-tracking anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system, capable of spraying said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid, is selected from the group consisting of a ground vehicle based spraying system, a backpack spraying system, a portable spraying system, a drone-based spraying system, an aircraft-based spraying system, and a stationary ground-based spraying system.

Assignees

• Mighty Fire Breaker Llc

Inventors

• Conboy Stephen

Classifications

• A62C3/00 Primary

  Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places ({in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00} ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04) · CPC title

• A62C3/0214

  for buildings or installations in fire storms · CPC title

• A62C3/0271

  Detection of area conflagration fires (fire alarms for forest fires G08B17/005) · CPC title

• A62C31/005

  using nozzles · CPC title

• A62C3/0228

  with delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft (fire-fighting aircraft B64D1/16) · CPC title