Patent ID: 9345916
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A62C

Claim Text:
1. An autonomous, stand alone fire detection and suppression apparatus comprising: a fire suppression pack, the fire suppression pack being housed in a container constructed of fire resistant material, a RFID reader on the container of the fire suppression pack, a nozzle inside the container, a supply of fire suppressant inside the container, the supply of fire suppressant communicating with the nozzle and a control system module inside the container, the control system module communicating with the RFID reader and the supply of fire suppressant, the control system module being operable to control delivery of fire suppressant from the supply of fire suppressant to the nozzle in response to the RFID reader receiving an activation signal from a RFID transponder; and, a plurality of like packaging boxes arranged in a two-dimensional array around the container of the fire suppression pack, each packaging box of the plurality of like packaging boxes having a RFID transponder, the RFID transponder being operable to transmit an activation signal to the RFID reader in response to the RFID transponder sensing an undesirable occurrence adjacent the RFID transponder.