Patent ID: 9586068
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A62C

Claim:
1. A system for controlling and containing wildfires comprises: a transport unit that is configured to transport the system to a site of a wildfire; at least one primary fluid for increasing size and intensity of a first part of the wildfire and at least one secondary fluid for extinguishing the first part and a second part of the wildfire, the first part of the wildfire combining with and controlling and containing the second part of the wildfire prior to spraying of the secondary fluid on the wildfire; at least one fluid-spraying apparatus that is configured to spray and blow the fluids at the wildfire for control and containment thereof and includes at least one high-pressure valve out of which the fluids are streamed toward the wildfire, a blower that is configured to stream air positioned proximate the blower toward the valve and blow the sprayed fluids at the wildfire to disperse the fluids over a large area of the wildfire, and a set of linear separators connected to and extending between the blower and valve to define a desired distance of space between the blower and valve and separated from each other to define a respective inlet between adjacent ones of the separators for air surrounding the fluid-spraying apparatus to be entrained along the air stream of the blower; and at least one linkage device that is configured to movingly link the transport unit to a corresponding fluid-spraying apparatus, wherein the transport unit is configured to control operation of the transport unit, linkage device, and fluid-spraying apparatus, the linkage device is configured to move with respect to the transport unit, and the fluid-spraying apparatus is configured to move with respect to the linkage device such that the fluids can be sprayed multi-directionally for control and containment of the wildfire.