Patent Publication Number: US-2019172161-A1

Title: Method of and system for delivering, certifying and inspecting fire protection provided to wood-framed and mass-timber building construction sites, and prefabricated wood-framed and mass timber buildings and components within a factory

Description:
RELATED CASES 
     The present patent application is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/921,617 filed Mar. 14, 2018 titled “SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING CHEMICAL (CFIC) TOTES TO A NETWORK OF WOOD-TREATING LUMBER AND PREFABRICATION PANEL FACTORIES AND WOOD-FRAMED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION JOB SITE”, which is a Continuation-in-Production (CIP) copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,454 filed Jan. 9, 2018 titled “JUST-IN-TIME FACTORY METHODS, SYSTEM AND NETWORK FOR PREFABRICATING CLASS-A FIRE-PROTECTED WOOD-FRAMED BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS USED TO CONSTRUCT THE SAME”, and a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,456 filed Jan. 9, 2018 titled “METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK FOR VERIFYING AND DOCUMENTING CLASS-A FIRE-PROTECTION TREATMENT OF WOOD-FRAMED BUILDINGS USING ON-SITE SPRAYING OF CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING CHEMICAL LIQUID ON EXPOSED INTERIOR WOOD SURFACES OF THE WOOD-FRAMED BUILDINGS”, which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending application Ser. No. 15/829,914 filed Dec. 2, 2017 titled “METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CLASS-A FIRE-PROTECTED WOOD PRODUCTS, AND DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING CLASS-A FIRE-PROTECTED WOOD-FRAMED BUILDINGS USING THE SAME”, commonly owned by M-Fire Suppression, Inc., and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 
     Field of Invention 
     The present invention is directed toward improvements in building construction, and more particularly, the procurement, prefabrication and construction of multi-story buildings made from wood, lumber and wood-based products, offering improved defense against the ravaging and destructive forces of fire. 
     Brief Description of the State of Knowledge in the Art 
     Wood-framed construction offers a number of benefits for multi-residential and mixed-use projects. It allows developers to create high-density, high-quality housing that&#39;s also cost effective, with the added advantages of a shorter construction schedule and lighter carbon footprint. The detailing of mid-rise wood buildings plays a significant role in the ability to manage investment costs per unit and best use the lot configuration. Implementing a well-considered structural design requires understanding and coordination of several architectural design principles, such as fire/life safety, acoustics, building envelope and constructability. 
     Today, multi-story raw light wood-framed buildings under construction are burning down across the United States and Canada causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage and disrupting the lives of thousands of people. 
     For example, in January 2017, in Maplewood, N.J., a nearly completed, four-story 235-unit apartment complex caught fire. The massive six-alarm fire required 120 fire fighters from two dozen fire companies to extinguish the fire before it got to the completed section. 
     In March 2017, in downtown Raleigh, Carolina, a seven story apartment building under construction caught fire. The five alarm fire was the largest fire the City has seen in 100 years and caused $12 million dollars in damage. The fire also damaged 10 nearby buildings, five of which were damaged severely. 
     In March 2017, in Overland Park, Kans., a four-story Apartment building under construction caught fire from a welder&#39;s torch. This was a massive eight-alarm fire which also caught 22 large homes in the neighborhood on fire. 
     In April 2017, in College Park, Md., a nearly completed, four story apartment building caught fire. The five alarm fire caused $39 million damage. The fire forced the closure of the nearby University of Maryland and the evacuation of a Senior Center and 200 firefighters were needed to contain the massive blaze. 
     On Dec. 8, 2014, a fire destroyed the seven-story Da Vinci Apartment complex that was under construction at the time. The massive fire also damaged nearby buildings and Interstate 110. The fire was set by arsonist, Dawud Abdulwali, who was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors alleged he set the fire in anger over fatal police shootings of African Americans in Ferguson, Mo., and other cities. The spread of radiant heat from the fire was the primary cause of damages to nearby buildings, activating fire sprinklers and causing water damage. Great expenses were incurred by the City of Angeles due to firefighting activities necessary to put out the fire and prevent it from spreading to other properties. 
     These are just a few examples of where wood-framed buildings are catching on fire these days during construction, prior to sprinklers and drywall being installed in place and made active to protect the wood. Construction fires most frequently occur in buildings constructed without fire treated lumber, and the buildings which use fire treated lumber, only use it on the exterior walls, where such fire treated lumber offers little or no help on burning buildings. 
     In general, the definition of light wood frame construction is where the roof and floor trusses are made out of 2×4 or 2×6 lumber and Oriented Strand Board (OSB) sheathing as shown in  FIGS. 5A and 5B , and engineered wood products or components (EWPs) such as I-joists as shown in  FIGS. 6A and 6B . Building with these components requires builders to make best efforts to protect such components and assemblies made therefrom during construction, using full time security guards, and in some cases, temporary sprinkler systems. Today&#39;s OSB sheathing and EWPs ignite very fast and advance and spread beyond what fireman can contain by the time they arrive on site at the fire. 
     While environmentally-safe fire inhibitors are available to coat such OSB sheathing and EWPs, to contain the fire before it progresses to the critical stage, allowing fireman to put out the ignition source. However, as in many industries, the problem is that building and developing is a very competitive industry and developers are reluctant to add to their costs unless they are required to make their buildings safe to build and safer to live in. A similar example is the automobile industry where seat belts were non-existant or optional until Congress mandated minimum federal standards in 1963, and in 1966 finally passed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. This federal law formally established Federal Motor Vehicle Saftey Standards (“FMVSS”) providing minimum legally acceptable requirements for the manufacturing of vehicle components, including seat belts and seat belt buckles. This legislation also made the installation of seat belts mandatory by U.S. automakers. 
     Wood framed buildings are most vulnerable to fire during the framing stage of building construction—before sprinklers, firewalls or gypsum board linings are installed to protect the structure. There are many activities during construction that can cause a fire to start. Construction activities are a major cause of fire, but so is arson which seems to be on the rise across the USA. 
     There is a commonality in all the recent catastrophic fires in mid-rise multi-story apartment buildings  1 A,  1 B and  2 , as schematically illustrated in  FIGS. 1A, 1B and 2 . All of these recent catastrophic fires used lighter roof and floor trusses or I joists and sheathed with OSB, instead of plywood, and when they caught fire, the rapid advance of the fire was beyond what could be controlled with water as a fire extinguishing agent. It will be helpful at this stage to review building codes allowed in such wood-framed multi-story apartment buildings  2 , as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . 
     The International Building Code allows for five types of construction: 
     Type I &amp; II: Where all building elements are made of non-combustible materials. 
     Type III: Where exterior walls are made of non-combustible materials, and the interior building elements are always raw lumber  3  as shown in  FIG. 4 , and permitted by the code. 
     Type IV: H.T. (Heavy Timber) Where exterior walls are made of non-combustible materials, and the interior building elements are made of solid or laminated wood without concealed spaces. 
     Type V: Structural elements, exterior and interior walls are made of any raw materials permitted by the code. 
     A. Fire-Resistance Rated Construction. 
     B. Non-Fire-Resistance Rated Construction. 
     In the view the current International Building Code, clearly there is a major design flaw in the structural components and sheathing innovations introduced in the early 1980&#39;s, and now used to build high-density structures that are burning down in record numbers. 
     Since the boom after World War  2 , the U.S. Government began limiting the cutting of old growth forests as they were being over harvested. Since then, US reforestration programs have been working very well, and the US has reforested millions of acres. Big saw mills and lumber producers were able to foresee having trouble keeping up with the forecasted housing starts, and that there was a big difference in reforested lumber in bending values and the ⅓ less veneers the juvenile lumber produces. This fact created opportunity for a number of much-needed wood construction products, namely: light-weight floors trusses as shown in  FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C  and roof trusses in  FIG. 9  constructed typically using untreated lumber shown in  FIG. 4  and metal (truss) connector plates shown in  FIGS. 7B, 8A and 8B ; OSB sheathing shown in  FIGS. 5A and 5B ; I-Joists shown in  FIGS. 6A and 6B ; and other engineered wood products (EWPs). 
     While all of these wood products are great innovations and are needed to support housing starts, the big problem is that such wood products have serious design flaws when it comes to fire-protection, because (i) they ignite faster than old growth lumber, and (ii) the advance of fire is so rapid with these wood product that they have changed how our firemen handle fire rescue missions because roofs and floors collapse so fast building such fires fueled by these wood products. 
     Raw untreated oriented strand board (OSB)  4  as illustrated in  FIG. 5A  and described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,098,679 has had an enormous impact on the building industry in many ways. OSB is a wood-based construction sheathing product comprised of wood strands that are sliced from logs, dried, mixed with relatively small quantities of wax and resin, typically less than 3.5% by total weight, formed in mats with the orientation of the wood strands controlled in the length and width directions. The mats of wood strands are then pressed together under heat and pressure, and thermosetting polymeric bonds are created, binding together the adhesive and wood strands to achieve rigid, structural grade panels. It is during this pressing and consolidation process that the wood is compressed by a factor of 1.35 to 1.70 times its original density. The final panels are dry when made. When used in construction, they will often take on moisture from ambient air and/or precipitation, thus exerting swelling forces on the panel as it attempts to regain its natural form and density. 
     Research confirms that lightweight wood-framed buildings sheathed with OSB material ignite easier and burn faster, and lightweight trusses and I-joists collapse much faster than like building assemblies once constructed from old growth solid lumber. The fire performance characteristic of conventional building components as shown in the test data tables from a UL Report dated 8 Sep. 2008, set forth in  FIGS. 10A, 10B and 11 . The introduction of engineered wood products (EWPs) such as I-joists  6 A,  6 B,  6 C and  6 D and  7  shown in  FIGS. 6A and 6B , metal plate connected roof and floor trusses  8 ,  11 ,  13  shown in  FIGS. 7A, 7B, 7C and 9 , and OSB sheathing  4  shown in  FIG. 5A , are to blame for these buildings burning during construction. These fires are attacking the sustainable aspect of our renewable timber resources used for housing. 
     Since the 1980&#39;s, engineered wood products (EWPs) such as floor trusses and I-joists have been increasing in market share over solid timber joists in floors and roofs. These innovations were needed because open-concept planned houses required building products that could span longer. In addition, it was found that new-growth timber was not as strong as the old growth timber, especially in terms of bending strength. The need was great and all these new innovations satisfied the need and took market share. However, the fire problem increased, and in Chicago, firemen lost their lives in floor collapses. 
     The major design flaw in engineered wood products only started to be challenged in the mid-to-late 1990&#39;s, prompting, the two largest producers of OSB and I-joists, such as Lousiana &amp; Pacific (LP), to introduce fire-rated products, such as its fire-rated FlameBlock(R) OSB  5  shown in  FIG. 5B  and FlameBlock(R) I-Joist  7  shown in  FIG. 6B , to provide fire-rated OSB shealthing and fire-rated I-joists that help combat fire which challenges safety. LP&#39;s FlameBlock(R) wood products use fire retardant coatings based on magnesium compounds which were originally disclosed by Harold Ellis in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,572,862 and 5,130,184, incorporated herein by reference. A review of such product innovations should help illustrate both the advantages and drawbacks which fire retardant treated product provide. 
     Numerous manufacturers offer fire-retardant lumber products based on intumescent coatings, many similar to that used in LP&#39;s FlameBlock(R) wood products. One example is PKShield™ intumescent-coated wood products by Pinkwood, Ltd., of Calgary, AB Canada. http://www.pinkwood.ca/pkshield-us/ 
     The advantages of PHShield™ wood is to delay the ignition of fire, and reduce the spread of fire. When wood coated with PKShield™ intumescent coating is exposed to flame, the coating begins to expand and forms a protective barrier between the ignition source and the wood. This barrier delays the time it takes for wood to actually ignite and sustain a flame compared to uncoated lumber. Should a fire occur, wood coated with PKShield™ intumescent coating slows the spread of flame to offer additional time for occupants to escape the building and firemen to combat the fire. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6A , the web portion of a conventional untreated I-joist  6 A,  6 B,  6 C and  6 D is made from ⅜″ thick (OSB) sheathing. In a fire, the OSB web portion will burn through in less than 6 minutes, which is approximately how long it takes for a fire department to arrive on the scene of a fire not be set up to defend. Once the web is burned away, an OSB I-joist has completely lost its load carrying capability. While the I-joist flange appears intact (as this part takes longer to burn through), the web portion is burned away, and from above the floor would appear to be intact. Firefighters arriving on scene would not expect that the floor doesn&#39;t have any structural strength as they are familiar with solid sawn 2×10 floor joists which take approximately 14 minutes to burn to failure. If a firefighter were to stand on the I-joist floor after six minutes or so burning, they are in danger of falling through the floor and being burned to death in the basement of the building. As shown in  FIG. 6B , the white-colored Pyrotite(R) coated web portion of the LP&#39;s FlameBlock(R) I-Joist  7  offers an improved fire rating over the untreated conventional I-joist design  6 A- 6 D shown in  FIG. 6A . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 7A, 7B and 9 , most conventional top chord bearing floor and roof trusses  8  and  13  are built with 2×4 and 2×6 lumber sections which are connected together using punched metal connector plates  10 , often having integrated teeth or nail spikes  10 B projecting from its mounting plate  10 A, as shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B . Typically, the teeth of the metal connector plates  10  are pressed into the lumber sections of the truss structure during manufacturing, so as to secure connect them together to form a very strong and light-weight truss structure. It is important to note here that these trusses were required to replace the depleting volume of old growth lumber of suitable length that could meet the spans of modern wood-framed buildings under construction. The design flaw with conventional wood-framed truss structures and assemblies  8  and  13  is that, in a fire, the short teeth  10 A projecting from the metal truss plates  10  release from the lumber sections  9 A and  9 B as the lumber burns, as illustrated in  FIG. 15 . This failure results in the quick collapse of floor and roof structures constructed using such conventional building construction components. 
     During the ten years that these innovations have been taking hold of the building industry, fireman have been losing their lives in wood-framed building fires because they were not accustomed to the floors and the roofs collapsing so fast due to the fire burning characteristics of modern engineered wood products (EWPs) used to construct the floor and truss structures used in these buildings. Today, fireman are being better trained to assess such building structures before they run into a burning building on fire, but still are exposed to such risks posed by these conventional building technologies. 
     Perhaps one of the biggest problems in today&#39;s wood-framed buildings is related to the fact that OSB material fuels fire consumption in unprecented ways. As old growth timber was becoming more difficult to cut due to environmental issues and concerns, the price of old growth logs went up, causing the veneers used to make plywood to become more expensive than the small thin trees chopped down to make OSB. Consequently, due to its lower price advantage, OSB sheathing took over the building industry in production housing, despite its hidden fire design flaw. 
     The hidden, inconvenient truth behind wood-framed structures is that old homes built with solid lumber floor joists and roof rafters, sheathed with either 1×6 or plywood, is less vulnerable than today&#39;s light-weight wood products. This is a major issue for the fire fighting community and they have not been silent about it. The National Fire-protection Agency published an article in July 2009 issue of NFPA Journal, on the Dangers of Lightweight Construction, discussing the results of two studies and detailing the relationship between fire and engineered wood construction assemblies—notably, that they burn quicker and fail faster than their solid dimensional lumber counterparts. 
     In September of 2008, the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) championed a study by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) entitled “Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions” (Project Number: 07CA42520). Summaries of Test Samples and Results (ASTM E119) are set forth in  FIGS. 10A and 10B , summarizing the fire testing of floor and roof systems that were unprotected and protected with a layer of ½″ gypsum board. The results confirmed what the fire fighters were reporting in the field, that I-joists and floor trusses burned faster than solid 2×10&#39;s. 
     In December of 2008, National Research Council of Canada (NRC) conducted similar testing and published a report with similar results to the UL report. An excerpt from the NRC Report reads as follows: “It must be pointed out that the times to reach structural failure for the wood I-joist, steel C-joist, metal plate and metal web wood truss assemblies were 35-60% shorter than that for the solid wood joist assembly resulting in smaller time difference between the onset of untenable conditions and structural failure of these engineered floor assemblies.” Table 8 from the December 2008 NRC Report is set forth in  FIG. 11  for convenience, summarizing the time of failure (t f ) of various unprotected floor assemblies tested. 
     The above identified studies by UL and the NRC, and numerous complaints from fire fighters, have resulted in changes to the International Residential Code in 2012, under section R501.3. While there are many special interest groups urging lawmakers to introduce legislation to mandate the use of concrete and steel for mid-rise construction, such measures would significantly (i) increase building cost, (ii) lengthen construction schedules, and (iii) decrease affordability at a time when the need to increase affordability is very great. 
     In general, economic cost has stalled the advance of defending more of the lumber in buildings. Some wood-framed buildings call for the use of Fire Retardant Treated Lumber (FRT) which is covered under Clause 2303.2 of the 2015 International Building Code as follows: “Fire Retardant Treated lumber is any wood product which, when impregnated with chemicals by a process or other means during manufacture, shall have, when tested in accordance with ASTM E-84 or UL 723, a listed flame spread index of 25 or less and show no evidence of significant progressive combustion when the test is continued for an additional 20-minute period. Additionally, the flame front shall not progress more than 10½ feet (3200 mm) beyond the centerline of the burners at any time during the test.” 
     Under National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and International Building Code (IBC) specifications, tested fire-treated wood products shall receive a Class-A fire-protection rating provided that Flame Spread index measures in the range of 0 through 25, and Smoke Developed index measure in the range of less than or equal to 450. Tested fire-treated wood products shall receive a Class-B fire-protection provided that Flame Spread index measures in the range of 26 through 75, and Smoke Developed index measure in the range of less than or equal to 450. Also, tested fire-treated wood products shall receive a Class-C fire-protection provided that Flame Spread index measure in the range of 76 through 200, and Smoke Developed index also measure in the range of less than or equal to 450. 
     A major problem associated with the use of pressure-treated fire retardant treated (FRT) lumber is that the use of FRT chemicals during pressure-treatment lowers the PH of the wood, which results in acid hydrolysis, also known as acid catalyzed dehydration. This pressure-based process of fire retardant treatment attacks the fiber of the wood, causing it to become brittle and lose its strength. Significant losses in the modulus of elasticity (MOE), a measure of stiffness, the modulus of rupture (MOR), a measure of bending strength, and impact resistance, a measure of strength, can occur during the pressure-treatment process. These modes of failure include heavy checking parallel and perpendicular to the grain, splitting, and full cross grain breaks. Eventually the degradation continues to the point that the wood becomes so weak and brittle that it actually snaps under normal loading conditions. This process is insidious in that it is progressive, and latent. 
     There are many products on the market that are acceptable alternative products and can replace FRT lumber by means other than pressure impregnating. Such products include commercially available fire retardant and fire inhibitor products that work very well at stalling a fire&#39;s ignition, and are less than half the cost of trying to fire treat 100% of lumber and sheathing with the old, traditional pressure-impregnated fire retardants. These alternative fire inhibiting chemical products, even though not pressure-permeated or similarly processed, still perform to the level required by the code and can be used interchangeably with the FRT lumber or by themselves. 
     Examples of prior art fire-treated wood produced using non-pressure-treated methods include ECO RED SHIELD FT™ fire treated lumber by Eco Building Products, Inc. of San Diego, Calif. In 2014, ECO RED SHIELD FT™ fire treated lumber was produced using Eco Building Product&#39;s fire inhibitor formulated using a mixture of chemicals including liquid polymer, PW40 biocide, disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT) for termites, and Hartindo AF21 total fire inhibitor from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia. It was later discovered that these chemical components interacted chemically in an undesired manner, to significantly reduce the fire-inhibiting performance of Hartindo AF21 fire inhibitor when used to treat to wood products. 
     Then, in 2016, Eco Building Product&#39;s changed its formula for ECO RED SHIELD FT™ fire treated lumber, and began using Eco Building Product&#39;s proprietary Eco AFL™ fire inhibitors, specifically its FRC12™ fire retarding chemical formulation, and wood surface film concentrate formulation (WSFC). 
     Eco Building Product&#39;s wood surface film concentrate formulations, and methods of preserving wood and inhibiting the emission of naturally occurring formaldehyde, are disclosed in pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/238,463 entitled “Formulation and Method for Preserving Wood” filed on Nov. 4, 2016. Eco Building Product&#39;s fire retarding formulation and methods are disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/238,463 entitled “Fire Inhibitor Formulation” filed on Aug. 16, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,920,250. Both of these US patent applications are incorporated herein by reference. 
     There is another factor at work influencing high-density builders to defend all wood used on new building construction, and that is whether or not the builder has lost a building to fire. If so, then the primary option of such high-density builders is to demand their liability insurance providers to either reduce or not increase their insurance if they defend 100% of the lumber on new wood-framed building construction. If high-density builders and insurance companies work together, then there is a high likelihood that building codes will begin to adopt these new less expensive ways of defending lumber from fire, to the benefit of everyone. 
     A major problem with the current building code, and the way large, lightweight, wood-framed, multi-story buildings are designed, is that typically only the exterior walls require or specify the use of FRT lumber. This is illustrated in the wood bearing wall schedule and architectural plans set forth in  FIGS. 11 and 12 . As shown in  FIG. 12 , the architectural specification  14  provides a schedule where load-bearing walls made from FRT lumber are required. As shown in the architectural specification  15  in  FIG. 13 , only the exterior walls  16  are specified as FRT lumber. However, as experience has shown the world over, a fire can easily start on the untreated wood in the interior of a wood-framed building, and quickly spread to burn down the entire building structure, as shown in  FIGS. 14A and 14B . As illustrated in the video footage of the Houston Apartment Fire on Mar. 25, 2014, the exterior walls made from FRT lumber can do a good job resisting the fire, but can only do so up to a certain point, and when the interior support is gone, the exterior FRT lumber walls fall as a unit, which is very hazardous to fire fighters. 
     Other factors operate allowing the industry to continue building high-density buildings with raw untreated lumber. For example, many building departments are relying on building permit revenue from such high-density buildings, and they are reluctant to encourage builders to move to other regions. Therefore, they allow them to rebuild high-density type construction, even after a fire in a building that was built with untreated lumber. 
     To add additional fire risks to high-density wood-framed buildings during the construction phase is the restricted access to wood-framed structures beyond the first concrete podium floor of many building complexes, making it very difficult for firefighters to carry water hoses to fight fires that may break out on the first floor of the wood-framed building. 
     In effort to prevent total fire destruction of wood-framed buildings, it is helpful if not essential to understand the nature of the fire cycle before understanding how flame retardants, inhibitors and extinguishers work to suppress and extinguish fires. 
     In  FIG. 16 , the fire cycle  17  is graphically illustrated as having the following four essential components: (i) ignition source (e.g., heat, incandescent material, a small flame); (ii) fuel material (e.g., wood, wax, fuel, etc.); (iii) oxygen; and (iv) the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−)  18  associated with the process of combustion. 
     In general, the ignition source can be any energy source (e.g. heat, incandescent material, a small flame, a spark, etc.). The function of the ignition source is to start the material to burn and decompose (pyrolysis), releasing flammable gases. If solid materials in the ignition source do not break down into gases, they remain in a condensed phase. During this condensed phase, the material will slowly smolder and, often, self-extinguish, especially if the material beings to “char,” meaning that the material creates a carbonated barrier between the flame and the underlying material. 
     In the gas phase, flammable gases released from the burning and decomposing material are mixed with oxygen, which is supplied from the ambient air. In the combustion zone, or the burning phase, fuel, oxygen and free radicals (i.e. H+, OH−, O−)  18  combine to create chemical reactions that produce visible flames to appear. The fire then becomes self-sustaining because, as it continues to burn the material, more flammable gases are released, feeding the combustion process. 
     In general, flame retardants, or fire inhabitants, act in three ways to stop the burning process, and consequently, can be classified by how these agents work to stop a burning flame. These three methods of flame retardation/inhibition/extinguishing are described below: 
     (i) Disrupting the combustion stage of a fire cycle, including avoiding or delaying “flashover,” or the burst of flames that engulfs a room and makes it much more difficult to escape; 
     (ii) Limiting the process of decomposition by physically insulating the available fuel sources from the material source with a fire-resisting “char” layer; and 
     (iii) Diluting the flammable gases and oxygen concentrations in the flame formation zone by emitting water, nitrogen or other inert gases. 
     One highly effective family of prior art clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) has been supplied by PT. Hartindo Chemicatamata Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia (a/k/a Hartindo Anti Fire Chemicals) for many years now, and used by many around the world in diverse anti-fire applications. Current chemical formulations marketed by Hartindo under AF11, AF21 and AF31 product designations, disrupt the combustion stage of the fire cycle by combining with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) that are produced during combustion. 
     Most prior art intumescent coatings, whether applied as paint or coatings on engineered wood products (EWPs), work differently from Hartindo&#39;s fire inhibiting chemicals, in that such intumescent coatings form a char layer when heated acting as an insulating layer to the substrate of fuel source, to prevent the fuel source from burning. Prior art Pyrotite(R) magnesium-based cementitious coatings, as used in LP&#39;s FlameBlock(R) fire-rated OSB sheathing (i.e. sheeting) shown in  FIG. 5B , FlameBlock(R) I-Joists shown in  FIG. 6B , and other FlameBlock(R) EWPs, release water when exposed to the heat of a fire, and thereby dilute the flammable gases and oxygen concentrations in the flame formation zone. 
     Clearly, there is a great and growing demand for better, higher performance, fire-rated building products for use in wood-framed buildings in the single-family, multi-family and light commercial construction markets. Also, there is a great need for ways of designing and constructing high-density multi-story wood-framed buildings so that such wood-framed building demonstrate improved defense and protection against total fire destruction, while overcoming the shortcomings and drawbacks of prior art methods and apparatus. 
     OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 
     Accordingly, a primary object of the present is to provide new and improved method of and system for designing, prefabricating and constructing high-density multi-story wood-framed buildings so that such wood-framed building demonstrates Class-A fire-protection and defense against total fire destruction, while overcoming the shortcomings and drawbacks of prior art methods and apparatus. 
     Another object of the present is to provide higher performance fire-rated building products for use in wood-framed buildings for single-family, multi-family, multi-story, as well as light commercial construction markets. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a novel system and method that addresses the epidemic of mid-rise building-under-construction fires across the United States, where the media, lobbyists and politicians are blaming wood-framed construction, arson, and job site accidents as the main causes of such building fires. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a novel method of mitigating the risk of mid-rise building-under-construction fires caused during the framing stage, when wood-framed buildings are most vulnerable to fire, because are such buildings are constructed using small section lumber (2×4 and 2×6), trusses, and OSB sheathing, and fire fighters cannot get to the scene of such fires fast enough to extinguish the fire, and once they do, they can only minimize the damage to the surrounding structures, and consequently, the damage caused is catastrophic and the disruption to people&#39;s lives and surrounding businesses is tragic. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a novel method of designing and constructing multi-story wood-framed buildings so that such wood-framed buildings demonstrate Class-A fire-protection and resistance against total fire destruction. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a new and improved Class-A fire-protected oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing comprising a core medium layer made of wood pump, binder and/or adhesive materials, a pair of OSB layers bonded to the core medium layer, a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) coatings deposited on the surface of each OSB layer and sides of the core medium layer, made from clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid solution applied to the surfaces by dipping the OSB sheathing into CFIC liquid in a dipping tank, allowing shallow surface infusion, absorption or impregnation into the OSB layers and ends of the core medium layer at atmospheric pressure, and thereafter, spraying a moisture, fire and UV radiation protection coating sprayed over the CFIC infusion. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a Class-A fire-protected floor truss structure for installation in a wood-framed building housing one or more occupants, comprising: a set of lumber pieces treated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to provide each the lumber piece with a Class-A fire-suppression rating; and a set of heat-resistant metal truss connector plates for connecting the treated pieces of lumber together to form the fire-protected floor truss structure; wherein each the heat-resistant metal truss connector plate is provided with a heat-resistant chemical coating deposited before the metal truss connector plate is used in constructing the fire-protected floor truss structure; and wherein the heat-resistant chemical coating provides significant reduction in heat transfer across the heat-resistant metal truss connector plate so as to significantly reduce (i) charring of wood behind the heat-resistant metal truss connector plate in the presence of a fire in the building, (ii) disconnection of the treated lumber pieces from the heat-resistant metal truss connector plate, and (iii) the risk of the fire-protected floor truss structure failing during fire in the wood-framed building, and any putting at risk, any of the occupants and any firemen trying to rescue the occupants and/or extinguish the fire in the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a Class-A fire-protected floor joist structure for installation in a wood-framed building housing one or more occupants, comprising: a floor joist made from lumber treated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to provide the joist with a Class-A fire-suppression rating; and a set of heat-resistant metal joist hangers for hanging the treated joist in the wood-framed building to form the fire-protected floor joist structure; wherein each the heat-resistant metal joist hanger is provided with a heat-resistant chemical coating deposited before the metal joist hanger is used in constructing the fire-protected floor joist structure; and wherein the heat-resistant chemical coating provides significant reduction in heat transfer across the heat-resistant metal joist hanger so as to significantly reduce (i) charring of wood behind the heat-resistant metal joist hanger in the presence of a fire in the building, (ii) disconnection of the joist from the heat-resistant metal joist hanger or lumber to which the heat-resistant metal joist hanger is connected, and (iii) the risk of the fire-protected floor joist structure failing during fire in the wood-framed building, and any putting at risk, any of the occupants and any firemen trying to rescue the occupants and/or extinguish the fire in the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a factory for making Class-A fire-protected joist structures comprising: a first stage for dipping untreated lumber components in a dipping tank filled with clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) liquid to coat the untreated lumber components with liquid CFIC infusion and form a Class-A fire treated lumber components; a second stage for spraying metal joist hangers with heat-resistant chemical liquid to produce metal hanger joists having a heat-resistant coating; and a third stage for assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components together using the heat-resistant metal joist plates so as to produce Class-A fire-protected joist structures. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a method of producing a Class-A fire-protected joist structure, comprising the steps: (a) producing a supply of water-based clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid; (b) filling a dipping tank with the supply of the water-based CFPC liquid; (c) filling a reservoir tank connected to a liquid spraying system with a quantity of heat-resistant chemical liquid; (d) dipping untreated joist lumber beams into the dipping tank so as to infuse CFIC liquid into the surfaces of each joist lumber beam and allowing the CFIC-coated joist lumber beam to dry so as to produce a Class-A fire-protected joist lumber beam; (e) using the liquid spraying system to coat metal joist hangers with heat-resistant chemical liquid in the reservoir tank, so as to produce heat-resistant metal joist hangers having a heat-resistant chemical coating, for use with the Class-A fire-protected joist lumber beams; (f) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected joist lumber beams together into a bundle, using banding or other fasteners, and with the heat-resistant metal joist hangers, shipping the bundle and heat-resistant metal joist hangers to a destination site for use in construction of a wood-framed building; and (g) assembling the Class-A fire-protected joist lumber beams using the heat-resistant metal joist hangers so as to make a Class-A fire-protected joist structure in the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a method of producing Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber from an automated factory having a production line with a plurality of stages, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a reservoir tank containing a supply of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid that is supplied to a dipping tank deployed in an in-line high-speed CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage installed between (i) a lumber planing/dimensioning stage supplied by a finger-jointing stage, and (ii) an automated stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding stage installed at the end of the production line; (b) continuously loading a supply of untreated short-length lumber onto a multi-staged conveyor-chain transport mechanism installed along and between the stages of the production line; (c) loading the untreated short-length lumber into a controlled-drying stage so to produce suitably dried short-length lumber for supply to the finger-jointing stage; (d) continuously supplying controllably-dried short-length lumber into the finger-jointing stage for producing pieces of extended-length finger-jointed lumber in a highly-automated manner; (e) automatically transporting produced pieces of extended-length finger-jointed lumber into the planing/dimensioning stage, so that the finger-jointed lumber is planed/dimensioned into pieces of dimensioned finger-jointed lumber, and outputted onto the multi-stage chain-driven conveyor mechanism; (f) continuously transporting and submerging the dimensioned extended length finger-jointed lumber pieces through a dipping tank for sufficient infusion of CFIC liquid, while being transported on the conveyor-chain transport mechanism; (g) continuously removing the wet dip-coated pieces of dimensioned finger-jointed lumber from the dipping tank, and automatically wet-stacking, packing, banding and wrapping the dip-coated pieces together to produce a packaged bundle of fire-protected finger-jointed lumber while the CFIC liquid infusion in the dip-coated pieces of dimensioned finger-jointed lumber is still wet; (h) removing the packaged bundle of fire-protected finger-jointed lumber from the stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding stage, and storing in a storage location and allowed to dry; and (i) painting the ends of each stacked and packaged bundle of fire-protected finger-jointed lumber, using a paint containing clean fire-inhibited chemicals (CFIC), and applying trademarks and/or logos to the packaged bundle of Class-A fire-treated finger-jointed lumber. 
     Another object of the present is to provide an automated lumber production factory comprising: a production line supporting a finger-jointing stage, a planing and dimensioning stage, a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) dip-infusion stage, and a stacking, packaging and wrapping stage, arranged in the order; wherein the production line supports an automated production process including the steps of: (a) continuously fabricating finger-jointed lumber pieces at the finger-jointing stage; (b) planing and dimensioning the finger-jointed lumber pieces at the planing and dimensioning stage; (c) after being planed and dimensioned, automatically conveying the finger-jointed lumber pieces from the planing and dimensioning stage to the CFIC dip-infusion stage in a high-speed manner; (d) dip-infusion the finger-jointed lumber pieces in a supply of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid contained in a dipping tank maintained at the CFIC dip-infusion stage, so as to produce Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber pieces; and (e) stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding a bundle of the Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber pieces. 
     Another object of the present is to provide such an automated lumber production factory, wherein each finger-jointed lumber piece is a finger-jointed lumber stud, and each bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber pieces is a bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber studs for use in wood-framed building construction. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a novel in-line CFIC-liquid dip-infusion and spray-coating stage/subsystem for installation along a lumber production line in an automated lumber factory, for the rapid formation of a surface infusion or impregnation along the surface of each piece of LVL product dipped into a reservoir of CFIC liquid, and then over-coated with a protective coating providing protection to moisture, UV radiation from the sun, and added fire-inhibition. 
     Another object of the present is to provide an automated factory system for producing Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products in a high volume manner comprising: a stage for continuously delivering clipped veneer to the front of the LVL production line; a veneer drying stage for receiving veneers from the supply and drying to reach a target moisture content; a conveyor for conveying the components and LVL products along subsequent stages of the production line; an automated veneer grading stage for automatically structurally and visually grading veneers; a veneer scarfing stage for scarfing veneer edges to a uniform thickness at the joints between veneers, during the subsequent laying-up stage and process; an adhesive application stage for applying adhesive to the veneers; a lay-up stage for lifting veneers onto the processing line, and stacking and skew aligning the veneers with adhesive coating until they are laid up into a veneer mat; a pre-pressing stage for pressing the veneer mat together; a hot-pressing and curing stage for continuous hot pressing the veneer mat; a cross-cutting and rip sawing stage for cross-cutting and rip sawing the veneer mat into LVL products (e.g. studs, beams, rim boards and other dimensioned LVL products); a print-marking system for marking each piece of LVL product with a logo and grade for clear visual identification; a CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage having a dipping reservoir through which the chain-driven conveyor transports LVL product into the dipping reservoir and along its length while submerged under CFIC liquid during dip-infusion operations, to form a CFIC infusion along the surfaces of the LVL product, and removing the CFIC-coated LVL product from the dipping reservoir and wet-stacking and allow to dry; spray-coating a protective-coating over the surface of the dried dip-coated LVL product, and transporting the LVL product to the next stage along the production line; and a packaging and wrapping stage for stacking, packaging and wrapping the spray-coated/dip-coated LVL product. 
     Another object of the present is to provide such a new lumber factory supporting an automated laminated veneer lumber (LVL) process comprising the steps of: (a) installing and operating a lumber production line employing a controlled drying stage, a veneer grading stage, a veneer scarfing stage, a veneer laying-up stage, a veneer laying-up stage, a pre-pressing stage, a hot-pressing and curing stage, a cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage, an automated in-line dip-infusion and spray-coating stage, a print-marking and paint spraying stage, and an automated packaging and wrapping stage, installed along the lumber production line in named order; (b) continuously providing a supply clipped veneers onto a conveyor installed along the lumber production line; (c) continuously providing the veneers to the controlled drying stage so to produce suitably dried veneers for supply to the veneer grading stage; (d) scarfing dried veneers at the veneer scarfing stage to prepare for the veneer laying-up stage where the leading and trailing edges of each sheet of veneer are scarfed to provide a flush joint when the veneer sheets are joined together at the laying-up stage; (e) applying adhesive material to scarfed veneers prior to the veneer laying-up stage; (f) vacuum lifting veneers onto the processing line and stacked and skew aligned with adhesive coating until the veneers are laid up into a veneer mat of a predetermined number of veneer layers; (g) pressing together the veneer mat at the pre-pressing stage; (h) hot pressing the veneer mat in a hot-pressing/curing machine to produce an LVL mat at the hot-pressing and curing stage; (i) cross-cutting and rip-sawing the produced LVL mat into LVL products (e.g. studs, beams, rim boards and other dimensioned LVL products) at the cross-cutting and rip sawing stage; (j) marking each piece of LVL product with a branded logo and grade for clear visual identification at the print-marking and paint spraying stage; (k) continuously transporting and submerging the cross-cut/rip-sawed LVL product through a dipping reservoir containing clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, at the dip-infusion stage and then wet stacking and allowed to dry; (l) continuously spray-coating the dip-coated LVL products with a protective coating at a spray-coating stage to produce Class-A fire-protected LVL products on the production line; and (m) stacking, packaging and wrapping the Class-A fire-protected LVL product at the stacking, packaging and wrapping stage. 
     Another object of the present is to provide new and improved Class-A fire-protected oriented strand board (OSB) sheeting, spray-coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. 
     Another object of the present is to provide new and improved Class-A fire-protected oriented strand board (OSB) Hoist spray-coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a new and improved fire-protected lumber roof trusses spray-coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. 
     Another object of the present is to provide new improved fire-protected lumber top chord bearing floor truss (TCBT) structure, spray-coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a new and improved fire-protected lumber floor joist structure, spray-coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved on-job-site method of spray treating wood, lumber, and engineered wood products (EWPs) with clean water-based fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) that cling to the raw lumber and EPWs and acts as a flame retardant, preservative and water repellent, while improving the building&#39;s defense against both accidental fire and arson attack, and reducing the risk of fire to neighboring buildings should a fire occur in a wood frame building under construction. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide new and improved engineered wood products (EWP) using clean fire suppression technologies to protect lumber and sheathing, without the shortcomings and drawbacks associated with pressure treatment methods which are well known to destroy wood fibers, and lower the strength and performance of such wood products. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for defending high-density multi-story wood-framed buildings from fire during the design and construction phase, so that the risks of wood-framed building burning down due to fire during construction is substantially mitigated to the benefit of all parties. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet-based (i.e. cloud-based) system for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection treatment of a wood-framed building using on-site spraying of a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, comprising (i) a data center with web, application and database servers for supporting a web-based site for hosting images of certificates stamped on spray-treated wood surfaces, and other certification documents, and (ii) mobile smart-phones used to capture digital photographs and video recording of spray-treated wood-framed building sections during the on-site fire-protection spray process, and uploading the captured digital images to the data center, for each spray treatment project, so that insurance companies, builders, and other stakeholders can review such on-site spray completion certifications during the building construction phase of the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such an Internet-based system for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection spray-applied treatment of a wood-framed building, wherein mobile client computing systems provided with a mobile application are used by on-site class-A fire-protection spray administrators and technicians capturing audio-video (AV) recordings of completed sections of the wood-framed building relating to projects during the construction phase so as to verify and document proper Class-A fire-protection of the wood surfaces employed therein. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such an Internet-based system for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection spray-applied treatment of a wood-framed building, wherein mobile client computing systems provided with a mobile application are used by property owners/building, insurance companies, and other stakeholders for tracking and managing projects involving on-site clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray treatment of wood-framed buildings during the construction phase so as to ensure Class-A fire-protection of the wood employed therein. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a just-in-time (JIT) wood-framed building factory system for prefabricating wood-framed buildings in response to customer orders, wherein the factory system supports multiple production lines for producing Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components including wall panels, floor panels, stair panels, floor trusses, roof trusses, and prefabricated roof sections, as needed, for use in constructing the custom or specified wood-framed building, and delivering such prefabricated wood-framed components in an RFID-tagged shipping container, to a destination property location where the prefabricated wood-framed building is to be constructed. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet-based system network supporting a just-in-time (JIT) wood-framed building factory system, comprising (i) the just-in-time wood-framed building factory with multiple production lines for producing Class-A fire-protected building components, (ii) GPS-tracked ISO-shipping containers and code symbol/RFID tag reading mobile computing system, and (iii) a data center for factory system and supporting a network of mobile computing devices running a mobile application adapted to help track and manage orders for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, and projects involving the same. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such an Internet-based system network for a just-in-time prefabrication wood-framed building factory system, wherein mobile client computing systems, supporting a mobile application are used by project administrators to track and manage customer orders for prefabricated wood-framed buildings, and related projects involving just-in-time fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for these ordered wood-framed buildings. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such an Internet-based system network for a just-in-time prefabrication wood-framed building factory system, wherein mobile client computing systems, supporting a mobile application are used by customers to track and manage their orders and related projects involving just-in-time fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for ordered prefabricated wood-framed buildings. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method of protecting and defending multi-story wood-framed buildings from fire by chemically defending from fire, 100% of the lumber used in wood-framed buildings. 
     Another object of the present invention is provide a new and improved method of fire protecting multi-story wood-framed buildings from fire, by spraying coating, on the job site, before gypsum and wall board is installed over the framing, a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid over all exposed surfaces of all lumber and wood products used in the construction of the building, with that treats the raw lumber to become Class-A fire-protected. 
     Another object of the present is to provide a new and improved method of protecting wood-framed buildings from interior fires by spraying all exposed wood surfaces with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid so as to achieve A-Class fire-protection throughout the entire wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel system and method of protecting multi-story wood-framed buildings against fire, when such structures are most vulnerable during the construction stage, involving the spraying of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid over all interior surfaces of a wood-framed building being treated, including raw untreated lumber, EWPs, OSB sheathing, plywood, composite boards, structural composite lumber and other materials, and tracking and certifying that each completed section of the wood-framed building was properly spray coated with the environmentally clean fire inhibiting chemical, and has achieved Class-A fire-protection. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of spray treating all surfaces of new raw/untreated and treated lumber and sheathing used to construct wood-framed multi-story buildings, using clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) that cling to the surface of wood during spray application and inhibit the start or ignition of a fire as well as fire progression and flame spread, wherein the fire inhibitor can be sprayed using a back-pack sprayer, or floor-supported pump sprayer system. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of spray treating all surfaces of lumber and sheathing used to construct wood-framed multi-story buildings, during framing and sheathing operations, floor by floor, with minor impact to the construction schedule, while minimizing the builder&#39;s risk of fire, making protecting 100% of the lumber in a building affordable. 
     Another object of the present is to provide an on-job-site spray system for coating of clean fire inhibiting liquid chemical (CFIC) liquid all over the interior surfaces of raw and treated lumber and sheathing used in a completed section of a wood-framed assemblies in a wood-framed building during its construction phase, wherein the on-job-site spray system comprises: a liquid spray pumping subsystem including a reservoir tank for containing a supply of CFIC liquid for spray-coating and treating wood surfaces to provide Class-A fire-protection within the wood-framed building; a hand-held liquid spray gun, operably connected to the reservoir tank using a sufficient length of flexible tubing, for holding in the hand of a spray-coating technician, and spraying CFIC liquid from the reservoir tank onto the exposed interior wood surfaces of lumber and sheathing used to construct each completed section of a wood-framed building construction, so as to form a CFIC coating on the treated interior wood surfaces providing Class-A fire-protection; and a spray-certification system for visually marking and certifying the exposed interior wood surfaces of each completed section of the wood-framed building construction has been properly spray-coated to provide Class-A fire-protection within each completed section of the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system for remotely managing the spray-based Class-A fire-protection of wood-framed buildings by capturing and storing in a central network database system, under the spray project, (i) digital images and videos of the job-site spray process and certificates of completion stamped on completed wood-framed sections of the job-site that have been sprayed with Class-A fire-protective coating, and (ii) various kinds of documentation of events relating to the chain-of-custody of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid materials blended at a remote location, shipped to the job-site, and then mixed with water to produce an aqueous-based CFIC liquid solution for use in on-site spraying of all exposed wood surfaces on the interior of the wood-framed building being spray-protected against fire. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such as a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system, wherein mobile applications are installed and run on a network of mobile computing devices to support a wide array of services provided to project administrators, spray-technicians and building owners, managers and insurance underwriters to help manage, monitor and review on-site Class-A fire-protection spray processes under building-specific projects managed on the system. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such as a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system, wherein the mobile application can be used by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders, showing a menu of high-level services supported by the system network of the present invention. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such as a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system, wherein the mobile application supports a high-level menu of services for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians supported by the system network of the present invention. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such as a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system, wherein the mobile application can be used by customers who place orders for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings using the system network of the present invention, with the option of also ordering on-site spraying of CFIC liquid over all exposed interior surfaces of Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building after construction, so as to provide a double-layer of fire-protection and defense. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such as a new and improved wireless information storage and retrieval system, wherein the mobile application can be used by project administrators, managers, fabricators and technicians showing a high-level menu of services supported by the system network of the present invention. 
     Another object of the present invention is to providing new and improved methods of and apparatus for protecting wood-framed buildings from wild fires by automatically spraying water-based environmentally clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid over the exterior surfaces of the building, surrounding ground surfaces, shrubs, decking and the like, prior to wild fires reaching such buildings. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved supply chain management system for supplying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) totes to a network of wood-treating lumber and prefabrication panel factories and wood-framed building construction job sites. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide new and improved method of managing supply chain management operations associated with shipping clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) material in locked CFIC totes from a chemical factory or warehouse to a shipping destination for use in treating wood to provide said treated wood with Class-A fire protection. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide new and improved cloud-based system network for managing supply chain operations associated with shipping clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) totes from a chemical factory or warehouse to a shipping destination for use in treating wood to provide said treated wood with Class-A fire protection. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein a data center with web, application and database servers supporting one or more mobile applications running on a plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein the one or more mobile applications are configured for supporting various functions on said cloud-based system network. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein a purchase order is issued for shipment of a quantity of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to shipping destination, for use in treating wood to provide the treated wood with Class-A fire protection. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein the purchase order is received and processed to determine a shipment of CFIC totes required to fulfill the purchase order, and then one or more CFIC totes containing CFIC powder or liquid are procured either by (i) blending CFIC power and/or liquid and then filling up and sealing one or more CFIC totes, and/or (ii) removing one or more CFIC totes containing CFIC material, and from an inventory maintained in a warehouse. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein barcoded shipping labels are generated for the shipment of CFIC totes, wherein the shipping labels include the purchase order identification number contained in the purchase order, and the barcoded shipping labels are applied on the shipment of CFIC totes. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein before shipping the barcoded CFIC totes to the shipping designation, each barcoded shipping label is scanned, then each CFIC tote is weighed and the measured weight is recorded in a supply chain management database, and thereafter, each barcoded CFIC tote is shipped to the shipping designation. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein each shipped barcoded CFIC tote is received at the shipping destination site, the barcoded shipping label on the CFIC tote is scanned, the supply chain management database is accessed, the weight of the scanned barcoded CFIC tote is measured and its GPS coordinates are captured, and then the measured weight and GPS coordinates are uploaded and recorded in the supply chain management database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein at the shipping destination, the weights of each shipped barcoded CFIC tote are compared, and the following rules are applied: (i) if the weight difference is within a predetermined threshold, then the received barcoded CFIC totes in the shipment are accepted and the shipment acceptance is indicated in the supply chain management database; and (ii) if the weight difference is above the predetermined threshold, then the received barcoded CFIC tote in the shipment is rejected, and the shipment rejection is indicated in the supply chain management database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein in the event the CFIC tote weight measurement is within the predetermined threshold, each barcoded CFIC tote is registered as being added to the recipient&#39;s inventory maintained within the supply chain management database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein one or more of the received barcoded CFIC totes are transported from the shipping destination to a particular building construction job site where a wood-framed building is under construction. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein the barcode on each barcoded CFIC tote is scanned as the barcoded CFIC tote is being used on the building construction job site, and automatically checking out the read barcoded CFIC tote from the recipient&#39;s inventory being maintained in the supply chain management database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein the GPS coordinates of the barcode-identified CFIC tote are captured where it is to be used and spray-applied on the building construction job site, and the GPS coordinates are recorded for documentation purposes so as to ensure that the CFIC tote is being used by the recipient within a licensed territory. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein an inventory replenishment order is generated if and when the recipient&#39;s CFIC tote inventory is determined to fall below a threshold inventory level maintained by the supply chain management network database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method and cloud-based system network, wherein a mobile application is used to support the comparison of the weights of each shipped barcoded CFIC tote. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method of and system for ordering, delivering and managing a construction job site fire-protection spray service across a network of wood-framed or mass timber building construction projects. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of providing fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, using a plurality of mobile computing systems deployed over a wireless communication network associated with a system network, wherein the method comprises steps of: creating a spray project on the job site; establishing a project document datastore on a network database, operably connected to the wireless communication network; assigning a project logistics coordinator to the project; the project logistics coordinator using a mobile computing system to assign a team of job site spray administrators and technicians to the project; a job site construction manager using a mobile computing system to upload building floor plans and specifications to a folder in the project document datastore established on the network database; the job site construction manager using one the mobile computing system to (i) mark the building floor plans to identify the wood-framed building section that has been completed, and ready for the fire protection liquid spray service, and (ii) request the system network to deliver the fire protection liquid spray service on the identified section of the wood-framed building has been complete; a supply chain manager using one the mobile computing system to ship clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to the job site in barcoded/RFID-tagged totes; and the job site construction manager uses one the mobile computing system to (i) produce barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection certificates for inspection points within each completed wood-framed section to receive the fire protection liquid spray service, and (ii) then post the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection certificates at appropriate inspection points within the completed wood-framed section, prior to delivery of the fire protection liquid spray service. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such novel method of providing fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, wherein before spraying each barcoded completed wood-framed section with fire protection liquid pray service, the spray technician(s) uses the mobile computing device to (i) read the barcoded/RFID-tag on each barcoded/RDID-tagged inspection certificate posted at various regions of the completed wood-framed building section, and (ii) read the barcoded/RFID tagged tote to be used on the job site, then (iii) capture the GPS coordinates and then upload this read barcode identification data and captured GPS data to the project document datastore established in the network database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such novel method of providing fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, wherein the spray technician(s) using an airless liquid spray system to spray all of the exposed interior wood in each barcoded/RFID-tagged completed section, with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid pumped out of the barcoded/RFID-tagged tote to provide all exposed interior wood surfaces with fire-protection, and provide increased worker safety from fire and smoke on the job site; after spraying each completed section, the spray technician signs each barcoded/RFID-tagged certificate of spraying, and then job site spray manager verifies the certificate of spraying by signing; and the job site spray manager verifies the certificate of spraying by signing the certificate of inspection verifying that each sprayed section was sprayed by the spray technician who signed the certificate of spraying; the manager uses the mobile computing system to capture video and photographic evidence of signed barcoded-RFID-tagged certificates of spraying and inspection, applied to each inspection point in a completed wood-framed section of the building, and then uploads this photographic/video evidence to the project document datastore established on the network database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such novel method of providing fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, wherein the system notifies local fire and police departments when each wood-framed building section has been completely fire-protected through the fire-protection liquid spray process; local fire and police departments using the mobile computing systems to receive push notifications and messages from the system network, that a particular wood building job site has just been fire protected by the fire protection spray service, and that permitted documents can be reviewed in the project document datastore established on the network database. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such novel method of providing fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, wherein building owners, construction managers, insurance carriers, architects and building inspectors use the mobile computing device to the remotely monitor the progress of the fire protection spray process at each completed section of the wood-framed building, at any time during the construction phase of the building, and upon completion of the spray process, mitigating the risk of fire and smoke from the wood-framed building. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method of and system for ordering, delivering and managing a construction job site fire protection spray service across a network of wood-framed or mass timber building construction projects, wherein the system supports many different stakeholders using a mobile application running on mobile computing systems deployed across the construction job-site fire-protection spray service system. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such a method of and system for ordering, delivering and managing a construction job site fire protection spray service, wherein the stakeholders include property owner, financial institution, building construction manager, job site construction manager, general contractors, building architects, job site construction workers, sales representative, logistics coordinator, supply chain manager, job site spray manager, job site spray technicians, local fire department, local police department, local building inspectors, local neighbors, construction insurance underwriter, property/building insurance underwriter, and risk engineering managers. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an enterprise-level system for ordering, delivering and managing a construction job site fire protection spray service, that is capable of reliably collecting and archiving diverse kinds of data/information on each job site fire protection spray project (e.g. identifying CFIC totes, wood-framed building sections, spray technicians and spray managers, dates, and times, and events, etc) that (i) documents the mitigation of risk of each insured wood-framed building from fire (by the job-site fire-protection spray process of the present invention), and allows risk engineers and managers from the insurance companies to remotely monitor the process of every job-site fire-protection spray project at any stage of the job site spray process. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide such an enterprise-level system, which functions as a job-site fire protection spray certification and verification documentation system, which can be closely integrated with the systems of the fire and construction insurance industry. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an enterprise-level system for verifying the delivery of fire-protection spray services across wood-framed or mass timber building construction sites, using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to support virtual inspection of a fire-protected job-site based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building under construction augmented with real job-site collected data certifying and verifying that the fire protection spray process was properly applied to all exposed wood in the wood-framed building, wherein preindexed inspection checkpoints are embedded in the 3D virtual model indicating signed and captured certificates of spraying and verifications along with videographic evidence of sprayed fire-protection. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an enterprise-level system for confirming, verifying and documenting the delivery of professional fire-protection spray services to 100% of all exposed wood surfaces within a wood-framed or mass timber building construction site, which can be considered equivalent to the delivery of fire risk reduction services to such wood-framed or mass timber building construction site, and therefore, documenting the factual scientific basis for receiving a commensurate reduction in fire insurance premiums under a fire insurance contract, underwritten by an particular fire insurance carrier agreeing to provide a certain limited amount of fire insurance coverage on such wood-framed or mass timber building construction site that has actually received such professional fire-protection spray services, as certified and verified by the documents and data collected and managed by the enterprise-level system. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of providing a fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during construction at a job site, using a plurality of mobile computing systems deployed over a wireless communication network associated with a system network. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an Internet-based fire prevention certification network for wood-framed and mass-timber buildings, supported by mobile computing devices, as an Internet of Things (TOT) solution, and serving both (i) the wood-building and mass timber building construction industries which needs to protect wood, a renewable and sustainable resource, from fire and smoke, and also (ii) the fire, construction and home insurance industries which ultimately assumes the risk of fire under insurance contracts if and when such fire events actually occur, and to do so by certifying and documenting that each instance of fire prevention claimed by builders and building owners, with respect to a wood-framed or mass-timber building, has actually been undertaken and provided, before insurance underwriters provide fire insurance premium reductions as a reward or incentive for taking such fire prevention measures in such insured wood-framed or mass timber buildings. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a system network and a novel method of delivering a fire-protection liquid spray service to a wood-framed or mass timber building during the construction phase at a job site, while video-recording the actual spraying of a specific wood-framed building section using head-mounted or body-mounted digital video-recording equipment, and transmitting the recording to a specific project datastore maintained on a network database, via a wireless communication network associated with the system network, as part of a process of certifying that the specific wood-framed building or mass timber building section has been provided with specified fire protection services. 
     These and other benefits and advantages to be gained by using the features of the present invention will become more apparent hereinafter and in the appended Claims to Invention. 
    
    
     
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       The following Objects of the Present Invention will become more fully understood when read in conjunction of the Detailed Description of the Illustrative Embodiments, and the appended Drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1A  is an elevation view of architectural drawings prepared for a conventional multi-story high-density housing wood-framed building being planned for construction; 
         FIG. 1B  is a plan view of architectural drawings prepared for the conventional multi-story high-density housing wood-framed building illustrated in  FIG. 1A ; 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a 3D CAD-based geometrical building model of the conventional multi-story wood-framed building illustrated in  FIGS. 1A and 1B , showing its multi-story wood-framed building structure, with wood sheathing being removed for purposes of illustration; 
         FIG. 3  is a photograph of a portion of the conventional multi-story wood-framed building of  FIG. 2  under construction, with wood sheathing applied to a portion of the wood-framed building structure; 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view of a several beams of conventional untreated lumber used in constructing conventional multi-story wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 5A  is a perspective view of a cut-away portion of a sheet of conventional untreated OSB board used in sheathing wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 5B  is a perspective view of a cut-away portion of several sheets of conventional fire-treated OSB board used in sheathing wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 6A  is a perspective view of a cut-away portion of several conventional untreated OSB I-Joists used in the construction of wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 6B  is a perspective view of a cut-away portion of conventional fire-treated OSB I-Joist used in the construction of wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 7A  is a perspective view of a several load bearing floor trusses (i.e. joints) constructed from untreated lumber connected using conventional metal truss connector plates; 
         FIG. 7B  is a perspective view of a cut-away portion of one of the floor trusses in  FIG. 7A , showing a pair of conventional untreated lumber beams connected together using a conventional metal truss connector plate, as shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B ; 
         FIG. 7C  is a perspective view of a preassembled floor system, being lifted into position on a multi-story wood-framed building, and constructed from a plurality of floor truss structures constructed using untreated lumber beams connected together using conventional metal connector plates; 
         FIG. 8A  is perspective top view of conventional metal connector plate, showing its array of nail-spikes orthogonally projecting from its support plate; 
         FIG. 8B  is perspective bottom view of conventional metal connector plate, showing its array of nail-spikes orthogonally projecting from its support plate; 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view of a plurality of conventional top chord load-bearing roof trusses, each being constructed from untreated lumber beams connected together using conventional metal truss connector plates, as shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B ; 
         FIG. 10A  is a table setting forth a summary of test samples in a conventional wood-framed building tested for fire resistance rating, flame passage, collapse time, and time of temperature rise, in the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Report dated 8 Sep. 2008 entitled “Structural Stability Of Engineered Lumber In Fire Conditions” (Project Number: 07CA42520); 
         FIG. 10B  is a table setting forth a summary of test results (ASTM E119) of the test samples identified in the table of  FIG. 10A , in the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Report dated 8 Sep. 2008 entitled “Structural Stability Of Engineered Lumber In Fire Conditions” (Project Number: 07CA42520); 
         FIG. 11  is table setting for time of failure of conventional unprotected floor assemblies during a wood-framed building fire with an open basement doorway, and also during a wood-framed building fire with a closed basement doorway; 
         FIG. 12  is a graphical representation of a wood bearing wall schedule for a conventional multi-story wood-framed building under construction, indicating that fire-treated sheathing has been specified only for outer wall structures by the building architects; 
         FIG. 13  is a schematic construction diagram for a conventional multi-story wood-framed building under construction, indicating in bold lines, around the perimeter of the building, that fire-treated lumber and sheathing has been specified only for outer wall structures by the building architects, consistent with the wood bearing wall schedule shown in  FIG. 12 ; 
         FIG. 14A  is a photographic representation showing a conventional multi-story wood-framed building structure ablaze during its construction phase, and ravaged by flames fueled by massive amounts of untreated lumber and OSB sheathing used to construct the same, in accordance with conventional architectural building specifications; 
         FIG. 14B  is a photographic representation showing the conventional multi-story wood-framed building structure of  FIG. 14B , completely destroyed by fire during its construction phase, with firemen continuing to apply water to cool down the destroyed site; 
         FIG. 15  is a photographic representation of a section of a conventional roof truss and its lumber beams and metal connection plate, both charred and weakened during an interior fire within a conventional multi-story wood-framed building; 
         FIG. 16  is a schematic representation of the process of fire showing its four primary components and illustrating various pathways available for suppressing fire within a wood-framed building and protecting the same from total destruction by fire; 
         FIGS. 17A and 17B , taken together, sets forth a high-level flow chart describing the primary steps involved in the method of designing, prefabricating and constructing multi-story wood-framed buildings in accordance with the principles of the present invention so that such wood-framed buildings demonstrate improved fire resistance rating and protection against total fire destruction, comprising the steps of (i) during the architectural design phase of a new prefabricated multi-story building, specifying fire-protected lumber, or raw untreated lumber, Class-A fire-protected OSB sheeting, Class-A fire-protected OSB Hoists, Class-A fire-protected floor trusses, Class-A fire-protected roof trusses, and Class-A fire-protection on-job-site spray coating treatment of all lumber used on a building construction site, (ii) in a prefabricated wood-framed building factory system supporting multiple production lines, producing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for a prespecified Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, and (iii) during the construction phase, constructing the Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building in accordance with the design specifications, using the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components so as to provide a multi-story wood-framed building having Class-A fire-protection against total fire destruction; 
         FIG. 18  is a perspective view of a bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber produced along the production line in the automated fire-treated lumber factory illustrated in  FIG. 19 ; 
         FIG. 19  is a perspective view of an automated lumber factory supporting an automated process for continuously fabricating Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber products which, after the planning and dimensioning stage, are automatically dip-coated in a bath or reservoir of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, and then automatically packaged, stack-dried and wrapped in a high-speed and economical manner; 
         FIG. 19A  is a perspective view of the high-speed CFIC dip-infusion stage depicted in  FIG. 19 , showing the various components used to implement this subsystem along the production line of the automated lumber factory; 
         FIGS. 20A and 20B , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber pieces (e.g. studs or beams) in the automated fire-treated lumber factory shown in  FIGS. 19 and 19A ; 
         FIG. 21  is a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of Class-A fire-protected lumber produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 20A and 20B , and tested in accordance with test standards ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 22  is a perspective view of a Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated-timber (CLT) product (e.g. panel, stud, beam, etc.) fabricated along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIGS. 23 and 23A ; 
         FIG. 23  is a perspective view of an automated lumber fabrication factory supporting an automated process for continuously fabricating cross-laminated timber (CLT) products which, after the planning and dimensioning stage, are automatically dip-coated in a bath of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, and then stacked, packaged and wrapped in a high-speed manner to produce Class-A fire-protected CLT products; 
         FIG. 23A  is a perspective view of the automatic cross-laminated timber (CLT) dip-infusion stage deployed along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIG. 23 ; 
         FIGS. 24A and 24B , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT) products in the automated fire-treated lumber factory illustrated in  FIGS. 23 and 23A ; 
         FIG. 25  is a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT) product produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 24A and 24B , and tested in accordance with the test standards ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 26  is a perspective view of Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products, such as studs in load-bearing and non load-bearing walls as well as in long-span roof and floor beams; 
         FIG. 27  is schematic representation of an automated lumber factory for fabricating Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products along a multi-stage production line; 
         FIG. 27A  is a perspective view of the automatic laminated veneer lumber (LVL) dip-infusion stage deployed along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIG. 27 ; 
         FIG. 27B  is a perspective view of the automatic laminated veneer lumber (LVL) spray-coating tunnel stage and drying tunnel stage deployed along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIG. 27 ; 
         FIGS. 28A, 28B and 28C , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) along the production line of the automated lumber factory shown in  FIGS. 27, 27A and 27B ; 
         FIG. 29  is a table setting for flame spread and smoke development characteristics of Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products (e.g. studs, beams, panels, etc.) produced using the method of the illustrative described in  FIGS. 28A, 28B and 28C , and tested testing in accordance with the test standards ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 30  is a perspective of a cut-away portion of a piece of Class-A fire-protected oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing produced using the method described in  FIGS. 32A, 32B and 32C  in the automated factory shown in  FIG. 33 ; 
         FIG. 31  is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a section of the Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing shown in  FIG. 30 , produced in accordance with the present invention described in  FIGS. 32 and 33 ; 
         FIGS. 32A, 32B and 32C , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing clean Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing in accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of (a) in an automated lumber factory, installing and operating a Class-A fire-protected lumber production line, supporting an edge painting stage, an CFIC liquid dip coating stage, a spray coating tunnel stage and a drying tunnel, installed between the finishing stage and automated packaging and wrapping stage in the lumber factory, (b) sorting, soaking and debarking logs to prepare for the stranding stage, (c) processing the debarked logs to produce strands of wood having specific length, width and thickness, (d) collecting strands in large storage binds that allow for precise metering into the dryers, (e) drying the strands to a target moisture content and screening them to remove small particles for recycling, (f) coating the strands with resin and wax to enhance the finished panel&#39;s resistance to moisture and water absorption, (g) forming cross-directional layers of strands into strand-based mats, (h) heating and pressing the mats to consolidate the strands and cure the resins to form a rigid dense structural oriented strand board (OSB) panel, (i) trimming and cutting the structural OSB panel to size, and machining flooring and groove joints and applying edge sealants for moisture resistance, (j) applying Class-A fire-protective paint to the edges of the trimmed and cut OSB panels, (k) transporting and submerging OSB panels through the dipping tank of the dip-infusion stage for sufficient infusion of CFIC liquid into the wood surface, while being transported on the conveyor-chain transport mechanism, (l) removing the wet dip-infused OSB panels from the dipping tank, and wet stacking the OSB panels in inventory for about 24 hours or so, to allow the wet CFIC liquid infusion into the dipped OSB panels to penetrate into the panels and dry and produce Class-A fire-protected OSB panels, (m) loading a stack of dip-coated OSB panels to the second stage of the production line, (n) spray-coating the dip-infused OSB panels with a moisture, fire and UV protection coating that supports weather during building construction while protecting the Class-A fire protection properties of the OSB panels, (o) transporting spray-coated dipped OSB sheets through a drying tunnel, and (p) stacking, packaging and wrapping dried spray-coated/dipped OSB panels into a bundle of Class-A fire-protected OSB panels or sheets (i.e. sheathing); 
         FIG. 33  is a schematic representation of the automated factory configured for producing Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing in accordance with the principles of the present invention described in  FIGS. 32A, 32B and 32C ; 
         FIG. 33A  is a perspective view of the automatic OSB sheathing dip-infusion stage deployed along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIG. 33 ; 
         FIG. 33B  is a perspective view of the automatic OSB sheathing spray-coating tunnel stage and drying tunnel stage deployed along the production line of the automated lumber fabrication factory shown in  FIG. 33 ; 
         FIG. 34  are flame-spread rate and smoke-development indices associated with the Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing of the present invention produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 32A, 32B and 32C , and tested in accordance with the test standard ASTM E2768-11; 
         FIG. 35  is a perspective view of a Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing (floor) truss (TCBT) constructed in accordance with the method described in  FIG. 36  in the automated factory illustrated in  FIG. 37 , using Class-A fire-protected lumber sections connected together using heat-resistant coated metal truss connector plates, indicating a 50% reduction in heat transfer during ASTM E119 Testing, which reduces wood charring behind the connector plates and prevented truss failure in the presence of fire; 
         FIG. 36  is a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing floor trusses (TCBT) in accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of (i) procuring a water-based clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, (b) filling a dipping tank with the water-based CFPC liquid, (c) filling the reservoir tank of an air-less liquid spraying system with heat-resistant chemical liquid, (e) dipping structural untreated lumber components into the dipping tank to infuse or impregnate clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) over all its surfaces, and allow to dry to produce Class-A fire-protective lumber, and then use air-less liquid spraying system to coat metal connector plates for use with the fire-treated lumber components, (f) assembling the fire-treated lumber components using heat-resistant coated metal connector plates to make a fire-protected top chord bearing floor truss (TCBT) structure, and (g) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected floor truss structures using banding or other fasteners and ship to destination site for use in the construction of a wood-framed building; 
         FIG. 37  is a schematic representation of an automated factory for making Class-A fire-protected floor trusses shown in  FIG. 36  according to the method described in  FIG. 36 , wherein the automated factory comprises the components, including (a) a first stage for dipping untreated lumber components in a tank filled with liquid clean fire inhibiting chemicals, (b) a second stage for spraying metal connector plates with a coating of heat-resistant chemical liquid to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates, and (c) third stage for assembling the Class-A fire-treated lumber components with the heat-resistant metal connector plates to form Class-A fire-protected floor trusses; 
         FIG. 38  shows a family of Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing floor structures constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention, described in  FIGS. 36 and 37 ; 
         FIG. 39  show a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of Class-A fire-protected floor truss structure produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 36, 37 and 38 , and tested in accordance with standards ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 40  is a schematic representation of Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing roof truss structure of the present invention, constructed in accordance with the method described in  FIG. 41  in the automated factory illustrated in  FIG. 42 , using Class-A fire-protected lumber sections connected together using heat-resistant coated metal truss connector plates, indicating a 50% reduction in heat transfer during ASTM E119 Testing, which reduces charring in the wood behind the connector plates and prevented truss failure in the presence of fire; 
         FIG. 41  is a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing roof trusses (TCBT) shown in  FIG. 40 , comprising the steps of (a) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid for treating wood pieces, (b) filling water-based CFPC liquid into a dipping tank, (c) filling a reservoir tank of an air-less liquid spraying system with heat-resistant chemical liquid, (d) dipping structural untreated lumber components into the dipping tank to apply an infusion of clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) over and into all its surfaces, and allow to dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber, (e) using the air-less liquid spraying system to coat the metal connector plates with heat-resistant chemical liquid, to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates for use with the Class-A fire-protected lumber components, (f) assembling the fire-treated lumber components using heat-resistant Dectan chemical coated metal connector plates to make a fire-protected top chord bearing roof truss (TCBT) structure, and (g) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected roof truss structures using banding or other fasteners and ship to destination site for use in construction wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 42  is a schematic representation of an automated factory for making Class-A fire-protected roof trusses in accordance with the method described in  FIG. 41 , wherein the factory comprises the components, including (a) a first stage for dipping untreated lumber components in a dipping tank filled with liquid clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC), (b) a second stage for spraying metal connector plates with a heat-resistant chemical to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates, and (c) a third stage for assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components with the heat-resistant metal connector plates to form Class-A fire-protected roof trusses; 
         FIGS. 43A and 43B  show a family of Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing roof structures constructed in accordance with the present invention, described in  FIGS. 40, 41 and 42 ; 
         FIG. 44  shows a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of Class-A fire-protected roof truss structure produced using the method described in  FIGS. 41, 42, 43A and 43B , in accordance with ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 45  is a schematic representation of a Class-A fire-protected floor joist structure of the present invention, formed using Class-A fire-protected lumber pieces connected together using heat-resistant metal joist hanger plates, for use in construction a Class-A fire-protected floor joist system enabling the construction of one-hour floor assemblies, using one layer of drywall, in long lengths (e.g. up to 40 feet), for spanning straight floor sections, and as a rim joist as well; 
         FIG. 46  is a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected joist structure in accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of (i) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid for fire-protecting wood and lumber, (b) filling water-based CFPC liquid into a dipping tank, (c) filling the air-less liquid spraying system with heat-resistant chemical liquid, (d) dipping structural untreated lumber components into dipping tank to apply a uniform infusion of clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) over and into all its surfaces, and allow to dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber, (e) using an air-less liquid spraying system to coat metal joist hangers with the heat-resistant chemical liquid, for use with the Class-A fire-protected lumber components, (f) assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components using heat-resistant coated metal joist hangers to make a Class-A fire-protected joist structure, and (g) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected joist structures using banding or other fasteners and ship the package to destination site for use in construction of a wood-framed building; 
         FIG. 47  is a schematic representation of a factory for making Class-A fire-protected joist structures in accordance with the principles of the present invention, comprising the components, including (a) a first stage for dipping untreated lumber components in a tank filled with liquid clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC), (b) a second stage for spraying metal joist hangers with heat-resistant chemical to as to produce heat-resistant metal joist hangers, and (c) a third stage for assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components with the heat-resistant metal joist plates to form Class-A fire-protected joist structures; 
         FIG. 48  shows a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of Class-A fire-protected floor joist structure produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 46 and 47 , tested in accordance with standards ASTM E84 and UL 723; 
         FIG. 49  is a schematic representation illustrating the method of and system for the present invention for on-job-site spray-coating clean fire inhibiting liquid chemical (CFIC) liquid over all exposed interior surfaces of raw as well as fire-treated lumber and sheathing used in a completed section of a wood-framed building during its construction phase, wherein a GPS-tracked mobile clean fire-inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spraying system, and the system network illustrated in  FIG. 55 , are used to apply and document the spraying of a thin CFIC film or coating over all exposed interior wood surfaces, and thereby provide Class-A fire-protection over all lumber and sheathing used in the wood-framed building construction, along with a complete chain of evidence and documentation to qualify the owner of the Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building for lower causality insurance premiums, and provide local fire departments with valuable building information when fighting fires that may break out in such Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 49A  is a schematic representation showing the video recording of fire-inhibiting liquid spraying raw and treated lumber, and sheathing on wood-framed assemblies, during construction phase of a wood-framed building at a job site, and uploading the video recording, via a mobile computing system, to a job-specific project folder maintained on the network database as part of certifying that fire protection spray services have been actually delivered to the wood-framed building; 
         FIG. 50  is a schematic representation showing the primary components of the air-less liquid spraying system for spraying environmentally-clean Class-A fire-protective liquid coatings, comprising (i) an air-less type liquid spray pumping subsystem having a reservoir tank for containing a volume of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, (ii) a hand-held liquid spray nozzle gun for holding in the hand of a spray-coating technician, and (iii) a sufficient length of flexible tubing, preferably supported on a carry-reel assembly, if necessary, for carrying the CFIC liquid from the reservoir tank of the liquid spray pumping subsystem, to the hand-held liquid spray gun during spraying operations carried out inside the wood-framed building during the construction phase of the building project; 
         FIG. 50A  is a perspective view of a mobile GPS-tracked CFIC liquid spraying system supported on a set of wheels, with integrated supply tank and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for spraying the same with CFIC liquid in accordance with the principles of the present invention; 
         FIG. 50B  is a schematic representation of the GPS-tracked mobile CFIC liquid spraying system shown in  FIG. 50A , comprising a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored CFIC liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of CFIC liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and automatically logging and recording such CFIC liquid spray application operations within the network database system; 
         FIG. 51A  is a perspective view of a first job-site of multi-apartment wood-framed building under construction prepared and ready for clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray coating treatment applied in accordance with the principles of the present invention; 
         FIG. 51B  is a perspective view of a second job-site of multi-apartment wood-framed building under construction prepared and ready for clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray coating treatment applied in accordance with the principles of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 52A and 52B , taken together, set forth a high-level flow chart describing the steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected multi-story wood-framed buildings having improved resistance against total fire destruction, comprising the steps of (a) a fire-protection spray coating technician receives a request from a builder to apply clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid coating on all interior surfaces of the untreated and/or treated wood lumber and sheathing to be used to construct a wood-framed multi-story building at a particular site location, (b) the fire-protection spray coating technician receives building construction specifications, analyze same to determine the square footage of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) coating to be spray applied to the interior surfaces of the wood-framed building, compute the quantity of CFIC liquid required to do the spray job satisfactorily, and generate a job price quote for the spray job and send to the builder for review and approval, (c) after the builder accepts the job price quote, the builder orders the fire-protection spray coating team to begin performing the on-site wood coating spray job, in accordance with the building construction schedule, so that after the builder completes each predetermined section of the building, where wood framing has been constructed and sheathing installed, but before any wallboard has been installed, clean fire-inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid is supplied to an airless liquid spraying system, for spray coating all interior wood surfaces with a CFIC coating, (d) when the section of the building is spray coated with clean fire-protection chemical coating, the section is certified and marked as certified for visual inspection, (e) as each section of the wood-framed building is constructed according to the construction schedule, the spray coating team continues to spray coat the completed section, and certify and mark as certified each such completed spray coated section of the building under construction, (f) when all sections of the building under construction have been completely spray coated with clean fire-inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid materials, and certified as such, the spray technicians remove the spray equipment from the building, and the builder proceeds to the next stages of construction and completes the building construction according to architectural and building specifications and plans, and (g) the spray technician then issues a certificate of completion with respect to the application of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to all exposed wood surfaces on the interior of the wood-framed building during its construction phase, thereby protecting the building from risk of total destruction by fire; 
         FIG. 53  is a method of operating an air-less liquid spraying system, shown in  FIGS. 49 and 50 , so that clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid is sprayed as a fire-protective liquid coating over all exposed interior surfaces of lumber and sheathing used in a completed section of the wood-framed building under construction, wherein the method comprises the steps of (a) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, (b) shipping the CFIC liquid to its destination on a specified job site location, (c) loading the water-based CFIC liquid into the reservoir tank of an air-less liquid spraying system, and (d) using a spray nozzle operably connected to the air-less liquid spraying system to a spray apply a coating of CFIC liquid over all of the interior surfaces of the section of wood-framed building to be spray treated at any given phase of building construction; 
         FIG. 54  shows a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of on-job-site CFIC spray-treated Class-A fire-protected lumber and sheathing produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 45 through 49 , and tested in accordance with standard ASTM E2768-1; 
         FIG. 55  is a schematic system diagram showing the Internet-based (i.e. cloud-based) system of the present invention for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection spray-treatment of a wood-framed building using on-site spraying of a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, comprising (i) a data center with web, application and database servers for supporting a web-based site for hosting images of certificates stamped on spray-treated wood surfaces, and other certification documents, and (ii) mobile smart-phones used to capture digital photographs and video recording of spray-treated wood-framed building sections during the on-site fire-protection spray process supported using mobile GPS-tracked/GSM-linked CFIC-liquid spray systems, and uploading the captured digital images to the data center, for each spray treatment project, so that insurance companies, builders, and other stakeholders can review such on-site spray completion certifications, and other information relating to the execution and management of such fire-protection spray-treatment projects during the building construction phase of wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 56A  is perspective view of a mobile client computing system used in the system shown in  FIG. 55 , supporting a mobile application installed on the mobile computing system for the purpose of tracking and managing projects involving on-site clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray treatment of wood-framed buildings during the construction phase so as to ensure Class-A fire-protection of the wood employed therein; 
         FIG. 56B  is a system diagram for the mobile client computing system shown in  FIG. 56A , showing the components supported by each client computing system; 
         FIG. 57A  is a schematic representation of an exemplary schema for the network database supported by the system network the present invention shown in  FIG. 55 , wherein each primary enterprise object is schematically represented as an object in the schema and represented in the data records created and maintained in the network database; 
         FIG. 57B  is a schematic map indicating bar-coded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints assigned to specific locations throughout a wood-framed building prior to the commencement of a project requiring the spraying of all interior wood surfaces thereof with CFIC liquid so as to provide Class-A fire protection; 
         FIG. 58  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of a mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders, showing a menu of high-level services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58A  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders showing receipt of new message (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) relating to building status from messaging services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58B  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to update building profile using profile services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58C  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review and monitor the Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project at a particular wood-framed building supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58D  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review the fire-protection status of a wood-framed building registered on the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58E  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of a mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to place an order for a new on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project, using the various services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58F  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review when a planned on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project is planned, using the monitoring services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58G  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review an active on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project, using the monitoring services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 58H  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review an completed on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project, using the monitoring services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application showing a high-level menu of services configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59A  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to send and receive messages (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) with registered users, using messaging services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59B  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to update a building information profile using the building profile services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59C  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review a building spray-based fire-protection project using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59D  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of any building registered with the system network using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59E  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to create a new project for spray-based class-A fire-protection treatment of a wood-framed building, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59F  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of a planned building fire-protection spray project, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59G  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of an active in-progress building fire-protection spray project, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59H  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review a completed building fire-protection spray project, and all documents collected therewhile, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59I  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on projects which have been scheduled for execution during a particular time frame, which have been already completed, or which are currently in progress, using the services of the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59J  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on supplies used in fulfilling on-site class-A fire-protection building spray projects managed using the services of the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 59K  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on registered users associated with particular on-site class-A fire-protection building spray projects managed using the services of the system network of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 60A and 60B , set forth a flow chart describing the primary steps involved in carrying out the method of verifying and documenting on-site spray-applied Class-A fire-protection over wood-framed buildings during construction; 
         FIG. 61A  is a schematic representation of architectural floor plans for a wood-framed building scheduled to be sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide exposed interior surfaces with Class-A fire-protection; 
         FIG. 61B  is a schematic representation of architectural floor plans for a wood-framed building, with a section marked up by the builder, and scheduled to be sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide Class-A fire-protection; 
         FIG. 61C  is a schematic representation of marked-up architectural floor plans indicating a completed section that has been sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide exposed interior surfaces with Class-A fire-protection; 
         FIG. 62A  is a schematic representation of a wood-framed door panel showing the studs and header above a doorway, on which the barcoded/RFID-tag encoded inspection checkpoint, realized on a piece of flexible plastic material and supporting a barcode symbol and RFID tag, and certification by a spray technician and spray supervisor, showing greater detail in  FIG. 62B ; 
         FIG. 62B  is a schematic representation of a barcoded/RFID-tag encoded inspection checkpoint, shown in  FIG. 62A , with integrated certifications by spray technician liquid and spray supervisor; 
         FIG. 63  is a flow chart describing the primary steps of the method of qualifying real property for reduced property insurance, based on verified on-site spraying of the exposed interior surfaces of wood-frame buildings with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid during the construction stage of the building, using the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 64  is schematic diagram of the supply chain management and quality control (QC) process supported by the system network of the present invention, shown in  FIG. 55 , wherein the CFIC tote chain-of-custody, GPS tracking and inventory management system application is deployed to manage and control the weight and quality of the contents in each CFIC tote from the time of shipment from the chemical blending factory up to the time of arrival at the customer job site where the CFIC tote is received from the chemical factory or warehouse, then either accepted or rejected depending on the comparative weight measurements of the shipped CFIC totes made at the receiving job site using a digital code scanning and weighing (scale) system (SWS), so as to add each scanned and weighed CFIC tote into the inventory of the licensed spraying concern; 
         FIG. 64A  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing of CFIC liquid totes at the CFIC chemical factory before shipment, and recording measured tote weight in a network-enabled supply chain management database; 
         FIG. 64B  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing of CFIC liquid totes at a destination building construction job site, and recording measured tote weight in the network-enabled supply chain management database before acceptance and entry into the receiver&#39;s inventory being managed by the system; 
         FIGS. 65A, 65B, 65C and 55D , taken together, is a flow chart describing the high level steps carried out in a method of maintaining the chain of custody and quality control when producing and supplying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) material (e.g. liquid or dry powder) in locked CFIC totes shipped from the CFIC chemical factory to a network of building construction job sites, and then scanned and weighed to ensure chain of custody, quality control and inventory acceptance operations are recorded in the supply chain management database; 
         FIG. 66A  is a schematic representation of a database record within the network database supported on the system network, for each purchase order for a quantity of CFIC totes to be shipped to a particular destination; 
         FIG. 66B  is a schematic representation of a database record within the network database supported on the system network, for each CFIC tote shipment shipped to a particular destination and either rejected or accepted into inventory; 
         FIG. 67  is an exemplary wire frame model for graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by project administrators, managers, fabricators and technicians, showing the high-level menu of services supported by the system network; 
         FIGS. 67A, 67B, 67C, 67D, 67E, 67F, 67G, 67H, 67I, 67J, 67K and 67L  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by project administrator receiving chemical supplies to fulfill a purchase order for applying job site Class-A fire-protection to a wood-framed building, delivering CFIC material to the job site, and scanning and weighing delivered CFIC totes and either rejecting or accepting the totes into the recipient&#39;s inventory, using services supported by the system network; 
         FIG. 68A  is a schematic representation of a just-in-time wood-framed building factory system supporting multiple production lines for producing pre-fabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components as needed to construct custom and pre-specified wood-framed buildings ordered by customers; 
         FIG. 68B  is a schematic representation of a just-in-time (JIT) factory system with multiple production lines for producing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components (e.g. wood-framed walls, staircases, roof trusses, floor trusses, etc.) for use in constructing custom and pre-specified wood-framed buildings ordered by customers for production and delivery to specific destination locations; 
         FIG. 68C  is a schematic representation of an exemplary barcoded/RFID-tag encoded inspection checkpoint provided with a code symbol, and an RFID tag and certifications and verifications mounted on a substrate, for permanent mounting to each produced Class-A fire-protected wood-framed/mass-timber component produced in the factory of the present invention, for the ordered prefabricated wood-framed or mass-timber building or building component; 
         FIG. 69  is a schematic system network representation of the just-in-time factory system shown in  FIGS. 68A and 68B , shown comprising (i) a just-in-time wood-framed building factory with multiple production lines for producing Class-A fire-protected building components, (ii) GPS-tracked ISO-shipping containers and code symbol/RFID tag reading mobile computing system, and (iii) a data center for factory system and supporting a network of mobile computing devices running a mobile application adapted to help track and manage orders, projects and supplies for prefabricating Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, and Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for use in constructing the same; 
         FIG. 70A  is a perspective view of a mobile computing system used in the system shown in  FIG. 69 , supporting a mobile application installed on the mobile computing system for the purpose of tracking and managing projects involving just-in-time fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for ordered prefabricated wood-framed buildings in accordance with the principles of the present invention; 
         FIG. 70B  is a system diagram for the exemplary mobile computing system of  FIG. 70A  showing the various subcomponents and subsystems used to construct the mobile computing system; 
         FIG. 71  is a schematic representation of an exemplary schema for the network database supported by the system the present invention shown in  FIG. 69 , wherein each primary enterprise object is schematically represented as an object in the schema and represented in the data records created and maintained in the network database; 
         FIG. 72  is an exemplary wire frame model of a graphical user interface of a mobile application of the present invention configured used by customers who place orders for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, supported by the system of the present invention; 
         FIG. 72A  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by customers showing details for an order for a custom prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 72B  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing details for an order for a pre-specified prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 72C  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing status details for a project for a custom prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 72D  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing progress details for a project relating to the factory-fabrication of a prefabricated wood-framed building, or prefabricated wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 72E  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a message (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) received indicating that the project relating to a prefabricated wood-framed building is completed and ready for shipment to destination shipping location, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of a mobile application configured for use by project administrators, managers, fabricators and technicians showing a high-level menu of services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73A  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrators and managers showing the creation of a new message about a specific project, using message services supported on the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73B  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing the status of a purchase order for a prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73C  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing the supplies required to fulfill a purchase order for a Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73D  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by project administrator showing the bill of materials (BOM) required to fulfill a purchase order for a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73E  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing the status of a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73F  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing the progress of a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73G  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing the supplies required by a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73H  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a report on purchase orders placed for the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73I  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a report on projects involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 73J  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a report on supplies required for the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 74  is a flow chart describing the primary steps involved in carrying out the method of operating a just-in-time (JIT) prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building factory system supporting multiple production lines for producing Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components, as needed to construct purchase orders (POs) received for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 75  is a flow chart describing the high-level steps involved in carrying out the method of qualifying a prefabricated wood-framed building for reduced property insurance premiums, based on verified and documented dip-infusion of wood pieces in a dipping tank containing clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid during fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood building components for prefabricated wood-framed buildings; 
         FIG. 76  is schematic diagram of the supply chain management and quality control (QC) process supported by the system network of the present invention, shown in  FIG. 69 , wherein the CFIC tote chain-of-custody, GPS tracking and inventory management system application is deployed to manage and control the weight and quality of the contents in each CFIC tote from the time of shipment from the chemical blending factory up to the time of arrival at the customer factory site where the CFIC tote is received from the chemical factory or warehouse, then either accepted or rejected depending on the comparative weight measurements of the shipped CFIC totes made at the receiving factory site using a digital code scanning and weighing (scale) system (SWS), so as to add each scanned and weighed CFIC tote into the inventory of the licensed concern; 
         FIG. 76A  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing of CFIC liquid totes at chemical factory before shipment and recording tote weight in supply chain management database; 
         FIG. 76B  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing CFIC liquid totes at building construction job site, and recording tote weight in supply chain management database before acceptance; 
         FIGS. 77A, 77B, 7C and 7D , taken together, is flow chart describing the high level steps carried out in a method of maintaining the chain of custody and quality control when producing and supplying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) material (e.g. liquid or dry powder) in locked totes shipped from chemical factory to a network of building construction job sites; 
         FIG. 78A  is a schematic representation of a database record within the network database supported on the system network, for each purchase order for a quantity of CFIC totes to be shipped to a particular destination; 
         FIG. 78B  is a schematic representation of a database record within the network database supported on the system network, for each CFIC tote shipment shipped to a particular destination and either rejected or accepted into inventory; 
         FIG. 79  is an exemplary wire frame model for graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by project administrators, managers, fabricators and technicians, showing the high-level menu of services supported by the system network; 
         FIGS. 79A, 79B, 79C, 79D, 79E, 79F, 79G, 79H, 79I, 79J, 79K and 79L  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by project administrator receiving chemical supplies to fulfill a purchase order for CFIC material to be delivered to a lumber producing factory, delivering CFIC material to a particular Class-A fire-protected lumber producing factory system, and scanning and weighing delivered CFIC totes and either rejecting or accepting the totes into the recipient&#39;s inventory, using services supported by the system network; 
         FIG. 80A  shows a table describing the various stakeholders provided services by the enterprise-level system of the present invention, using mobile computing systems deployed on wireless communication networks, wherein the stakeholders include property owners, financial institutions, building construction managers, job site construction managers, general contractors, building architects, job site construction workers, sales representative, logistics coordinator, supply chain manager, job site spray manager, job site spray technicians, local fire department, local police department, local building inspectors, local neighbors, construction insurance underwriter, property/building insurance underwriter, and risk engineering managers; 
         FIGS. 81A, 81B, 81C, 81D, 81E and 81F , taken together, show a flow chart describing the primary steps carried out when practicing a method of ordering, delivering, inspecting, documenting and managing professional fire-protection spray services performed on wood-framed or mass timber building construction job-sites, while supporting diverse stakeholders and their interests using mobile computing systems deployed over wireless communication networks; 
         FIGS. 82A and 82B  show a sequence of screenshots of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) displayed during a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) supported virtual inspection process of a fire-protected job-site supported by the enterprise-level system of the present invention, illustrated in  FIGS. 55 and 69 , wherein the virtual process of inspecting the fire-protected job site is based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building under construction, and wherein at each virtual inspection checkpoint in the 3D virtual model collected and uploaded certifications, verifications and documents are reviewable during the inspection walkthrough, and allowing the reviewer to take and post notes to other stakeholders represented in the system; 
         FIG. 82C  is a schematic representation of a virtual reality (VR) enabled walk-through inspection of the fire-protection spray process of the present invention applied to a wood-framed building, with AR-Inspection Checkpoint Icons (ICP#1 through ICP#9) displayed along the VR-enabled walk-through, containing signed certification and verification documents and data collected from the construction job site, for display, review and downloading during the inspection walk-through; 
         FIGS. 83A, 83B and 83C , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the primary steps performed during the virtual fire-protection job-site inspection process of the present invention, using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to support virtual inspection of a fire-protected job-site based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building under construction; 
         FIG. 84A  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by job site construction workers enabling them to instantly select and send specific-kinds of emergency messages to the local fire department with a single screen click, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 84B  is an exemplary wire frame model for a graphical user interface of the mobile application for use by job site construction workers enabling them to instantly select and send specific emergency messages to the local police department with a single screen click, using services supported by the system network of the present invention; 
         FIG. 85  is a schematic illustration of the front door of a wood-framed house that has been fire-protected using the fire-protection spray process (i.e. services) of the present invention, and where a barcoded/RFID-tagged fire-protection indication badge has been mounted above the exterior door frame for easy reading by firemen and other first responders using their human vision, or electro-optical and/or electromagnetic scanners and readers to instantly ascertain that the house is fire-protected, with an extended fire rating, as documented in an accessible central network database, and/or Internet-based registry, and/or encoded within the barcoded/RFID-tagged fire-protection indication badge; 
         FIG. 86  is perspective view of a set of prefabricated fire-protected wood-framed building panels manufactured in a prefabricated building panel factory; 
         FIG. 87  is a virtual reality (VR) enabled walkthrough inspection of prefabricated fire-protected wood-framed building components (e.g. panels) supported on a client computing system deployed in the enterprise system of the present invention, showing augmented reality (AR) Inspection Checkpoint Icons therein, with one being expanded to the show the actual signed inspection checkpoint captured and uploaded to the network database, during the confirmation and verification process; 
         FIG. 88  is a schematic representation of a virtual reality (VR) enabled walk-through inspection of the factory-applied fire-protection process of the present invention applied to a prefabricated wood-framed building manufactured in a factory, with AR-Inspection Checkpoint Icons (ICP#1 through ICP#9) displayed along the VR-enabled walk-through, containing signed certification and verification documents and data collected from the factory, for display, review and downloading during the inspection walk-through; and 
         FIGS. 89A and 89B , taken together, set forth a flow chart describing the primary steps performed during the virtual fire-protection factory inspection process of the present invention, using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to support virtual inspection of a factory-applied fire-protected wood-building components, based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building components manufactured in the factory. 
     
    
    
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     Referring to the accompanying Drawings, like structures and elements shown throughout the figures thereof shall be indicated with like reference numerals. 
     Specification of the Method of Designing and Constructing Multi-Story Wood-Framed Buildings in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention so that Such Wood-Framed Building Demonstrate Class-A Fire-Protection and Improved Resistance Against Total Fire Destruction 
       FIGS. 17A and 17B  describes the primary steps involved in the method of designing and constructing multi-story wood-framed buildings in accordance with the principles of the present invention so that such wood-framed building demonstrate Class-A fire-protection and resistance against total fire destruction. As shown, the method comprises the two phases: an architectural design phase; and a building construction phase. 
     During the architectural design phase of a new multi-story building, the architect specifies the use of (i) Class-A fire-protected lumber, or raw untreated lumber, Class-A fire-protected OSB sheeting, Class-A fire-protected OSB Hoists, Class-A fire-protected floor trusses, and Class-A fire-protected roof trusses, and (i) on-job-site Class-A fire-protected spray coating treatment of all raw/untreated and treated lumber using CFIC liquid after each completed section of the wood-framed building, so as to ensure that a Class-A fire-protection coating is deposited or otherwise formed on the interior surface of all exposed wood surfaces within the wood-framed building under construction. 
     As shown in  FIG. 17A , during the design phase, the building architect specifies the use of the on-job-site spray method and system of the present invention so that all (100%) of new construction lumber and sheathing used on the building is Class-A fire-protected with a CFIC coating or film, to prevent fire ignition and flame spread in the building, during the construction phase, as well as after construction of the building is completed. According to the present invention, the building architect also specifies that factory-applied Class-A fire-protective lumber be used on exterior walls, exterior face of the roof, walls and floor sheathing, as it offers extra UV and moisture protection, against the natural elements. 
     During the prefabrication/production phase shown in  FIG. 17A , in a prefabricated wood-framed building factory system supporting multiple production lines, as illustrated in  FIGS. 62A and 62B , prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components are produced for use in constructing a pre-specified Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, managed and tracked using the system network  135  illustrated in  FIG. 63 . 
     During the construction phase shown in  FIG. 17B , the builder constructs the building in accordance with the architect&#39;s design specifications so as to provide a single-story or multi-story wood-framed building having Class-A fire-protection and improved resistance against total fire destruction. 
     In order to carry out the method described above, it will be helpful to describe several new and improved methods of producing Class-A fire-protected lumber and wood-based building products in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Each of these improved Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building products can be used in the practice of the method described in  FIGS. 17A and 17B , in combination with the practice of the method of spray-treating lumber and sheathing inside a prefabricated wood-framed building under construction, as described in  FIGS. 41 through 52 , so as to construct and provide a prefabricated wood-framed building with “double” Class-A fire-protection, having received in-factory and on-site Class-A fire-protection. 
     Specification of the Method of and Apparatus for Producing a Bundle of Class-A Fire-Protected Lumber Produced in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention 
     While most fires start small, they often spread rapidly onto surrounding flammable surfaces. Before long, the phenomenon of flash over occurs, where superheated gases cause a whole room to erupt into flame within minutes. Class-A fire-protected lumber of the present invention, as shown in  FIG. 18 , bears a clear or transparent surface impregnation formed by dip-infusion of lumber pieces in clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, preferably Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN. BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html. When so treated, Class-A fire-protected lumber products will prevent flames from spreading, and confine fire to the ignition source which can be readily extinguished, or go out by itself. 
     The primary chemical constituents of Hartindo AF21 include: monoammonium phosphate (MAP) (NH 4 H 2 PO 4 ); diammonium phosphate (DAP) (NH 4 ) 2 HPO 4 ; ammonium sulphate (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 ; urea (CH 4 N 2 O); ammonium bromide (NH4Br); and tripotassium citrate C 6 H 5 K 3 O 7 . These chemicals are mixed together with water to form a clear aqueous solution that is environmentally-friendly (i.e. clean) non-toxic, but performs extremely well as a total fire inhibitor. In the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in the CFIC-infusion formed with Hartindo AF21 liquid into the surface of the fire-protected lumber, interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O) involved in the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks these free-radical chemical reactions and extinguishes the fire&#39;s flames. 
       FIG. 18  shows a bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber  29  produced using the method of and apparatus of the present invention.  FIG. 19  shows an automated lumber factory system  20  for continuously fabricating wrapped and packaged bundles of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber product  29  in a high-speed manner, in accordance with the principles of the present invention. However, it is understood that this automated factory and production methods can be used to treat and protect solid wood and timber products, as well, so as to produce Class-A fire-protected solid wood products (e.g. studs, beams, boards, etc), as well as engineered wood products. 
     As shown in  FIG. 19 , the factory  20  comprises a number of automated industrial stages integrated together under automation and control of controller  28 , namely: a high-speed multi-stage lumber piece conveyor-chain mechanism  22  having 6 primary stages in the illustrative embodiment shown in  FIGS. 19 and 19A ; a kiln-drying stage  23  receiving short pieces of lumber  21  from a supply warehouse maintained in or around the factory; a finger-jointing lumber processing stage  24 , for processing short-length pieces of kiln-dried lumber and automatically fabricating extended-length finger-jointed pieces of lumber  29 , as output from this stage; a lumber planing and dimensioning stage  25  for planing and dimensioning elongated pieces of finger-jointed lumber into lumber pieces having lengths and dimensions for the product application at hand (e.g. studs); an in-line high-speed continuous CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  26 , as further detailed in  FIG. 19A ; an automated stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding/strapping stage  27 , from which bundles of packaged, wrapped and strapped Class-A fire-protected lumber product are produced in a high-speed automated manner. 
     In general, the kiln-drying stage  23  can be implemented in different ways. One way is providing a drying room with heaters that can be driven by electricity, natural or propane gas, and/or other combustible fuels which release heat energy required to dry short-length lumber pieces prior to the finger-joint wood processing stage. Batches of wood to be treated are loaded into the drying room and treated with heat energy over time to reduce the moisture content of the wood to a predetermined level (e.g. 19% moisture). In alternative embodiments, the kiln-drying stage  23  might be installed an elongated tunnel on the front end of the production line, having input and output ports, with one stage of the conveyor-chain mechanism  22  passing through the heating chamber, from its input port to output port, allowing short-length lumber to be kiln-dried as it passes through the chamber along its conveyor mechanism, in a speed-controlled and temperature-controlled manner. Other methods and apparatus can be used to realize this stage along the lumber production line, provided that the desired degree of moisture within the wood is removed at this stage of the process. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 19 , the finger-jointing lumber processing stage  24  can be configured as generally disclosed in US Patent Application Publication Nos. US20070220825A1 and US20170138049A1, incorporated herein by reference. In general, this stage involves robotic wood-working machinery, automation and programmable controls, well known in the finger-jointing wood art, and transforms multiple smaller-pieces of kiln-dried lumber into an extended-length piece of finger-jointed lumber, which is then planed and dimensioned during the next planning/dimensioning stage of the production line. An example of commercial equipment that may be adapted for the finger-jointing processing stage  24  of the present invention may be the CRP 2500, CRP 2750 or CRP 3000 Finger Jointing System from Conception R. P., Inc., Quebec, Canada http://www.conceptionrp.com/fingerjointing-systems. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 19 , the lumber planing and dimensioning stage  25  includes wood planing equipment, such industrial band or rotary saws designed to cut and dimension finger-jointed lumber pieces produced from the finger-jointing lumber processing stage  24 , into lumber boards of a specified dimension and thickness, in an highly programmed and automated manner. 
     As shown in  FIG. 19A , the dip-infusion stage  26  of the factory system  20  comprises a number of components integrated together on the production line with suitable automation and controls, namely: a multi-stage chain-driven conveyor subsystem  22 , supporting several parallel sets of chain-driven transport rails  22 A 1 ,  22 A 2  and  22 A 3 , as shown, extending from the planing and dimensioning stage  25  towards the dipping tank  26 B, and then running inside and along the bottom of the dipping tank  26 B, and then running out thereof towards the stacking, packing, wrapping and banding/strapping stage  27 , as shown, and having the capacity of transporting extend-length finger-jointed lumber pieces (i.e. boards) having a length as long as 30 or so feet; a dipping reservoir  26 B having a width dimension to accommodate the width of the chain-driven conveyor rails  22 A 1 ,  22 A 2  and  22 A 3  mounted and running outside of and also within the dipping tank  26 B, as shown, to transport up planed and dimensioned finger-jointed lumber pieces  29 A supported upon the chain-driven rails  22 A 1 ,  22 A 2  and  22 A 3 , while the boards are fully immersed and submerged at least 6 inches deep in CFIC liquid  26 H contained in the dipping tank  26 B, while moving at high speed, such as 300 feet/minute through the dipping tank  26 B during the CFIC dip-infusion process of the present invention; electrically-powered driven motors  261  for driving the chain-driven conveyors  22 A 1 ,  22 A 2  and  22 A 3  under computer control to transport finger-jointed pieces of lumber from stage to stage along the lumber production line; a level sensor  26 F for sensing the level of CFIC liquid  26 B in the dipping tank at any moment in time during production line operation; a reservoir tank  26 C for containing a large volume or supply of CFIC liquid solution  26 K; a computer controller  26 G for controlling the conveyor subsystem  22 , and an electric pump  26 D for pumping CFIC liquid into the dipping tank  26 B to maintain a constant supply level during system operation in response to the liquid level measured by the level sensor  26 F. 
     The high-speed CFIC liquid dip-infusion subsystem  26  shown in  FIG. 19A  may also include additional apparatus including, for example, liquid heaters, circulation pumps and controls for (i) maintaining the temperature of CFIC liquid solution in the dipping tank  26 B, and (ii) controlling the circulation of CFIC liquid around submerged pieces of finger-jointed lumber  29 A being transported through the dipping tank  26 B in a submerged manner during a CFIC infusion process. Controlling such dip-infusion parameters may be used to control the amount and degree of absorption of CFIC liquid within the surface fibers of the finger-jointed lumber  29 A as it is rapidly transported through the dipping tank  26 B between the lumber planing and dimensioning stage  25  and the lumber stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding/strapping stage  27  of the lumber production line. Notably, the dip infusion process of the present invention allows for the rapid formation a surface infusion, or surface barrier, in and on the surface of each piece of dipped lumber, and in the presence of the surfactant in the CFIC liquid in the dipping tank, shallow impregnation of CFIC liquid  26 H to occur into the surface fibers of each piece of lumber  29 A near atmospheric pressure (i.e. below 6 inches of liquid CFIC in the dipping tank) during the dip-coated process according to the principles of the present invention. It is understood that drip pans may also be provided beyond the dipping tank  26 B, installed beneath the chain-driven conveyor subsystem arranged between the dripping tank  26 B and the stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding/strapping stage  27 , to recover excess CFIC liquid dripping from the dip-coated lumber pieces  29 A and returning this recovered CFIC liquid to the dipping tank  26 B after appropriate filtering of the CFIC liquid if and as necessary. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 19 , the stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding stage  27  includes equipment designed to automatically receive CFIC-coated finger-jointed lumber pieces  29 A while still dripping and wet from CFIC liquid  26 H, and wet stacking a predetermined number of lumber pieces into a package, and then wrapping the package of lumber with a sheet of wrapping material (e.g. TVEK or like material) that covers the top portion and at least half way down each side of the lumber package, and then banding or strapping the wrapped package with fiberglass or steel banding, well known in the art. The wrapping will typically be preprinted with trademarks and logos of the lumber manufacturer&#39;s brand. Finally, the ends of the lumber pieces in the strapped, wrapped lumber package are painted with a fire-protective paint also containing CFIC liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor) in amounts to be effective in Class-A fire suppression. 
       FIGS. 20A and 20B  describe the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing bundles of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber  29  for use in fire-protected building construction. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 20A , in an automated lumber factory, a high-speed Class-A fire-protected lumber production line is installed and operated, with a reservoir tank  26 C containing a large supply of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  26 K (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor) that is supplied to the automated CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  26  of the lumber factory  20 , installed between (i) the lumber planing/dimensioning stage  25 , and (ii) an automated stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding stage  27  in the lumber factory  20 . 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 20A , a supply of untreated short-length lumber is loaded onto the high-speed conveyor-chain transport mechanism  22  and auto-feeder installed along and between the stages of the lumber production line. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 20A , the untreated short-length lumber is loaded into the controlled-drying stage  23  of the fire-protected lumber production line so to produce suitably dried short-pieces of lumber for supply to the finger-jointing processing stage  24 . This stage can be performed by loading batches of short length lumber into the drying room or oven, whose temperature and humidity are strictly controlled using electric heaters and other equipment under computer control. Alternatively, short-length lumber pieces can be controllably dried by moving batches of short-length lumber through a tunnel-like drying room or chamber, through which chain-driven conveyor mechanism  22  passes, like other stages along the lumber production line, while the temperature and humidity of the environment is controlled using electric-driven or gas-combusting heaters under computer control in a manner well known in the art. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 20A , the controllably-dried short-length lumber is continuously supplied into the finger-jointing lumber processing stage  24 , for producing pieces of extended-length finger-jointed lumber in a highly automated manner. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 20B , produced pieces of extended-length finger-jointed lumber are automatically transported to the planing/dimensioning stage  25  so that the finger-jointed lumber can be planed/dimensioned into pieces of dimensioned finger-jointed lumber  29 A, and outputted onto the multi-stage conveyor-chain transport mechanism  22 . 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 20B , the dimensioned finger-jointed lumber pieces  29 A are continuously transported and submerged through an automated dipping tank  26 B for sufficient infusion of CFIC liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 liquid) into the lumber while being transported on the conveyor-chain transport mechanism  22 . 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 20B , the wet dip-coated pieces of dimensioned finger-jointed lumber are continuously removed from the dipping tank  26 B, and automatically wet-stacking, packing, wrapping and banding the wet dip-coated pieces into a packaged bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 20B , the packaged bundle of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber is removed from the stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding stage  27  and stored in a storage location in the factory  20 . The strapping the bundle material used may be made of high-strength fiberglass plastic or metal banding material. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 20B , the ends of each packaged bundle of fire-protected dimensioned finger-jointed lumber  29 , produced from the production line, are painted using a Class-A fire-protected paint containing clean fire-inhibited chemicals (CFIC) (e.g. 25% Hartindo AF21 liquid, 75% liquid polymer binder, and black liquid pigment) and applying trademarks and logos to the wrapped package of Class-A fire-protected finger-jointed lumber. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor liquid is used as the CFIC liquid  26 H that is deposited as a CFIC surface infusion during the dip-infusion of wood/lumber products on the production line of the present invention described above. The surfactants in Hartindo AF21 liquid formulation break the surface tension and allow its chemical molecules to impregnate ever so slightly the surface of the treated wood. This way, in the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in the CFIC-coating on the surface of the fire-protected lumber, interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) produced during the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks the fire&#39;s chemical reaction and extinguishes its flame. This is a primary fire suppression mechanism implemented by the CFIC-coatings deposited on wood surfaces in accordance with the various principles of invention disclosed and taught herein. 
     The table in  FIG. 21  illustrates the flame spread and smoke development indices of fire-protected lumber  29  produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment, using Hartindo AF21 as a CFIC liquid dip coating material, described in  FIGS. 20A and 20B . As shown in the table, the flame spread index for Spruce Pine Fir (SPF) was measured to be 15, whereas the smoke development index measured to be 95. The flame spread index for Douglas Fir was measured to be 0, whereas the smoke development index measured to be 40. 
     Specification of the Method of and Apparatus for Producing Class-A Fire-Protected Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Panels in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 22  shows a bundle of fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT) products (e.g. panels  42 ) produced using the method and apparatus of the present invention. The Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT) of the present invention  42  bears a surface infusion of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor). This CFIC infusion prevents flames from spreading by breaking the free radical chemical reaction within the combustion phase of fire, and confining the fire to the ignition source which can be readily extinguished, or go out by itself. When practicing the present invention, it is important that other fungicides, biocides, wood preservatives, and/or mildew agents are not added to the CFIC solution  39 H (i.e. Hartindo AF21) in the CFIC dip infusion tank  32 B because it has been discovered that such agents will chemically interfere with and adversely effect the fire-inhibiting properties and characteristics of the Hartindo AF21 fire-inhibiting chemicals, proven by E84 flame spread test results. 
       FIG. 23  shows an automated factory system  30  for producing Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, beams, and other products  42  in a high volume manner. As shown in  FIG. 23 , the factory  30  comprises a number of automated stages integrated together under automation and control, namely: a multi-stage conveyor-chain mechanism  32  having numerous primary stages in the illustrative embodiment shown in  FIGS. 23 and 23A ; a controlled-drying stage  33  receiving short pieces of lumber from a supply warehouse maintained in or around the factory and drying them in a controlled manner well known in the art; a finger-jointing stage  34 , for processing short-length pieces of dried timber (i.e. lumber) and automatically fabricating extended-length finger-jointed pieces of timber, as output from this stage; a lamination planing stage  35  for planing finger-jointed pieces of timber to produce finger-jointed timber laminations; an automated adhesive stage  36  for applying adhesive to the finger-jointed timer laminations; a pressing and curing stage  37  where the finger-jointed laminations with adhesive are stacked in a cross-directional manner and then placed in pressing machine where the adhesive is cured under pressure to produce a cross-laminated timber (CLT) panel, beam or other product; cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  38  for cutting and ripping cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels into CLT products  42 A; a chain-driven conveyor  32  for conveying the CLT product  42 A along the next few stages of the production line; an in-line CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  39 , as further detailed in  FIG. 23A , supporting an elongated dipping tank  39 B through which the chain-driven conveyor  32  transports CLT product into the dipping tank  39 H and along its length while submerged under CFIC liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor)  39 H during dip-infusion operations, to form a CFIC infusion in and through the surfaces of the CLT product, and removing the CFIC-infused CLT product from the dipping tank and transport it to the next stage along the production line; a packaging and wrapping/labeling stage  40  for packaging and wrapping/labeling CLT product  42 A either after it has dried, or while the CFIC-coated CLT product is still wet and allowed to dry in its wrapping. 
     In general, the controlled-drying stage  33  will include drying room with heaters that can be driven by electricity, natural or propane gas, or other combustible fuels which produce heat energy required to dry short-length lumber prior to the finger-joint wood processing stage. Some alternative embodiments, the controlled-drying stage  33  might be installed on the front end of the production line as shown in  FIG. 23 , and having input and output ports, with one stage of the conveyor-chain mechanism  32  passing through the heating chamber, from its input port to output port, allowing short-length lumber to be kiln-dried as it passes through the chamber along its conveyor mechanism. Other methods and apparatus can be used to realize this stage of the lumber production line of the present invention, provided that the desired degree of moisture within the wood is removed with heat or radiant energy at this stage of the process. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the finger-jointing lumber processing stage  34  can be configured as generally disclosed in US Patent Application Publication Nos. US20070220825A1 and US20170138049A1, incorporated herein by reference. In general, this stage involves robotic wood-working machinery, automation and programmable controls, well known in the finger-jointing wood art, and transforms multiple smaller-pieces of kiln-dried lumber into an extended-length piece of finger-jointed lumber, which is then planed and dimensioned during the next planning/dimensioning stage of the production line. An example of commercial equipment that may be adapted for the finger-jointing processing stage  34  of the present invention may be the CRP 2500, CRP 2750 or CRP 3000 Finger Jointing System from Conception R. P., Inc., Quebec, Canada http://www.conceptionrp.com/fingerjointing-systems. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the laminating planing stage  35  includes wood lamination planing equipment, such industrial band or rotary saws designed to cut, plane and dimension finger-jointed lumber pieces produced from the finger-jointing stage  34 , into finger-jointed timber laminations of a specified dimension and thickness. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the lamination planing stage  35  can be realized using a band or radial saw as may be required to produce finger-jointed laminations. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the adhesive application stage  36  can be realized using automated adhesive applicators well known in the art to apply a predetermined controlled amount of adhesive to each finger-jointed timber lamination during the automated finger-jointing process. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the pressing and curing stage  37  can be realized using an automated pressing and curing machine well known in the art to apply a predetermined controlled amount of pressure to the timber laminations after they have been cross-configured, and placed into the machine for pressing and subsequent curing operations. 
     LEDINEK Engineering, do.o.o, of Hoce, Slovenia, offers complete turnkey CLT production lines for high-volume automated production of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. Such systems comprise: lamination planers; finger jointing machines; presses &amp; curing machines; and automation and controllers. Such technologies and machines can be used to implement many of the stages described above in the CLT panel production line of the present invention. https://www.ledinek.com/engineered-timber 
     As shown in  FIG. 23A , the in-line high-speed continuous CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  39  of the production line comprises a number of components integrated together, with suitable automation and controls, namely: a multi-stage lumber board chain-driven conveyor subsystem  32 , supporting several parallel sets of chain-driven transport rails  32 A 1 ,  32 A 2  and  32 A 3 , as shown, extending from the pressing and curing stage  39  towards a dipping tank  39 B, and then running inside and along the bottom of the dipping tank  39 B, and then running out thereof, towards the packing and wrapping stage  40 , as shown, and having the capacity of transporting CLT panels and boards having a length up to 30 or so feet. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the dipping tank  39 B has a width dimension of 32 or so feet to accommodate the width of the CLT product being transported on chain-driven conveyor rails  32 A 1 ,  32 A 2  and  32 A 3  mounted and running outside of and also within the dipping tank  39 B, as shown. As shown, the CLT products  42 A are supported upon the chain driven rails  32 A 1 ,  32 A 2  and  32 A 3  while the CLT products are transported through the dipping tank  39 B while fully immersed and submerged at least 6 inches deep in CFIC liquid  39 H contained in the dipping tank  39 B, moving lumber in and out of the dipping tank  39 B in just a few seconds during the CFIC dip-infusion process of the present invention. Electrically-powered driven motors  391  are provided for the purpose of driving the chain-driven conveyors  32 A 1 ,  32 A 2  and  32 A 3  under computer control to transport CLT products  39 E from stage to stage along the production line. A level sensor  39 F is used for real-time sensing and control of the liquid level of CFIC liquid  39 H in the dipping tank  39 B at any moment in time during production line operation. A reservoir tank  39 C is provided for containing a large volume or supply of made up CFIC liquid solution (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor). Also, a computer controller  39 G is used for controlling the conveyor subsystem  32 , and an electric pump  39 D for pumping CFIC liquid into the dipping tank  39 B to maintain a constant supply level during system operation in response to the liquid level measured by the level sensor  39 F and supplied to the control computer  39 G. 
     The high-speed dip-infusion subsystem  39  may also include additional apparatus including, for example, liquid heaters, circulation pumps and controls for (i) maintaining the temperature of CFIC liquid solution in the dipping tank  39 B, and (ii) controlling the circulation of CFIC liquid around submerged CLT product  39 E being transported through the dipping tank in a submerged manner during a CFIC infusion process. Controlling such dip infusion parameters may be used to control the amount and degree of absorption of CFIC liquid within the surface fibers of the CLT product, as it is rapidly transported through the dipping tank  39 B. Notably, the dip infusion process allows for the rapid formation a surface infusion, or surface barrier, in and through the surface of each piece of dipped CLT product  39 E, and in the presence of a surfactant in the CFIC liquid in the dipping tank  39 B, shallow impregnation of CFIC liquid  39 H (e.g. Hartindo AF21) can occur into the surface fibers of each CLT piece  42 A near atmospheric pressure (i.e. below 6 inches of liquid CFIC in the dipping tank). It is understood that drip pans may also be provided beyond the dipping tank  39 B, installed beneath the chain-driven conveyor subsystem  32  arranged between the dripping tank  39 B and the packaging and wrapping stage  40 , so as to recover excess CFIC liquid dripping from the dip-coated lumber pieces and returning this recovered CFIC liquid to the dipping tank  39 B after appropriate filtering of the CFIC liquid if and as necessary. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the packaging and wrapping stage  40  includes equipment designed to receive CFIC-coated CLT product while still dripping and wet from CFIC liquid, and wrapping the CLT product  42 A with a sheet of wrapping material (e.g. TVEK or like material) that covers the top portion and at least half way down each side of the CLT product, and then banding or strapping the wrapped package  42  with fiberglass or steel banding, well known in the art. The wrapping will typically be preprinted with trademarks and logos of the lumber manufacturer&#39;s brand. Finally, the ends of the lumber pieces in the strapped, wrapped lumber package  42  are painted with a fire-protective paint also containing CFIC liquid material, in amounts to be effective in fire suppression. 
       FIGS. 24A and 24B  describe the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing bundles of Class-A fire-protected cross-laminated timber (CLT)  42  for use in fire-protected building construction. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 24A , in an automated lumber factory, a high-speed Class-A fire-protected lumber production line is installed and operated, with a reservoir tank  39 B containing a large supply of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  39 H that is continuously supplied to the automated high-speed CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  39  of the lumber factory, installed between (i) a cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  38 , and (ii) an automated stacking, packaging, wrapping and banding/strapping stage  40  installed at the end of the production line in the factory. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 24A , a supply of untreated short-length lumber is loaded onto the conveyor-chain transport mechanism  32  installed along and between the stages of the production line. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 24A , the untreated short-length lumber is loaded into the controlled-drying stage of the production line so to produce suitably dried short-length lumber for supply to the finger-jointing processing stage  34 . This stage can be performed by loading batches of short length lumber into the drying room or oven, whose temperature and humidity are strictly controlled using electric heaters and other equipment under computer control. Alternatively, short-length lumber pieces can be controllably dried by moving batches of short-length lumber through a tunnel-like drying room or chamber, through which chain-driven conveyor mechanism  32  passes, like other stages along the lumber production line of the present invention, while the temperature and humidity of the environment is controlled using electric-driven or gas-combusting space heaters under computer control in a manner well known in the art. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 24A , the controllably-dried short-length lumber is continuously supplied into the finger-jointing stage  34 , for producing pieces of extended-length finger-jointed timber (lumber) in a highly automated manner. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 24B , pieces of extended length finger-jointed timber are planed and dimensioned into pieces of finger-jointed timber laminations, and outputting the same onto the conveyor-chain transport mechanism  32 . 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 24B , adhesive material is applied to the finger-jointed timber laminations produced during Block E. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 24B , at the pressing &amp; curing stage  37 , pressing a plurality of finger-jointed timber laminations together with applied adhesive between the laminations, and then curing the adhesively joined laminations to produce a cross-laminated timber (CLT) pieces. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 24B , cross-laminated timber (CLT) pieces are planed and finished at the cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  38 , and outputting finished CLT product to the CFIC liquid dip infusion stage  39 . 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 24B , the finished CLT products are continuously transported and submerged through the dipping tank  39 B of the dip stage  39  for sufficient coating or infusion of CFIC liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor)  39 H into the CLT products, while being transported on the conveyor-chain transport mechanism  32 . 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 24B , continuously removing the wet dip-coated cross-laminated timber (CLT) pieces are continuously removed from the dipping tank  39 B, and automatically stacked, packaged and wrapped/labeled while wet with CFIC liquid, and allowed to dry within the package wrapping. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor is used as the CFIC liquid solution  34 H to form the CFIC surface infusion onto treated wood/lumber products produced on the production line of the factory described above. The clinging agent in the Hartindo AF21 CFIC liquid enables its chemical molecules to cling to the surface of the CFIC-coated wood, while its surfactants help to break the surface tension and allow chemical molecules to impregnate ever so slightly the surface of the treated wood. This way, in the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in the CFIC-infusion through the surface of the fire-protected lumber, interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) of the chemical reaction produced within the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks the fire&#39;s chemical reaction and extinguishes its flame. This is a primary fire suppression mechanism deployed or rather implemented by the CFIC-coatings deposited on wood surfaces in accordance with the various principles of invention, disclosed and taught herein. 
     The table in  FIG. 25  illustrates the flame spread and smoke development indices of fire-protected lumber produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 20A and 20B . As shown in the table, the flame spread index for Spruce Pine Fir (SPF) was measured to be 15, whereas the smoke development index measured to be 95. The flame-spread index for Douglas fir was measured to be 0, whereas the smoke development index measured to be 40. 
     Specification of the Method of and Apparatus for Producing Class-A Fire-Protected Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Products (i.e. Studs and Boards) in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention 
     In many ways, LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) beams, headers, columns and studs provide a better alternative than traditional solid sawn lumber pieces, as such engineered wood products (EWPs) are a stronger, stiffer, more consistent and more predictable building material. Also, when compared to similar sized sections, fire-protected LVL products can support heavier loads and allow greater spans than conventional lumber. Every LVL product is made from sheets of veneer. When these sheets are combined into a continuous billet or piece of LVL, the effects of flaws in individual sheets are negated because they are spread throughout the cross-section of the billet, rather than being concentrated in specific locations, such as is the case with sawn lumber. For example, a flaw in a single sheet of veneer laid up into a 15-ply mat or billet of LVL will effectively be 1/15. The challenge facing LVL producers is how to make the strongest possible LVL from their available raw material using smart grading techniques to sort their veneers. LVL is produced and used in a variety of different lengths, thicknesses and widths. In general, the LVL process is based on a combination of continuous lay-up and cycle-type hot pressing that is suitable for the production of LVL products in all lengths. 
       FIG. 26  shows a stack of Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products (i.e. beams, headers, columns, studs and rim boards)  57 A produced using the method and automated factory system  45  shown in  FIGS. 27 and 27A . The Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products  57 A bear two coatings: (i) an under-layer surface-coating of Class-A fire-protection provided by a dip-infusion of CFIC fire-inhibiting chemical (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor) which is allowed to stack-dry (e.g. for 24 hours or so); and (ii) a top-layer moisture, fire and UV protective coating that is spray-coated over the CFIC dip-coated, using a spraying tunnel  55 , to deposit a moisture, fire and UV protection coating over the Class-A fire-protection coating over the LVL product. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the top protective coating is formulated as follows: 75% by volume of Dectan chemical by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri; 25% by volume of Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor; and 1.0−0.75 [cups/gallon] ceramic microsphere dust mixed in as an additive, where 1 cup=8.0 US fluid ounces. This rugged top protective coating, which Applicant will trademark under Gator Skin™, protects the CFIC infusion (e.g. Hartindo AF21 fire inhibitor) from being washed out under outdoor weather conditions expected during building construction when roof, wall and floor sheeting is exposed to and impacted by the natural environment until the building is “dried in.” 
       FIG. 27  shows an automated factory system  45  for producing Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) products in a high volume manner in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 27 , the factory  45  comprises a number of automated stages integrated together under automation and control, namely: a conveyor-chain mechanism  47  having numerous stages in the illustrative embodiment shown in  FIGS. 27 and 27A , and a stage for delivering clipped veneer to the front of the LVL production line. The stage that delivers the continuous supply of clipped veneer is supported by five preceding stages, starting in the log yard, where veneer logs are delivered to the log yard for the LVL process. There, the logs, graded A and J and suitable for peeling, are debarked at a log debarking stage, and then bathed in a hot bath at the hot log bath stage, to increase the core temperature of the logs up to about 65 degrees Celsius. Such hot log bath equipment can be obtained from the Southern Cross Engineering Co. Then, at a lathe peeling stage, the wood lathe scans the log profile using multiple lasers, then centers the log for the most efficient recovery of material and peels the logs to a core diameter (e.g. 78 mm for the Raute Wood Lathe) to produce peeled veneers. Raute Corporation of Nastola, Finland supplies lathe peeling equipment for this stage. At the clipping stage, the peeled veneers are clipped to a wet width of approximately 1.4 meters and then stacked according to their moisture content. Equipment for supporting this stage is supplied by Babcock &amp; Wilcox. 
     As shown in  FIG. 27 , the LVL production line comprises, beyond its veneer delivery stage, an arrangement of stages, namely: a veneer drying stage  47  for receiving veneers from the supply and drying them in a controlled manner using, for example, a Babcock BSH, 22 bar, steam heated, six deck, roller veneer drier, supporting three stages of drying to reach a target moisture content of between 8 and 10%; a chain-driven conveyor  47  for conveying the components and LVL products along subsequent stages of the production line; an automated veneer grading stage  48  for automatically structurally and visually grading veneers using a Babcock NovaScan 4000 camera for surface appearance, a Metriguard 2650 DFX for ultrasonic propagation time, and an Elliot Bay Cypress 2000 moisture detection system; a veneer scarfing stage  49  for scarfing veneer edges to a uniform thickness at the joints between veneers, during the subsequent laying-up stage and process; adhesive application stage  50  for curtain coating veneers with phenol formaldehyde, an exterior grade adhesive, using a Koch (1400 mm curtain coater, with adhesive resin supplied by Dynea NZ Ltd.; a lay-up stage (i.e. station)  51  for vacuum lifting veneers (core sheets, face sheets and make-up sheets) onto the processing line according to the press recipe, and stacking and skew aligning the veneers with adhesive coating until they are laid up into a veneer mat; a pre-pressing stage  52  for pressing the veneer mat together; a hot-pressing and curing stage  53  for continuous hot pressing (over an extending length (e.g. 40 meters) using a Dieffenbacher hot press with hot oil platens to complete cure of the adhesive resin applied to the pressed veneers, and produce an LVL mat having a length up to 18m long in size, a width of up to 1.2m, and a thickness between 12 and 120 mm; a cross-cutting and rip sawing stage  53  for cross-cutting and rip sawing the produced LVL mat into LVL products such as studs, beams, rim boards and other dimensioned LVL products; an optional sanding stage, employing orbital sanders; an inkjet print-marking and paint spraying system for marking each piece of LVL product (e.g. LVL stud, board etc.) an with a branded logo and grade for clear visual identification; a CFIC liquid dip-infusion stage  54 , as shown in  FIG. 27A , having a dipping tank  54 B through which the chain-driven conveyor  47  transports LVL product into the dipping tank  54 B and along its length while submerged under CFIC liquid  54 H (e.g. Hartindo AFF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals, of Malaysia, or Hartindo Chemicatama Industri) during dip-infusion operations, so as to form a CFIC infusion in and through the surfaces of the LVL product, and removing the CFIC-coated LVL product from the dipping tank, and wet-stacking the LVL product and setting aside to dry for 24 hours or so to produce Class-A fire-protective LVL product  54 E; a spray tunnel  55  for spray-coating Class-A fire-protective LVL product  54 E (feed with an auto-feeder) with a moisture, fire and UV protective coating while the LVL product is being passed through a spraying tunnel  55  in a high-speed manner, and then quick-dried in a drying tunnel  56  and then passed onto the final stage  57 ; a stacking, packaging and wrapping/labeling stage  57  using Dieffenbacher, Signode equipment, for packaging and wrapping/labeling the Class-A fire-protected LVL product in its wrapping, ready for forklift handling. Notably, a liquid dye can be added to the CFIC dip-infusion liquid  54 H without adversely effecting its chemical properties. 
     KALLESOE MACHINERY A/S of Bredgade, Denmark, offers complete turnkey LVL production lines for high-volume automated production of LVL products. Such systems comprise: presses &amp; curing machines; automation and controllers. Such technologies and machines can be used to implement many of the stages described above in the LVL product production line of the present invention. 
     As shown in  FIG. 27A , the dip-infusion stage  54  comprises a chain-driven conveyor subsystem  47 , supporting several parallel sets of chain-driven transport rails  47 A 1 ,  47 A 2  and  47 A 3  as shown, extending from the pressing and curing stage  53  towards a dipping tank  54 B, and then running inside and along the bottom of the dipping tank  54 B, and then running out thereof towards the stacking, packing and wrapping stage  57 , as shown, having the capacity of handling studs and boards having a length up to 18 feet (6 m) or so, as the production application may require. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the dipping tank  55 B has a width dimension of up to 32 feet to accommodate the width of the LVL product  54 E being transported on chain-driven conveyor rails  47 A 1 ,  47 A 2  and  47 A 3  mounted and running outside of and also within the dipping tank  54 B, as shown, and allowing sufficient dwell time in the CFIC liquid  54 H during the dip-infusion process. As shown, the LVL products  54 E are supported upon the chain driven rails  47 A 1 ,  47 A 2  and  47 A 3  while the LVL products  54 E are transported through the dipping tank  54 B while fully immersed and submerged at least 6 inches deep in CFIC liquid  54 H contained in the dipping tank  54 B, moving at the linear rate of 300 feet/minute through the dipping tank  54 B during the CFIC dip-infusion process of the present invention. Electrically-powered driven motors are provided for the purpose of driving the chain-driven conveyors  47 A 1 ,  47 A 2 , and  47 A 3  under computer control to transport LVL products along the production line. A level sensor  54 F is used for real-time sensing the level of CFIC liquid  54 H in the dipping tank  54 B during production line operation. A reservoir tank  54 K is provided for containing a large volume or supply of made up CFIC liquid  54 H. Also, a computer controller  54 G is used for controlling the conveyor subsystem  47 , and an electric pump  54 D is provided for pumping CFIC liquid  54 H into the dipping tank  54 B to maintain a constant supply level during system operation in response to the liquid level measured by the level sensor  54 F and controlled by the controller  54 G. 
     The high-speed dip-infusion stage  54  may also include additional apparatus including, for example, liquid heaters, circulation pumps and controls for (i) maintaining the temperature of CFIC liquid solution  54 H in the dipping tank  54 B, and (ii) controlling the circulation of CFIC liquid around submerged LVL product  54 E being transported through the dipping tank in a submerged manner during the CFIC dip-infusion process. Controlling such dip infusion parameters may be used to control the amount and degree of absorption of CFIC liquid within the surface fibers of the LVL product as it is rapidly transported through the dipping tank  54 B between the cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  53  and the lumber packaging and wrapping stage  57  of the production line. 
     Notably, the dip infusion process of the present invention allows for the rapid formation a surface infusion, or surface barrier, in and through the surface of each piece of dipped LVL product, or in the presence of a surfactant added to the CFIC liquid in the dipping tank  54 B, shallow impregnation of CFIC liquid  54 H to occur into the surface fibers of each LVL piece  57 A near atmospheric pressure (i.e. below 6 inches of liquid CFIC in the dipping tank) during the dip-coated process. It is understood that drip pans may also be provided beyond the dipping tank  54 B, installed beneath the chain-driven conveyor subsystem  47  arranged between the dripping tank  54 B and the packaging and wrapping stage  57  so as to recover excess CFIC liquid dripping from the dip-coated lumber pieces and returning this recovered CFIC liquid to the dipping tank after appropriate filtering of the CFIC liquid if and as necessary. 
     As shown in  FIG. 27B , the moisture, fire and UV protection is provided using the spray tunnel stage  55  deployed immediately after the CFIC-liquid dip-infusion stage  54 . As shown, the spray tunnel stage  55  comprises: a storage tank  55 A for storing a large supply of moisture/fire/UV-protective liquid chemical  55 B; a spray tunnel  55 C for supporting an array of spray nozzles  55 D arranged about the conveyor rails  55 E 1 ,  55 E 2  and  55 E 3 , operably connected to a liquid pump  55 E connected to the storage tank  55 A under controller  55 F, to provide a 360 degrees of spray coverage in the tunnel  55 C, for spray-coating dip-infused LVL products within a controlled plane of moisture/fire/UV-protection liquid sprayed to cover 100% of surfaces of such LVL products  54 E as they are being transported through the spray tunnel  55  at high-speed; and a drying tunnel stage  56  installed after the spray tunnel stage  55 , for quick drying of spray-coated Class-A fire-protected LVL products, as they move through the drying tunnel  56  towards the automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  57  under the control of the subsystem controller  58 . In the preferred embodiment, the moisture/fire/UV protection liquid  55 B sprayed in the spray tunnel  55  is formulated as follows: 25% by volume Hartindo AF21 liquid; 75% by volume Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Indonesia, or its distributed Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia; and 1.0−0.75 [cups/gallon] of Hy-Tech ceramic microsphere dust, as an additive. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 27 , the automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  57  includes equipment designed to receive Class-A fire-protected LVL product  54 E, automatically stack the fire-protected LVL product, package and wrap the product within a sheet of wrapping material (e.g. plastic, TVEK or other wrapping material) covering the top portion and at least half way down each side of the LVL product package  59 , and then banding or strapping the wrapped package  59  with fiberglass or steel banding, well known in the art. The wrapping will typically be preprinted with trademarks and logos of the lumber manufacturer&#39;s brand. Finally, the ends of the lumber pieces in the strapped, wrapped lumber package  59  are painted with a Class-A fire-protective paint, also containing CFIC liquid material (e.g. 25% by volume Hartindo AF21) to be effective in achieving Class-A fire-protection. 
       FIGS. 28A and 28B  describe the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing bundles of Class-A fire-protected laminated veneer lumber (LVL) product for use in fire-protected building construction. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 28A , a high-speed fire-protected lumber production line is installed and operated in an automated lumber factory  45 , provided with an automated high-speed dip-infusion stage  54  and spray-coating stage  55  installed between (i) the cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  53  of the production line, and (ii) an automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  57  installed at the end of the production line in the lumber factory  45 . 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 28A , a supply clipped veneers  46  is continuously loaded onto the conveyor/transport mechanism  47  installed along the LVL production line. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 28A , the veneers are continuously provided to the controlled drying stage  47  of the production line so to produce suitably dried veneers for supply to the veneer grading stage  49  and subsequent stages. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 28A , dried veneers are scarfed at the veneer scarfing stage  49  to prepare for the veneer laying-up stage  51  where the leading and trailing edges of each sheet of veneer are scarfed (i.e. lapped-jointed) in order to provide a flush joint when the veneer sheets are joined together at the laying-up stage of the LVL process. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 28B , adhesive material is applied by curtain coating at the adhesive application stage  50 , to the surfaces of scarfed veneers prior to the veneer laying-up stage. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 28B , the veneers are vacuum lifted onto the processing line and stacked and skew aligned with adhesive coating until the veneers are laid up, at the veneer laying-up line  51 , into a veneer mat of a predetermined number of veneer layers (i.e. ply). 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 28B , the veneer mat is pressed together at the pre-pressing stage  52  of the production line. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 28B , the veneer mat is hot pressed in a hot-pressing/curing machine to produce an LVL mat at the hot-pressing and curing stage  53  of the production line. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 28B , the produced LVL mat is cross-cut and rip-sawed into LVL products (such as studs, beams, rim boards and other dimensioned LVL products)  54 E at the cross-cutting and rip sawing stage  53 . 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 28B , each piece of LVL product (e.g. LVL studs, boards, etc.)  54 E is marked with a branded logo and grade for clear visual identification at the inkjet print-marking and paint spraying stage installed after the cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  53 . 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 28B , the cross-cut/rip-sawed LVL product  54 E is continuously transported and submerged through the dipping reservoir  54 B at the CFIC-liquid dip-infusion stage  54  so as to apply CFIC liquid  54 H to the surface of the dipped LVL product  54 E at a coating coverage density of about 300 square feet per gallon of CFIC liquid  54 H (i.e. Hartindo AF21). The dip-coated LVL product  54 E is then wet-stacked in an automated manner using auto-stacking machinery, and then set aside and allowed to dry for a predetermined period of time (e.g. 24 hours) before the stack of dip-coated LVL wood is returned to the production line for continued processing. In the illustrative embodiment, Hartindo AAF21 total fire-inhibitor is used as the CFIC liquid solution  54 H, for depositing the CFIC surface-coating onto treated LVL products produced on the production line described above. The surfactants contained in the CFIC liquid helps to break the surface tension and allow chemical molecules to impregnate ever so slightly the surface of the treated LVL products, and produce a Class-A fire-protective LVL product  54 E. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 28C , the Class-A fire-protective LVL products  54 E are continuously feed through the spray tunnel stage  55  for spray coating a moisture/fire/UV-protective liquid coating  55 B over the entire surface as each dip-coated Class-A fire-protected LVL product (e.g. stud)  54 E is feed through the spray tunnel  55 . 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 28C , the Class-A fire-protected LVL product is quick-dried while being passed through the drying tunnel  56  disposed immediately after the curtain-coating tunnel  55 . This produces a Class-A fire-protective LVL product with a moisture/fire/UV protective coating as it exits the production line, improving the durability of the Class-A fire-protective LVL product when exposed to outdoor weather conditions during the construction phase. 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 28B , Class-A fire-protective LVL product  59  is automatically stacked, packaged and wrapped at the automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  57 , with trademarked wrapping, logos and the like. 
     In the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in the CFIC-infusion along the surface of the Class-A fire-protected LVL lumber  54 E interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) produced during the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks the fire&#39;s free-radical chemical reactions and extinguishes its flame. This is a primary fire suppression mechanism implemented by the CFIC-coatings deposited on wood surfaces in accordance with the principles of invention, disclosed and taught herein. 
     The table in  FIG. 29  illustrates the flame spread and smoke development indices of Class-A fire-protected lumber produced using the method described in  FIGS. 28A and 28B . As shown in the table, for Spruce Pine Fire (SPF), the flame spread index was measured to be 15, whereas the smoke development index was measured to be 95, meeting the test criteria for Class-A fire-protection rating. For Douglas Fir, the flame spread index was measured to be 0, whereas smoke development index was measured to be 40, also meeting the test criteria for Class-A fire-protection rating. 
     Specification of Method of Producing Clean Fire-Protected Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Sheathing Constructed in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention 
       FIGS. 30 and 31  show a piece of Class-A fire-protected oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing  60  constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention. This Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing  69  is provided with a moisture, fire and UV protection coating  64  that supports weather during building construction when roof, wall and floor sheeting gets hammered by the natural environment until the building is “dried in.” The coating  64  also protects the CFIC (e.g. Hartindo AF21 fire inhibitor) dip-infusions  63 A and  63 B and paint coating  63 C from getting washed out by the weather during the construction phase, as otherwise occurs with most conventional pressure-treated lumber products. 
     As shown, the Class-A fire-protective OSB sheathing  60  comprises: a core medium layer  61  made of wood pump, binder and/or adhesive materials; OSB sheathing layers  62 A and  62 B bonded to the core medium layer  61 ; a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) coating  63 C painted onto the edge surfaces of the core medium layer  61 , using a Class-A fire-protective paint containing a CFIC liquid; CFIC coatings  63 A and  63 B applied to the surface of OSB sheathing layers  62 A and  62 B respectively, by dipping the OSB sheathing  66  into a CFIC liquid  66 H contained in a dipping tank  66 B, and allowing shallow surface absorption or impregnation into the OSB sheathing layers  62 A and  62 B at atmospheric pressure; and a moisture/fire/UV protective coating  64  spray-coated over the CFIC coatings  63 A,  63 B and  63 C applied to protect these underlying CFIC coatings from outdoor weather conditions such as rain, snow and UV radiation from Sunlight. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, Hartindo AAF21 Total Fire Inhibitor is used as the CFIC liquid  66 H to form the CFIC surface coatings  63 A,  63 B and  63 C over the surfaces of the OSB product (e.g. sheet)  66 . The clinging agent in the CFIC liquid  66 H enables its chemical molecules to cling to the surface of the CFIC-coated OSB product, while its surfactants help to break the surface tension and allow chemical molecules to impregnate ever so slightly the surface of the treated wood. The CFIC paint coating  63 A can be formulated by adding Hartindo AF21, 25-30% by volume, to a water-base paint containing liquid polymer binder. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the moisture/fire/UV protection liquid  68 A comprises a formulation comprising: 75% by volume, DECTAN chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, a complex vinyl acrylic copolymer and tannic acid; 25% by volume, AF21 anti-fire liquid chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri; and ceramic microsphere dust, 1.0−0.75 [cups/gallon] (e.g. ThermaCels™ insulating ceramic microsphere dust by Hy-Tech Thermal Solutions, LLC, of Melbourne, Fla.). 
       FIG. 33  shows an automated factory system  65  for producing Class-A fire-protected laminated OSB products in a high volume manner in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 33 , the factory  65  comprises a number of automated stages integrated together under automation and control, namely: a conveyor-chain mechanism  65 E having numerous primary stages in the illustrative embodiment shown in  FIGS. 33, 33A and 33B . 
     As shown in  FIG. 33 , the OSB production line comprises an arrangement of stages for high-volume automated production of OSB products. Such systems comprise: presses &amp; curing machines; automation and controllers. Such technologies and machines can be used to implement many of the stages described above in the OSB product production line of the present invention. Suzhou CMT Engineering Company Limited offers complete turnkey OSB production lines. 
     As shown in  FIG. 33A , the dip-infusion stage  66  comprises a chain-driven conveyor subsystem  65 E, supporting several parallel sets of chain-driven transport rails  65 E 1 ,  65 E 2  and  65 E 3  as shown, extending from the pressing and curing stage  65 H towards a dipping tank  54 B, and then running inside and along the bottom of the dipping tank  66 B, and then running out thereof towards the stacking, packing and wrapping stage  65 K, as shown. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the dipping tank  66 B has a width dimension to accommodate the width of the OSB product  66 E being transported on chain-driven conveyor rails  65 E 1 ,  65 E 2  and  65 E 3  mounted and running outside of and also within the dipping tank  66 B, as shown, and allowing sufficient dwell time in the CFIC liquid  66 H during the dip-infusion process. As shown, the OSB products are supported upon the chain driven rails  65 E 1 ,  65 E 2  and  65 E 3  while the OSB products  66 E are transported through the dipping tank  66 B while fully immersed and submerged at least 6 inches deep in CFIC liquid  66 H contained in the dipping tank  66 B, moving at the linear rate of 300 feet/minute through the dipping tank  66 B during the CFIC dip-infusion process of the present invention. Electrically-powered driven motors are provided for the purpose of driving the chain-driven conveyors under computer control to transport OSB products  66 E from stage to stage along the production line. A level sensor  66 F is used for sensing the level of CFIC liquid  66 H in the dipping tank at any moment in time during production line operation. A reservoir tank  66 C is provided for containing a large volume or supply of CFIC liquid  66 H. Also, a computer controller  66 G is used for controlling the conveyor subsystem, and an electric pump  66 D is provided for pumping CFIC liquid  66 H into the dipping tank  66 B to maintain a constant supply level during system operation in response to the liquid level measured by the level sensor  66 F and controlled by the controller  66 G. 
     The high-speed dip-infusion stage  66  may also include additional apparatus including, for example, liquid heaters, circulation pumps and controls for (i) maintaining the temperature of CFIC liquid solution in the dipping tank  66 B, and (ii) controlling the circulation of CFIC liquid around submerged OSB product  66 E being transported through the dipping tank in a submerged manner during the CFIC dip-infusion process. Controlling such dip infusion parameters may be used to control the amount and degree of absorption of CFIC liquid within the surface fibers of the OSB product  66 E as it is rapidly transported through the dipping tank  66 B between the cross-cutting and rip-sawing stage  65 I and the lumber packaging and wrapping stage  65 K of the production line. Notably, the dip infusion process allows for the rapid formation a surface infusion, or surface barrier, in, through and about the surface of each piece of dipped OSB product, or in the presence of a surfactant added to the CFIC liquid in the dipping tank  66 B, shallow impregnation of CFIC liquid  66 H to occur into the surface fibers of each OSB sheet  66 E near atmospheric pressure (i.e. below 6 inches of liquid CFIC in the dipping tank) during the dip-infusion process. It is understood that drip pans may also be provided beyond the dipping tank  66 B, installed beneath the chain-driven conveyor subsystem arranged between the dripping tank  66 B and the packaging and wrapping stage  65 K so as to recover excess CFIC liquid dripping from the dip-infused lumber pieces and returning this recovered CFIC liquid to the dipping tank after appropriate filtering of the CFIC liquid if and as necessary. 
     As shown in  FIG. 33B , the moisture, fire and UV protection is provided using the spray tunnel stage  67  deployed immediately after the CFIC-liquid dip-infusion stage  66 . As shown, the spray tunnel stage  67  comprises: a storage tank  67 A for storing a large supply of moisture/fire/UV-protective liquid chemical  67 B; a spray tunnel  67 C for supporting an array of spray nozzles  67 D arranged about the conveyor rails  67 A 1 ,  67 A 2  and  67 A 3 , operably connected to a liquid pump  67 E connected to the storage tank  67 A under controller  67 F, to provide a 360 degrees of spray coverage in the tunnel  67 , for spray-coating dip-infusion OSB sheets  66 E within a controlled plane of moisture/fire/UV-protection liquid  67 B sprayed to cover 100% of surfaces of such OSB sheets  66 E as they are being transported through the spray tunnel  67  at high-speed; and a drying tunnel stage  56  installed after the spray tunnel stage  67 , for quick drying of spray-coated Class-A fire-protected OSB sheet  66 E, as they move through the drying tunnel  68  towards the automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  65 K, under the control of the subsystem controller  58 . In the preferred embodiment, the moisture/fire/UV protection liquid  67 B sprayed in the spray tunnel  67  is formulated as follows: 25% by volume Hartindo AF21 liquid; 75% by volume Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, or its distributed Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia; and 0.75 [cups/gallon] of Hy-Tech ceramic microsphere dust, as an additive. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 33 , the automated stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  65 K includes equipment designed to receive Class-A fire-protected OSB sheets  66 E, automatically stacking the fire-protected OSB sheets, packaging and wrapping the sheets with wrapping material (e.g. plastic, TVEK or other wrapping material) that covers the top portion and at least half way down each side of the stacked OSB sheets, and then banding or strapping the wrapped package with fiberglass or steel banding, well known in the art. The wrapping will typically be preprinted with trademarks and logos of the lumber manufacturer&#39;s brand. Finally, the ends of the OSB lumber sheets  69  in the strapped, wrapped lumber package  69  are painted with a fire-protective paint also containing CFIC liquid material (e.g. 25% by volume, Hartindo AF21 liquid) to be effective in achieving Class-A fire-protection. 
       FIGS. 32A, 32B and 32C  describe the high-level steps carried out when producing Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing  69  in the automated factory shown in  FIGS. 33, 33A and 33B , in accordance with the method and principles of the present invention. 
     Provided with this innovative two-coating system of UV/moisture/fire-protection, in the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in both the moisture/fire/UV-protective coating  64  and CFIC-coatings  63 A,  63 B capture the free radicals (H+, OH−, O) produced during a fire, and break the fire&#39;s chemical reaction and extinguish its flame. This is a primary fire suppression mechanism deployed or rather implemented by the CFIC-coatings deposited on wood surfaces in accordance with the various principles of invention, disclosed and taught herein. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 32A , in an automated factory configured for automated production of Class-A fire-protected OSB sheeting, an edge painting stage  65 J, an CFIC liquid dipping stage  67 , a spray tunnel stage  67 , and a drying tunnel stage  68  are installed between the finishing stage  65 I and automated packaging and wrapping stage  65 K along the lumber production line. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 32A , logs are sorted, soaked and debarked at stage  65 A to prepare for the logs for the stranding stage  65 B. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 32A , the debarked logs are processed at the stranding stage  65 B to produce strands of wood having specific length, width and thickness. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 32A , at the strand metering stage  65 C, the strands are collected in large storage binds that allow for precise metering into the dryers. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 32A , the strands are dried at the drying stage  65 D to a target moisture content and screening them to remove small particles for recycling. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 32B , the strands are coated with resin and wax at the blending  65 F to enhance the finished panel&#39;s resistance to moisture and water absorption. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 32B , cross-directional layers of strands are formed into strand-based mats at the mat forming stage  65 G. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 32B , the mats are heated and pressed at the pressing and curing stage  65 H to consolidate the strands and cure the resins and form a rigid dense structural oriented strand board (OSB) panel. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 32B , at the finishing stage  65 I, the structural OSB panel is trimmed and cut to size, and groove joints machined and edge sealants applied for moisture resistance. 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 32B , Class-A fire-protective paint (containing CFIC liquid, 25% by volume, Hartindo AF21 liquid) is applied to the edges of the trimmed and cut OSB panels, at the edge painting stage  65 J. 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 32B , OSB panels are transported and submerged through the dipping tank  66 B of the dipping stage  66  for sufficient infusion of CFIC liquid  66 H, while being transported on the conveyor-chain transport mechanism  65 E. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 32B , the wet dip-coated OSB panels are removed from the dipping tank  66 B, and wet stacked and set aside for about 24 hours or so, to allow the wet CFIC liquid to infuse into all of the surfaces of the dipped OSB panels  66 E to penetrate into the panels  69  as the infusion dries. 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 32C , a stack of air-dried dip-infused OSB panels  66 E is loaded to the auto-feeder of the second stage of the production line, shown in  FIG. 33B . 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 32C , the dip-coated OSB panels  66 E are spray-coated with a moisture, fire and UV protection coating  64  that supports weather during building construction, to produce Class-A fire-protected OSB panels  69 . 
     As indicated at Block O in  FIG. 32C , spray-coated dipped OSB sheets  69  are transported through a drying tunnel at stage  68 . 
     As indicated at Block P in  FIG. 32C , dried spray-coated/dipped OSB panels  69  are stacked, packaged and wrapped into a bundle of Class-A fire-protected OSB panels at the stacking, packaging and wrapping stage  65 K. 
     As shown and described above, the lumber factory  65  is configured for producing Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing  69  fabricated in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
       FIG. 34  shows the flame-spread and smoke-reading (development) characteristics associated with the Class-A fire-protected OSB sheathing  69  shown in  FIGS. 30 and 31  and manufactured according to the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 32A and 32B , and using the factory production line shown in  FIGS. 33, 33A and 33B . 
     Specification of Method of Making Fire-Protected Top Chord Bearing (Floor) Truss (TCBT) Structure Constructed in Accordance with the Principles of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 35  shows a Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing (floor) truss (TCBT) structure  70  constructed in accordance with the present invention. As will be described in greater detail herein, the method of production involves (i) producing Class-A fire-protected lumber sections, and (ii) producing heat-resistant metal truss connector plates  10 ′ coated with Dectan-chemical (i.e. indicating a 50% reduction in E119 Testing which reduces charring in the wood behind plate), and (iii) using these heat-resistant metal truss connector plates  10 ′ to secure connect together the Class-A fire-protected pieces of lumber to form a Class-A fire-protected floor truss structure  70 . 
     The Class-A fire-protected floor truss structure  70  performs better than conventional I-joists, does not require doubling as do conventional I-joists, does not require drilling on site top pass and install plumbing pipes and electrical wiring, as do I-joists, and does not require expensive LVL rim joists, while being easier to install in wood-framed buildings. The fire-protected floor truss structure  70  of the present invention provides an innovative solution to conventional wooden floor trusses using metal nail connector plates to connect together small lumber sections which ignite easily and burn quickly in a building fire. During a building fire, conventional metal nail connector plates  10 , shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , bend in the heat of a fire and release from its lumber section, causing the truss to loose all strength in a fire, as shown in  FIG. 15 . This places occupants at great risk trying to escape a burning wood-framed building, as well as firemen trying to extinguish a fire in a burning building before the fire reaches its critical stage. 
       FIG. 36  describes practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing floor trusses (TCBT)  70  in accordance with the present invention. As shown, the method comprises the steps: (a) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  77 A (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals); (b) filling the dipping tank  77  with water-based CFIC solution  77 A; (c) filling the reservoir tank  78  of a liquid spraying system with a heat-resistant chemical liquid  78 A for coating metal truss connector plates (e.g. Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, or its distributor Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia); (d) dipping structural untreated lumber components into dipping tank  77  in a high-speed manner so as to infuse clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC)  77 A into all its surfaces, wet-stacking the treated lumber, and allowing to air-dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber sections  71 A,  71 B,  71 C; (e) using an air-less liquid spraying system, or other applicator, to coat metal connector plates  10  with a heat-resistant chemical liquid (i.e. Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri)  78 A and thereafter drying in air or in drying tunnel, to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′ for use in connecting together the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  71 A,  71 B,  71 C; (f) assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  71 A,  71 B,  71 C using heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′ spray-coated with Dectan chemical to make a Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing floor truss (TCBT) structure  70 ; and (g) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected floor truss structures  7  using banding, strapping or other fasteners and ship to a destination site for use in constructing wood-framed buildings. 
     Liquid DecTan chemical is a complex mixture of a vinyl acrylic copolymer and tannic acid. Liquid DecTan chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri has the ability to resist high heat, as it contains Hartindo&#39;s AF21 total fire inhibitor, and has proven to be an excellent heat-resistant coating for purposes of the present invention. It can be applied using spray-coating, curtain-coating, and brush-coating methods. 
       FIG. 37  depicts a factory  75  for making Class-A fire-protected floor trusses  70  in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown, the factory  75  comprises the components, including: (a) a first stage  75 A for automated dipping of untreated lumber components in a dipping tank  77  filled with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  77 A (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia) using automated dip-infusion technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 19A ; (b) a second stage  75 B for automated spraying metal connector plates  10  with DecTan chemical  78 A from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri using automated spray-coating technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 27B ; and (c) a third stage  75 C for automated or semi-automated assembly of the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  71 A and  71 B with the DecTan-coated heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′ using automation and controls, to form Class-A fire-protected floor trusses  70  in a high-speed, high-volume manner. 
       FIG. 38  shows a family of fire-protected top chord bearing floor structures  70 A through  70 H constructed in accordance with the present invention described above. Such examples include, for example: a bottom chord bearing on exterior frame or masonry wall  70 A; a bottom chord bearing on exterior frame wall with masonry fascia wall  70 B; an intermediate bearing—simple span trusses  70 C; an intermediate bearing—continuous floor truss  70 D; a header beam pocket—floor truss supporting header beam  70 E; an intermediate bearing—floor truss supported by steel or wooden beam  70 F; a top chord bearing on frame wall  70 G; and a top chord bearing on masonry wall  70 H. Notably, in each of these alternative top chord bearing floor truss designs, heat-resistant metal truss connector plates  10 ′ are used to connect sections of fire-protected CFIC-coated lumber  71  in a secure manner, and enjoy the many benefits that such Class-A fire-protective building assemblies provide over the prior art. 
       FIG. 39  shows a schematic table illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of AAF21-treated Class-A fire-protected floor truss structures  70 A through  70 H produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 35, 36 and 37 , and tested in accordance with standards ASTM E84 and UL 723. 
     Specification of the Method of a Fire-Protected Top Chord Bearing (Roof) Truss Structure of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 40  shows a Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing (roof) truss structure of the present invention  80 , formed using clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) coated lumber pieces  81 A through  81 E connected together using Dectan-coated heat-resistant metal truss connector plates  10 ′. This novel building construction provides an innovative solution to conventional wooden roof trusses employing conventional metal nail connector plates to connect together untreated lumber sections used to construct the truss structure which are plagued with numerous problems: (i) lumber truss sections easily igniting and quickly burning in a building fire; and (ii) conventional metal nail connector plates bending in the heat of a fire and releasing from its lumber sections, causing the truss structure to loose all strength in a fire. Such problems put occupants at great risk trying to escape a burning building, and also firemen trying to extinguish the fire before the fire reaches its critical stage. 
       FIG. 41  describes practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing roof trusses (TCBT)  80  in accordance with the present invention. As shown, the method comprises the steps: (a) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  85 A (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals); (b) filling the dipping tank  85  with water-based CFIC solution  86 A; (c) filling the reservoir tank  86  of a liquid spraying system with a heat-resistant chemical liquid  86 A for coating metal truss connector plates (e.g. Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, or its distributor Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia); (d) dipping structural untreated lumber components into dipping tank  85  in a high-speed manner so as to infuse clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC)  85 A over all its surfaces, wet-stacking the treated lumber, and allowing to air-dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber sections  81 A,  81 B,  81 C,  81 D, and  81 E; (e) using an air-less liquid spraying system, or other applicator, to coat metal connector plates  10  with a heat-resistant chemical liquid (i.e. Dectan Chemical)  8 A and thereafter drying in air or in drying tunnel, to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′ for use in connecting together the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  81 A,  81 B,  81 C,  81 D, and  81 E; (f) assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  81 A,  81 B,  81 C,  81 D, and  81 E using heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′ spray-coated with Dectan chemical to make a Class-A fire-protected top chord bearing roof truss (TCBT) structure  80 ; and (g) stacking and packaging one or more Class-A fire-protected roof truss structures  80  using banding, strapping or other fasteners and ship to a destination site for use in constructing wood-framed buildings. 
       FIG. 42  depicted a factory  83  for making fire-protected top chord bearing roof trusses  80  in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown, the factory  83  comprises the components, including: (a) a first stage  83 A for dipping untreated lumber components in a dipping tank  85  filled with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  85 B (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia) using automated dip-infusion technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 19A ; (b) a second stage  83 B for automated spraying metal connector plates  10  with Dectan chemical  86 A from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, of Malaysia using automated spray-coating technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 27B , to produce heat-resistant metal connector plates  10 ′; and (c) a third stage  83 C for assembling the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  81 A through  81 E with the heat-resistant Dectan-coated metal connector plates  10 ′ using automation and controls, to form fire-protected top chord bearing roof trusses  80  in a high-speed, high-volume manner. 
       FIGS. 43A and 43B  show a family of fire-protected top chord bearing (roof) structures  80  constructed in accordance with the present invention and identified, for example, by roof top truss design names, including: kingpost  80 A; double fink  80 B; queen post  80 C; double Howe  80 D; fink  80 E; hip  80 F; Howe  80 G; scissors  80 H; fan  801 ; monopitch  80 J; modified queenpost  80 K; cambered  80 L; dual pitch  80 M; inverted  80 N; gambrel  80 O; piggyback  80 P; polyensian  80 Q; studio  80 R; attic  80 S; cathedral  80 T; bowstring  80 U; sloping flat  80 V; stub  80 W; and flat  80 X. Notably, in each of these alternative top chord bearing roof truss designs, heat-resistant metal truss connector plates  10 ′ are used to connect together sections of fire-protected CFIC-coated lumber sections in a secure manner, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, and enjoy the many benefits that such improved assembly constructions provide over the prior art. 
       FIG. 44  shows a schematic table illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of AAF21-treated Class-A fire-protected roof truss structure  80 A through  80 X produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 41 and 42 , and tested in accordance with standards ASTM E84 and UL 723. 
     Specification of a Method of Producing a Class-A Fire-Protected Floor Joist Structure of the Principles of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 45  shows a Class-A fire-protected floor joist structure of the present invention  90 , formed using clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) coated lumber pieces  91 A,  91 B, and  93  connected together using heat-resistant Dectan-coated metal joist hanger plates  92 , and providing a solution to every firefighter&#39;s worse fear (i.e. sudden floor collapses due conventional I-joists and floor trusses which can fail in fire in as little as 6 minutes). The present invention provides a novel solution to this dreaded problem by providing a Class-A fire-protected floor joist system that enables the construction of one-hour floor assemblies using one layer of drywall, available in long lengths (e.g. up to 40 feet), for spanning straight floor sections, and as providing a rim joist as well. 
       FIG. 46  describes the high level steps carried out when practicing the method of producing Class-A fire-protected joist structure  90  in accordance with the present invention. As shown, the method of comprises the steps: (a) procuring clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  96 A (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals); (b) filling the dipping tank  96  with water-based CFIC solution  96 A; (c) filling the reservoir tank  98  of a liquid spraying system with a heat-resistant chemical liquid  98 A (e.g. Dectan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, or its distributor Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia) for coating metal truss connector plates; (d) dipping structural untreated lumber components  91 A,  91 B,  93  into dipping tank  96  in a high-speed manner so as to infuse (i.e. apply) clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC)  96 A in all of its surfaces, wet-stacking the treated lumber, and allowing to air-dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber sections  91 A′,  91 B′,  93 ′; (e) dipping untreated structural joist lumber beams  91 A′,  91 B′,  93 ′ into the dipping tank  96  so as to uniformly infuse clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  96 A into all its surfaces to form a CFIC-infusion or membrane through all of the lumber surfaces, and allowing the CFIC-infused joist lumber beams to dry to produce Class-A fire-protected lumber sections  91 A,  91 B,  93 ; and then using the air-less liquid spraying system to coat metal joist hangers with liquid Dectan chemical  98 A in the reservoir tank  98 , so as to produce heat-resistant Dectan-chemical coated metal joist hangers  92 , for use with the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  91 A,  91 B and  93 ; (f) stacking and packaging one or more fire-protected joist lumber beams  91 A,  91 B, and  93  together into a bundle, using banding or other fasteners, and with the heat-resistant metal joist hangers  92 , and shipping the lumber bundle and heat-resistant metal joist hangers to destination site for use in construction wood-framed buildings; and (g) assembling the Class-A fire-protected joist lumber beams  91 A,  91 B and  93  using the heat-resistant Dectan-chemical coated metal joist hangers  92  to make a Class-A fire-protected joist structure  47  according to the principles of the present invention. 
       FIG. 47  depicts a factory  94  for making Class-A fire-protected joist structures  90  in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown, the factory  94  comprises the components, including: (a) a first stage  94 A for dipping untreated lumber components in a dipping tank  96  filled with liquid clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC)  96 A (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Total Fire Inhibitor from Newstar Chemicals) using automated dip-infusion technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 19A ; (b) a second stage  94 B for automated spraying metal joist hangers  92  with heat-resistant liquid Dectan chemical  98 A from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri using automated spray-coating technology described hereinabove in  FIG. 27B  to produce heat-resistant Dectan-coated metal hanger joists  92 ; and (c) a third stage  94 C for automated or semi-automated assembly of the Class-A fire-protected lumber components  91 A,  91 B together using the Dectan-coated metal joist plates  92 ′ using automation and controls, to form Class-A fire-protected joist structures  90  according to the present invention. 
       FIG. 48  shows a table illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of AAF21-treated Class-A fire-protected floor joist structure  90  produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 46 and 47 , and tested in accordance with standards ASTM E84 and UL 723. 
     Specification of the On-Job-Site Spray-Coating Based Method, System and Network for Class-A Fire-Protection of all Exposed Interior Surfaces of Lumber and Sheathing Used in Wood-Framed Buildings During the Construction Phase 
       FIG. 49  illustrates an on-job-site spray coating of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid all over the exposed interior surfaces of raw and treated lumber and sheathing used in a completed section of a wood-framed assemblies in a wood-framed building during its construction phase. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 49 and 50 , the primary components of the mobile GPS-tracked clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) air-less liquid spraying system  100  comprises: (i) an air-less liquid spray pumping subsystem  101  including a reservoir tank  101 B for containing a supply of CFIC liquid  101 C (i.e. AF31 from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri), (ii) a hand-held liquid spray nozzle gun  101 D for holding in the hand of a spray coating technician, and (iii) a sufficient length of flexible tubing  101 E, on a carry-reel assembly, if necessary, for carrying liquid CFIC solution from the reservoir tank  101 B of the air-less liquid pumping system  101 C to the hand-held liquid spray nozzle gun  101 D during spraying operations carried out in the wood-framed building construction. 
       FIG. 49A  shows the video recording of fire-inhibiting liquid spraying raw and treated lumber, and sheathing on wood-framed assemblies, during construction phase of a wood-framed building at a job site, using a small digital video camera module  117 X mounted on the spray gun  101 D (or head or body of the spray technician). The digital video camera module  117 X might be a suitably adapted GOPRO® Hero™ camera system, or any commercially available digital video camera module  117 X interfaced with the mobile computing system  117  carried by the spray technician. The video recording will be uploaded from module  117 X to a job-specific project folder maintained on the network database as part of certifying that fire protection spray services have been actually delivered to the wood-framed building. The fire protection certification process of the present invention will be described in great detail hereinafter with respect to the processes and technology illustrated and described in  FIGS. 64 through 67L . 
     Specification of the Mobile GPS-Tracked CFIC Spraying System of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 50A  shows a mobile GPS-tracked CFIC liquid spraying system  101  supported on a set of wheels  101 A, having an integrated supply tank  101 B and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump  101 C, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for spraying the same with environmentally-clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid using a spray nozzle assembly  101 D connected to the spray pump  101 C by way of a flexible  101 E. 
       FIG. 50B  shows the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid spraying system  101  of  FIG. 50A  as comprising a number of subcomponents, namely: a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem  101 F; a micro-computing platform or subsystem  101 G interfaced with the GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem  101 F by way of a system bus  1011 ; and a wireless communication subsystem  101 H interfaced to the micro-computing platform  101 G via the system bus  201 . As configured, the GPS-tracked mobile CFIC liquid spraying system  2101  enables and supports (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of CFIC liquid from the system  101  when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a local database maintained within the micro-computing platform  101 G, as well as in the remote network database  9 C 1  maintained at the data center  110  of the system network  109 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 50B , the micro-computing platform  101 G comprises: data storage memory  2101 G 1 ; flash memory (firmware storage)  2101 G 2 ; a programmable microprocessor  2101 G 3 ; a general purpose I/O (GPIO) interface  101 G 4 ; a GPS transceiver circuit/chip with matched antenna structure  2101 G 5 ; and the system bus  1011  which interfaces these components together and provides the necessary addressing, data and control signal pathways supported within the system  101 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 50B , the wireless communication subsystem  101 H comprises: an RF-GSM modem transceiver  101 H 1 ; a T/X amplifier  101 H 2  interfaced with the RF-GSM modem transceiver  101 H 1 ; and a WIFI and Bluetooth wireless interfaces  101 H 3 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 50B , the GPS-tracked and remotely-controllable CFIC liquid spray control subsystem  101 F comprises: anti-fire chemical liquid supply sensor(s)  101 F 1  installed in or on the anti-fire chemical liquid supply tank  101 B to produce an electrical signal indicative of the volume or percentage of the CFIC liquid supply tank containing CFIC liquid at any instant in time, and providing such signals to the CFIC liquid spray system control interface  101 F 4 ; a power supply and controls  101 F 2  interfaced with the liquid pump spray subsystem  101 C, and also the CFIC liquid spray system control interface  101 F 4 ; manually-operated spray pump controls interface  101 F 3 , interfaced with the CFIC liquid spray system control interface  101 F 4 ; and the CFIC liquid spray system control interface  101 F 4  interfaced with the micro-computing subsystem  101 G, via the system bus  1011 . The flash memory storage  101 G 2  contains microcode that represents a control program that runs on the microprocessor  101 G 3  and realizes the various GPS-specified CFIC chemical liquid spray control, monitoring, data logging and management functions supported by the system  101 . 
     In the preferred embodiment, the CFIC liquid is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN. BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html. When so treated, combustible products will prevent flames from spreading, and confine fire to the ignition source which can be readily extinguished, or go out by itself. In the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in both dry and wet coatings, formed with Hartindo AF31 liquid, interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH−, O) involved in the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks these free-radical chemical reactions and extinguishes the fire&#39;s flames. 
     In general, any commercially-grade airless liquid spraying system may be used and adapted to construct the GPS-tracked mobile system  101  for spraying Class-A fire-protective liquid coatings on wood-framed building construction sites, and practice the method and system of the present invention, with excellent results. Many different kinds of commercial spray coating systems may be used to practice the present invention, and each may employ an electric motor or air-compressor to drive its liquid pump. For purposes of illustration only, the following commercial spray systems are identified as follows: the Xtreme XL™ Electric Airless Spray System available from Graco, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn.; and the Binks MX412 Air-Assisted/Compressor-Driven Airless Spray System from Carlisle Fluid Technologies, of Scottsdale, Ariz. 
     Countless on-site locations will exist having various sizes and configurations requiring the on-job-site spray-based fire-protection method of the present invention.  FIG. 51A  illustrates a first job-site of multi-apartment wood-framed building under construction prepared and ready for clean fire inhibiting chemical spray coating treatment in accordance with the principles of the present invention.  FIG. 51B  illustrates a second job-site of multi-apartment wood-framed building under construction prepared and ready for clean fire inhibiting chemical spray coating treatment in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
     The on-job-site spray method and system involves spraying a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid on all new construction lumber and sheathing to prevent fire ignition and flame spread. The method also recommends spraying exterior walls or the exterior face of the roof, wall and floor sheathing with CFIC liquid. The method further recommends that factory-applied fire-protective lumber be used on exterior walls, and fire-protected sheathing be used on the exterior face of the roof, wall and floor sheathing, as it offers extra UV and moisture protection. As disclosed herein, there are many different options available to architects and builders to meet such requirements within the scope and spirit of the present invention disclosed herein. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor (from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia http://hartindo.co.id, or its distributor Newstar Chemicals of Malaysia) is used as the CFIC liquid  101 C to spray-deposit the CFIC surface coating onto treated wood/lumber and sheathing products inside the wood-framed building under construction. A liquid dye of a preferred color from Sun Chemical Corporation http://www.sunchemical.com can be added to Hartindo AF31 liquid to help the spray technicians visually track where CFIC liquid has been sprayed on wood surfaces during the method of treatment. The clinging agent in this CFIC liquid formulation (i.e. Hartindo AF31 liquid) enables its chemical molecules to cling to the surface of the CFIC-coated wood so that it is quick to defend and break the combustion phase of fires (i.e. interfere with the free radicals driving combustion) during construction and before drywall and sprinklers can offer any defense against fire. However, a polymer liquid binder, available from many manufacturers (e.g. BASF, Polycarb, Inc.) can be added as additional cling agent to Hartindo AF31 liquid, in a proportion of 1-10% by volume to 99-90% Hartindo AF31 liquid, so as to improve the cling factor of the CFIC liquid when being sprayed in high humidity job-site environments. Alternatively, liquid DecTan Chemical from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, which contains a mixture of vinyl acrylic copolymer and tannic acid, can be used a cling agent as well when mixed the same proportions, as well as an additional UV and moisture defense on exterior applications. These proportions can be adjusted as required to achieve the cling factor required in any given building environment where the spray coating method of the present invention is being practiced. This way, in the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in the CFIC-coating on the surface of the fire-protected lumber, interfere with the chemical reactions involving the free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) produced during the combustion phase of a fire, and break the fire&#39;s chemical reaction and extinguish its flame. This is a primary fire suppression mechanism deployed or rather implemented by the CFIC-coatings deposited on wood surfaces in accordance with the various principles of invention, disclosed and taught herein. 
     Specification of Method of Producing Multi-Story Wood-Framed Buildings Having Class-A Fire-Protection and Improved Resistance Against Total Fire Destruction 
       FIGS. 52A and 52B , taken together, set forth a high-level for chart describing the steps carried out when practicing the method of producing multi-story wood-framed buildings having improved fire resistance rating and protection against total fire destruction. The method comprises a series of steps described below which effectively results in the coating of substantially all exposed interior wood surfaces of the raw untreated as well as fire-treated lumber and sheathing used during the construction phase of the wood-framed building, to protect and defend its wood, lumber and sheathing from ravage of fire and prevent total destruction by fire. The method recommends use of (i) the fire-protected OSB sheathing shown in  FIGS. 30 through 32  and described herein for the exterior face of the roof, wall and floor sheathing, and (ii) the fire-protected lumber products shown in  FIGS. 18-21, 22-25, and 26-29 , and described herein for interior and exterior wall studs, trusses, sills, and other wood-frame related building structures. 
     The spray-coating fire-treatment process of the present invention may be carried out as follows. Spray-coating technicians (i) appear on the new construction job-site after each floor (i.e. wood-framed building section) has been constructed with wood framing and sheathing; (ii) spray liquid CFIC solution over substantially all of the exposed interior surfaces of the wood, lumber and sheathing used in the completed wood-framed building section; and then (iii) certify that each such wood-framed building section has been properly spray-coat protected with CFIC liquid chemicals in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Details of this method will be described in greater detail below in a step-by-step manner. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 52A , the first step of the method involves fire-protection spray-coating technician to receives a request from a builder to spray a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid coating over substantially all exposed interior surfaces of the untreated and/or treated wood lumber and sheathing used to construct a completed wood-framed section of a building under construction at a particular site location. This order could come in the form of a written work order, and email message, or other form of communication, with appropriate documentation. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 52A , the second step of the method involves the fire-protection spray-coating technician (i) receiving building construction specifications from the builder, architect and/or building owner, (ii) analyzing same to determine the square footage of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid coating to be spray applied to the interior surfaces of the wood-frame building, (iii) computing the quantity of clean fire inhibiting chemical material required to do the spray job satisfactorily, and (iv) generating a price quote for the spray job and sending the quote to the builder for review and approval. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 52A , the third step of the method involves, after the builder accepts the price quote, the builder orders the clean fire-protection spray team to begin performing the on-site wood coating spray job in accordance with the building construction schedule. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 52A , the fourth step of the method involves, after the builder completes each completed section of wood framing with wood sheathing installed, but before any wallboard has been installed, the spray technician (i) procures a supply of clean fire-protection chemicals (CFIC) liquid solution, (ii) fills the reservoir tank of an airless liquid spraying system with the supply of CFIC liquid, and (iii) then uses a spray gun to spray CFIC liquid in the reservoir tank, over all exposed interior wood surfaces of the completed section of the wood-framed building under construction.  FIGS. 49 and 50  show an air-less liquid spraying system  101  for spraying CFIC liquid over all exposed interior surfaces of lumber and wood sheathing used in a completed section of the wood-framed building under construction, so as to form a Class-A fire-protective coating over such treated surfaces. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 53 , the first stage of this step involves procuring water-based CFIC liquid for on-job-site spray-treatment of raw untreated and treated lumber and sheathing used inside a wood-framed building. In the preferred embodiment, Hartindo AF31 from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri (and available from its distributor Newstar Chemical of Malaysia) is used as the CFIC liquid employed by the method of the present invention. Hartindo AF31 CFIC is an environmentally-friendly water-based, biodegradable and non-toxic solution that is non-ozone depleting and does not require cleanup procedures after usage. Hartindo AF31 CFIC is also effective for all classes of fires: involving solid, carbonaceous materials; flammable fuels, thinners, etc.; gas, electricity fires, and energy fires; and metal fire and oxidizing fires. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 53 , the second stage of this step involves filling the tank of the air-less liquid spraying system  101  with the procured supply of CFIC liquid. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 53 , the third stage of this step involves using the spray nozzle gun  103  of the air-less liquid spraying system  101  as shown in  FIGS. 49 and 50 , to a spray apply a uniform coating of liquid clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid over all of the interior surfaces of the completed section of wood-framed building being spray treated during the construction phase of the building, in accordance with the principles of the present invention. In the illustrative embodiment, the liquid CIFC (i.e. Hartindo AF31) is applied at a rate (i.e. coating coverage density) of about 590 square feet per gallon, although it is understood that this rate may vary from illustrative embodiment, to illustrative embodiment. 
     The CFIC liquid used in the present invention clings to the wood on which it is sprayed, and its molecules combine with the (H+, OH−, O−) free radicals in the presence of fire, during combustion, to eliminate this leg of the fire triangle so that fire cannot exist in the presence of such a CFIC based coating. 
       FIGS. 51A and 51B  shows a few illustrative examples of building construction job site locations where the spray-based fire protective method of the present invention might be practiced with excellent results. It is understood that such examples are merely illustrative, and no way limiting with regard to the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 52B , during the fifth step of the method, when the completed section of the building has been spray coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, the completed building section is certified and marked as certified for visual inspection and insurance documentation purposes. Such marking can involving stamping a CFIC spray-coated sheath, or lumber board, with a seal or certificate using an indelible ink, with date, job ID #, sprayer #, and other information related to specific spray-coat fire-protection job that have been certified as a completed at that wood-framed building section. Preferably, the architectural plans for the building, as well as building schematics used on the job site, will have building section identification numbers or codes, which will be used on the certificate of completion stamped onto the spray-coated fire-protected sheathing and lumber on the job site. 
     As part of the certification process, an on-job-site spray project information sheet is maintained in an electronic database system, connected to a wireless portable data entry and record maintenance system. The on-job-site spray project information sheet would contain numerous basic information items, including, for example: Date; Customer Name; Weather Description and Temperature; Building Address; Customer Address: Customer Supervisor; Units of Part of the Building Sprayed; Sprayer Used; Spray Technician Supervisor; and Notes. Photographic and video recordings can also be made and stored in a database as part of the certification program, as will be described in greater detail below. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 52B , during sixth step of the method, as each section of the wood-framed building is constructed according to the construction schedule, the spray coating team continues to spray coat the completed section, and certify and mark as certified each such completed spray coated section of the building under construction. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 52B , during the seventh step of the method, when all sections of the building under construction have been completely spray coated with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) materials, suppressing fire ignition and suppression by capturing free radicals (H+, OH−, O−) during the combustion phase, and certified as such, the spray technicians remove the spray equipment from the building, and the builder proceeds to the next stages of construction and completes the building construction according to architectural and building plans and specifications. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 52B , during the eighth step of the method, the spray technician then issues a certificate of completion with respect to the application of clean fire-protection chemicals to all exposed wood surfaces on the interior of the wood-framed building during its construction phase, thereby protecting the building from risk of total destruction by fire. Preferably, the certificate of completion should bear the seal and signature of a professional engineer (PE) and the building architect who have been overseeing and inspecting the building construction project. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 52B , during the ninth step of the method, before applying gypsum board and/or other wall board covering over the fire-protected spray-coated wood-framed building section  105 , digital photographs and/or videos are captured and collected to visually show certificates of completion stamped or otherwise posted on spray-coated fire-protected sheeting and/or lumber used in the wood framing of each completed building section. Such photographs and videos will provide valuable visual evidence and job-site completion documentation, required or desired by insurance companies and/or government building departments and/or safety agencies. 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 52B , during the tenth step of the method, uploading captured digital photographs and videos collected during Block I, to a centralized web-based information server ( 111 ,  113 ) maintained by the fire-protection spray coating technician company, or its agent, as a valued-added service provided for the benefit of the builder, property owner and insurance companies involved in the building construction project. 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 52B , during the eleventh step of the method, all photographic and video records collected during Block I, and uploaded to the centralized web-based information server ( 111 ,  113 ) at Block J are automatically archived indefinitely for best practice and legal compliance purposes. 
       FIG. 54  shows a schematic table representation illustrating the flame spread and smoke development indices obtained through testing of on-job-site Hartindo AF31 spray-treated lumber and sheathing produced using the method of the illustrative embodiment described in  FIGS. 49 through 53 , in accordance with ASTM E2768-1. 
     Advantages and Benefits of the On-Job-Site Method of Wood-Treatment and Fire-Protection by Way of Spray Coating of CFIC Liquid Over the Surface of Exposed Interior and Exterior Wood Used in Wood-Framed Buildings 
     The on-site spray coating method of the present invention described above involves the use of CFIC liquid having the property of clinging onto the surface of the wood to which it is applied during on-job-site spray-coating operations, and then inhibiting the ignition of a fire and its progression by interfering with the free-radicals (H+, OH−, O−) involved in the combustion phase of any fire. Hartindo AF31 liquid fire inhibitor meets these design requirements. 
     In general, CFIC liquids that may be used to practice the on-site fire-protection method of the present invention suppresses fire by breaking free radical (H+, OH−, O−) chemical reactions occurring within the combustion phase of fire, quickly and effectively suppressing fire in a most effective manner, while satisfying strict design requirements during the construction phase of a wood-framed building construction project. At the same time, the spray-based method of wood treatment and fire-protection will not degrade the strength of the wood materials (i.e. Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) and the Modulus of Rupture (MOR)) when treated with the CFIC-based liquid spray chemicals applied during the method of treatment. 
     The on-site wood lumber/sheathing spraying method of the present invention overcomes the many problems associated with pressure-treated fire retardant treated (FRT) lumber, namely: “acid hydrolysis” also known as “acid catalyzed dehydration” caused by FRT chemicals; significant losses in the Modulus of Elasticity (MOE), the Modulus of Rupture (MOR) and impact resistance of pressure-treated wood. 
     Internet-Based Cloud-Based System for Verifying and Documenting Class-A Fire-Protection Treatment of a Wood-Framed Building Using On-Site Spraying of a Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) Liquid 
     To provide added-value to all customers and stakeholders, an enterprise-level software system is provided for use in ordering, delivering, managing and documenting the job site fire-protection spray service of the present invention on wood-framed and mass-timber building construction sites, all around the world. This enterprise-level mobile software system will support the deployment of thousands of mobile computing systems across any commercial enterprise. Each mobile computing system  120  will run the mobile application (“mobile app”)  117  (of the configured for the particular roles to be supported by each registered system user. In general, the stakeholders in the m-fire system will include: Property Owners; Financial Institutions; Building Construction Managers; Job Site Construction Managers; General Contractors (optional); Building; Architects; Building Tenants; Sales Representatives; Logistics Coordinators; Supply Chain Managers; Job Site Spray Managers; Job Site Spray Technicians; Construction Insurance Underwriters; Property/Building Insurance Underwriters; Risk Engineering Managers; Fire Departments; Police Departments; and Building Inspectors 
     M-FIRE&#39;S ENTERPRISE-LEVEL SOFTWARE SYSTEM COMPRISES AN INTEGRATION OF SOFTWARE MODULES: 
     A FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING MODULES SUPPORTING A GENERAL LEDGER SYSTEM (GLS), 
     AN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES SYSTEM (ARS) AND 
     AN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SYSTEM (APS), 
     THE M-FIRE SYSTEM WILL ALSO HAVE 
     AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) MODULE SUPPORTING M-FIRE&#39;S MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE OPERATIONS 
     AND 
     A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEM SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS AND MAINTAINING EXISTING ONES 
       FIG. 55  shows Internet-based (i.e. cloud-based) system  100  for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection treatment of a wood-framed building using on-site spraying of a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid, as described in  FIGS. 49 through 54 , comprising: (i) a data center  110  with web servers  111 , application servers  112  and database servers  113 , with SMS servers  114  and email message servers  115 , each operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure  114  of the Internet  116  for supporting a web-based site for hosting images/videos of certificates of completion  119  stamped or printed on spray-treated wood surfaces, at registered inspection checkpoints, often with other certification documents; (ii) mobile computing systems  117  ( 117 A,  117 B,  117 C) (e.g. smart-phones such as the Apple iPhone and Samsung Android phone with or without head/body mounting apparatus) with either a mobile application  120  installed, and a web-browser application, as discussed further hereinafter; and (iii) Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) Factory (i.e. Manufacturing) Systems  140  deployed around the planet, and connected to the infrastructure of the Internet and various product shipment and transportation systems (e.g. FEDEX, etc). In other applications, GOPRO® Hero™ Mobile Camera System, and other wireless networking apparatus, can be used to practice the method of the present invention. 
     In the preferred embodiment, each mobile computing system  117  is configured for: (i) capturing digital photographs and video recordings of completed spray-treated wood-framed sections with barcoded/RFID-tagged certificates of inspection  300  posted in buildings under construction  118  ( 118 A,  118 B,  118 C), as illustrated in  FIGS. 51A and 51B , upon completion of the on-site fire-protection spray process at specific building sections; (ii) recording notes and averments by the spray technicians who applied the CFIC liquid spray and supervisors who supervised the same; and (iii) uploading such time-date-stamped digital audio-video (AV) recordings and  121  to the servers  111 ,  112 ,  113  in the data center  110 , providing documented evidence of barcoded/RFID-tagged certificates of inspection (at inspection checkpoints)  300  stamped/printed or otherwise posted on the surfaces of sprayed wood surfaces, for each fire-protection spray-treatment project, so that insurance companies, builders, and other stakeholders (who are registered users of the system) can access and review such on-site spray completion certifications during and after the construction phase of a wood-framed building, for various purposes. 
     In general, each barcoded/RFID certificate of inspection  300  comprises a barcode symbol structure  300 A, an RFID-tag (e.g. UHF class)  300 B, a plastic substrate  300 C on which the barcode symbol  300 A and RFID-tag  300 B are mounted, spray certifications and spray verifications  300 D, and a spray project identification profile  300 E. The plastic substrate  300 C can be realized as a molded plastic plate, or flexible extruded sheet. The barcode symbol  300 A and UHF RFID tag  300 B may be integrated into a single structure, or realized separately, as the case may be. The barcode/RFID-tag structure  300 A/ 300 B can be mounted to the substrate  300 C using an adhesive or other mounting means. 
     In general, various kinds of barcode symbol and RFID-tag technologies can be used to realize the barcoded/RFID-tagged certificates of inspection  300  posted in buildings under construction  118  ( 118 A,  118 B,  118 C). Various RFID-labels and RFID-tags  300 B, and barcode labels  300 A are available from Zebra Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, N.Y. Also, Zebra Technologies provides hand-held mobile computers  117 , wearable computers  117 , vehicle-mounted computers  117 , tablets and hand-held RFID readers (i.e. mobile computing devices  117 ), and barcode symbol, RFID-label and RFID-tag printers  117 A, and RFID-tag readers (i.e. scanners)  117 A shown in  FIGS. 64 and 76 , for use in practicing the principles of the present invention disclosed herein. 
     As shown in  FIG. 55 , the system network  100  also includes a GPS satellite system  170  for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to GPS transceivers installed aboard each GPS-tracking mobile image capturing and computing system  117 , as part of the illustrative embodiments. From the GPS signals it receives, each GPS transceiver is capable of computing in real-time the GPS location of its host system, in terms of longitude and latitude. In the case of the Empire State Building in NYC, N.Y., its GPS location is specified as: N40° 44.9064′, W073° 59.0735′; and in number only format, as: 40.748440, −73.984559, with the first number indicating latitude, and the second number representing longitude (the minus sign indicates “west”). 
       FIG. 56A  shows the mobile client computing system  117  ( 117 A,  117 B,  117 C) deployed on the system network  100  shown in  FIG. 55 , supporting the mobile application  120  installed on each mobile computing system  117 . The purpose of the mobile application  120  is to provide the mobile computing system  117  with a convenient tool for tracking and managing projects involving on-site clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray treatment of wood-framed buildings during the construction phase, and the logistics associated therewith, to ensure the provision of Class-A fire-protection of all exposed interior wood surfaces in the wood-framed building. All stakeholders (e.g. building owners, architects, builders, property insurance underwriters, local fire departments and firemen, and others such as project coordinators, spray technicians, site superintendents, site spray managers and others who are involved in the logistics, management and application of CFIC liquid spray onto and over all exposed interior surfaces of the building) will benefit from the system network  100  and its deployed mobile application  120 , and the services it supports across the enterprise. 
     Using the custom-designed mobile application  120 , property/building owners, architects, builders, insurance companies and other stakeholders can (i) track the progress being made while a wood-framed building is being spray-treated with CFIC liquid during the construction project schedule, and (ii) review all collected pdf documents, digital images and audio-video recordings collected as visual evidence of “certificates of completion” by trained personnel, at predetermined inspection checkpoints in the wood-framed building, during the course of the construction project. 
     The purpose of such digital evidence, collected on-site at each inspection checkpoint and remotely stored in the network database  113 A, is to verify and document proper application of CFIC liquid spray to each indexed inspection checkpoint designated at the commencement of the Project, and located throughout the interior of the wood-framed building to ensure that 100% of all exposed interior surfaces within the wood-framed building have been provided with Class-A fire-protection. 
     Preferably, each inspection checkpoint will be identified by Project ID # with a unique coding to identify the Building #, Floor #, Section #, and optionally Panel # at which the inspection checkpoint is located, and where certificates of completion (for the specified section) will be stamped, signed and AV-recorded, and actual wood samples sprayed with CFIC liquid at the time of the certified spray application are AV-recorded and collected and archived for verification and documentation purposes. The AV-recording of certifications made at each registered inspection checkpoint in the wood-framed building should help to ensure that Class-A fire-protected wood-samples will be available in the future in the event there might be a need to investigate the Class-A fire-protection spray treatment process. 
     Specification of the Network Architecture of the System Network of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 55  illustrates the network architecture of the system network of the present invention  135  for the case where the system of the present invention is implemented as a stand-alone platform deployed on the Internet. 
     As shown in  FIG. 55 , the Internet-based system network comprises: cellular phone and SMS messaging systems  122 A; email servers  122 B; a network of mobile computing systems  117  ( 117 A,  117 B) running enterprise-level mobile application software; and one or more industrial-strength data center(s)  110 , preferably mirrored with each other and running Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between its router gateways. 
     As shown in  FIG. 55 , each data center  110  comprises: a cluster of communication servers  111  for supporting http and other TCP/IP based communication protocols on the Internet (and hosting Web sites); a cluster of application servers  112 ; a cluster of RDBMS servers  113  configured within a distributed file storage and retrieval ecosystem/system, and interfaced around the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet well known in the art; an SMS gateway server  114  supporting integrated email and SMS messaging, handling and processing services that enable flexible messaging across the system network, supporting push notifications; and a cluster of email processing servers  115 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 55 , the cluster of communication servers  111  is accessed by web-enabled clients (e.g. smart phones, wireless tablet computers, desktop computers, computer workstations, etc)  117  ( 117 A,  117 B) used by stakeholders accessing services supported by the system network. The cluster of application servers  112  implement many core and compositional object-oriented software modules supporting the system network  100 . The cluster of RDBMS servers  113  use SQL to query and manage datasets residing in its distributed data storage environment. 
     As shown in  FIG. 55 , the system network architecture further comprises many different kinds of users supported by mobile computing devices  117  running the mobile application  120  of the present invention, namely: a plurality of mobile computing devices  137  running the mobile application  120 , and used by s to access services supported by the system network  100 ; a plurality of mobile computing systems  117  running mobile application  1 ′ 20  and used by insurance underwriters to access services on the system network  145 ; a plurality of mobile computing systems  137  running mobile application  120  and used by architects and their firms to access the services supported by the system network  100  of the present invention; a plurality of mobile client machines  117  (e.g. mobile computers such as iPad, and other Internet-enabled computing devices with graphics display capabilities, etc) for use by spray-project technicians and administrators, and running a native mobile application  117  supported by server-side modules, and the various illustrative GUIs shown in  FIGS. 58 through 59K , supporting client-side and server-side processes on the system network of the present invention; and a plurality of mobile GPS-tracked/GSM-linked CFIC Liquid Spraying Systems  101  deployed in one or more wood-framed buildings which are being Class-A fire-protected using the CFIC liquid spray treatment method of the present invention described in  FIGS. 52A through 53 . 
     In general, the system network  100  will be realized as an industrial-strength, carrier-class Internet-based network of object-oriented system design, deployed over a global data packet-switched communication network comprising numerous computing systems and networking components, as shown. As such, the information network of the present invention is often referred to herein as the “system” or “system network”. The Internet-based system network  100  can be implemented using any object-oriented integrated development environment (IDE) such as for example: the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, or Java EE (formerly J2EE); Websphere IDE by IBM; Weblogic IDE by BEA; a non-Java IDE such as Microsoft&#39;s .NET IDE; or other suitably configured development and deployment environment well known in the art. Preferably, although not necessary, the entire system of the present invention would be designed according to object-oriented systems engineering (DOSE) methods using UML-based modeling tools such as ROSE by Rational Software, Inc. using an industry-standard Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), both well known in the art. Implementation programming languages can include C, Objective C, C, Java, PHP, Python, Google&#39;s GO, and other computer programming languages known in the art. Preferably, the system network  100  is deployed as a three-tier server architecture with a double-firewall, and appropriate network switching and routing technologies well known in the art. In some deployments, private/public/hybrid cloud service providers, such Amazon Web Services (AWS), may be used to deploy Kubernetes, an open-source software container/cluster management/orchestration system, for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized software applications, such as the mobile enterprise-level application  120 , described above. 
     It is understood that, in many embodiments, the above-described enterprise-level system  100 , supporting fire-protection spraying of wood framed and mass-timber building around the globe, will also include a core integrated financial accounting system  400 . This core integrated financial accounting system  400  will be supported by a general ledger system (GLS), an accounts payable system (APS) and an accounts receivable system (ARS). The financial accounting system can hosted in the data center  110  or elsewhere on the Internet, in a manner well known in the art. Integrated financial accounting software system solutions are available from numerous vendors including, but not limited to, for example, Oracle&#39;s NetSuite(R) Financial Management Software System, SAP&#39;s Business Financial One Software System, etc. 
     Specification of System Architecture of an Exemplary Mobile Smartphone System Deployed on the System Network of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 56A  shows the mobile computing system  117  ( 117 A,  117 B,  117 C) used in the system network  100  shown in  FIG. 55 , supporting the mobile application  120  installed on each registered mobile computing system  117 . The purpose of the mobile application  120  is to provide a convenient tool for tracking and managing projects involving on-site clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray treatment of wood-framed buildings during the construction phase, to ensure Class-A fire-protection of the interior exposed wood surfaces of the building. Using the custom-designed mobile application  120 , property/building owners, builders, architects, insurance companies, and financial institutions can (i) track the progress being made while a wood-framed building is being spray-treated with CFIC liquid during the construction project schedule, so that the spray-treatment process ensures that Class-A fire-protection is provided to all (100%) exposed interior surfaces within the wood-framed building, and (ii) review all collected digital audio and visual evidence of certificates of completion signed by trained personnel during the course of the construction and fire-protection treatment project. 
       FIG. 56B  shows the system architecture of an exemplary mobile computing system  117  that is deployed on the system network  100  and supporting the many services offered by system network servers  112 . As shown, the mobile smartphone device  117  ( 117 A,  117 B,  117 C) can include a memory interface  202 , one or more data processors, image processors and/or central processing units  204 , and a peripherals interface  206 . The memory interface  202 , the one or more processors  204  and/or the peripherals interface  206  can be separate components or can be integrated in one or more integrated circuits. The various components in the mobile device can be coupled by one or more communication buses or signal lines. Sensors, devices, and subsystems can be coupled to the peripherals interface  206  to facilitate multiple functionalities. For example, a motion sensor  210 , a light sensor  212 , and a proximity sensor  214  can be coupled to the peripherals interface  206  to facilitate the orientation, lighting, and proximity functions. Other sensors  216  can also be connected to the peripherals interface  206 , such as a positioning system (e.g. GPS receiver), a temperature sensor, a biometric sensor, a gyroscope, or other sensing device, to facilitate related functionalities. A camera subsystem  220  and an optical sensor  222 , e.g. a charged coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) optical sensor, can be utilized to facilitate camera functions, such as recording photographs and video clips. Communication functions can be facilitated through one or more wireless communication subsystems  224 , which can include radio frequency receivers and transmitters and/or optical (e.g. infrared) receivers and transmitters. The specific design and implementation of the communication subsystem  224  can depend on the communication network(s) over which the mobile device is intended to operate. For example, the mobile device  117  may include communication subsystems  224  designed to operate over a GSM network, a GPRS network, an EDGE network, a Wi-Fi or WiMax network, and a Bluetooth™ network. In particular, the wireless communication subsystems  224  may include hosting protocols such that the device  117  may be configured as a base station for other wireless devices. An audio subsystem  226  can be coupled to a speaker  228  and a microphone  230  to facilitate voice-enabled functions, such as voice recognition, voice replication, digital recording, and telephony functions. The I/O subsystem  240  can include a touch screen controller  242  and/or other input controller(s)  244 . The touch-screen controller  242  can be coupled to a touch screen  246 . The touch screen  246  and touch screen controller  242  can, for example, detect contact and movement or break thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensitivity technologies, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with the touch screen  246 . The other input controller(s)  244  can be coupled to other input/control devices  248 , such as one or more buttons, rocker switches, thumb-wheel, infrared port, USB port, and/or a pointer device such as a stylus. The one or more buttons (not shown) can include an up/down button for volume control of the speaker  228  and/or the microphone  230 . Such buttons and controls can be implemented as a hardware objects, or touch-screen graphical interface objects, touched and controlled by the system user. Additional features of mobile smartphone device  117  can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 8,631,358 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     Specification of Network Database Supported on the System Network of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 57A  shows an exemplary schema  124  for the network database  113 A supported by the system network  109  shown in  FIG. 55 . Each primary enterprise object is schematically represented as an object in the schema and represented in the data records created and maintained in the network database. As shown, the schema  124  includes objects such as, for example: Users of the system (e.g. property owners, builders, spray technicians, insurance companies, etc); Real Property; Orders For On-Site Class-A Fire-Protection Liquid Spray Treatment; Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) Liquid Supplies; Construction Project; and Mobile CFIC Liquid Spraying Systems. Each of these objects have further attributes specified by other sub-objects indicated in  FIG. 57   
     Using Mobile Computing Devices Deployed on the System Network to Verify and Document CFIC Liquid Spray Certifications Made at Each Barcoded/RFID-Tagged Inspection Checkpoint Specified Throughout the Wood-Framed Building being Spray-Treated to Provide Class-A Fire Protection 
       FIG. 57B  shows a schematic map indicating the bar-coded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints assigned to specific locations throughout a wood-framed building, by a spray project administrator, prior to the commencement of a project requiring the spraying of all interior wood surfaces thereof with CFIC liquid so as to provide Class-A fire-protection thereto. In this example, the building has two floors, and each floor has several sections requiring spray-treatment with CFIC liquid, to provide Class-A fire-protection, in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
     In general, this map will be created at the commencement of each project for a specified wood-framed building under construction, and its data structure will be stored in the network database  113 A for the created project, to enable the organized capture of barcoded/RFID-tagged certifications, verifications and related documentation after spraying each completed wood-framed section. 
     Each section of the wood-framed building will be provided with at least one GPS-specified barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  (e.g. bearing certificates of spraying and inspection by spray technicians and site supervisors printed on a thin flexible plastic sheet, on which a barcode symbol/RFID-tag are mounted) indicated at  300  on the map. The map of  FIG. 57B  should clearly show the building/floor/section-specific locations of the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  300 , shown in  FIGS. 63 and 64 , on the floor plan of the wood-framed building, where the bar-coded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  3000  will be mounted on spray-treated wood surfaces, at the completion of spray-treating each section of the wood-framed building, and subsequently signed by the spray technician and spray supervisor, and possibly the building site superintendent, and thereafter digitally photographed and video-recorded with the individuals involved in each such event being verified and documented using the system network of the present invention  100  and its deployed mobile applications  120 . 
     At each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300 , the spray technician and/or site supervisor uses his mobile computing device  117  to read the bar code symbol and/or RFID tag at the inspection checkpoint, to automatically (or semi-automatically) open the project storage location on the network database  113 A, and then capture and record digital images and AV-recordings of signed spray certifications and verifications by the spray technicians and/or site supervisor, and upload them to the network database  113 A using the mobile computing device  117  and mobile application  120 , in the case where native mobile applications have been deployed. The mobile application  120  will also capture the GPS coordinates of the mobile computing device  117 , and enter these coordinates into the project file/folder in the network database  113 A, for verification purposes. The mobile application  120  can also capture the IP address of the user&#39;s mobile computing device (e.g. Apple iPhone) and record such address information as well. Preferably, at each barcoded inspection checkpoint  300 , a set of four bar-coded Class-A fire-protect test boards  301 , and a pair of bar-coded UV-protected storage sleeve  302 A and  302 B, each adapted to store two test boards  301  after CFIC liquid has been spray thereupon to impart Class-A fire protection. One set of sprayed test sample boards will be provided to the building owner, or its professional engineer, to be held in custody for evidentiary purposes. The other set will go to spray contracting firm, typically its laboratory, for post-spray testing purposes, and also to hold for custodial reasons. Digital images of these spray-treated test boards  301  should also be captured and uploaded to the network database  113 A in the project folder under the specific inspection checkpoint at which the sprayed test samples where made, at a specific time and date, and GPS-location. Thereafter, these sprayed test boards  301  can be stored in their respective bar-coded storage sleeves  302 A,  302 B and provided to their respective parties. After such sprayed test samples have been made, and documented, it may desired for the spray contracting firm to send its sprayed test boards  301  to a scientific and engineering laboratory and conduct some tests to ensure that the highest possible scientific and engineering standards have been attained during the on-site spray treatment process, associated with each and every on-site wood-framed building fire-protection spray process. Laboratory technicians may also use the mobile application  120  and system network  100  to add any information they might have regarding the their testing of sprayed test boards  301  produced at each barcoded inspection checkpoint in the project. 
     Once all certifications and verifications have been made by the spray technician and his site supervisor, and digital photographic and AV-recording documentation (i.e. evidence) has been captured and uploaded to the network database  113 A under the building-specific project, at a GPS-specified/barcoded inspection checkpoint  300 , the spray technician will resume spraying other sections of the wood-framed building requiring spray treatment with CFIC liquid. 
     When using the system network of the present invention  100 , each certification and verification made by the spray technician and site supervisor at the barcoded inspection checkpoint, and captured and recorded in the network database  113 A using the user&#39;s mobile computing device  117  (e.g. Apple iPad), should include a legal declaration that a specific CFIC liquid formulation (e.g. Hartindo AF31 anti-fire liquid) has been applied to the sprayed wood surfaces of the completed section of this specific wood-framed building at a particular time and date, and in an active concentration sprayed onto the wood surfaces so as to provide the sprayed wood surfaces with Class-A fire-protected characteristics, as independently tested by a particular licensed engineering testing organization, which should be identified and incorporated therein by reference. 
     Specification of Services Supported by the Graphical User Interfaces Supported on System Network of the Present Invention for Use by Property/Building Owners, Architects, Builders, Insurance Companies and Other Stakeholders Supported by the System Network 
       FIG. 58  illustrates an exemplary graphical user interface (GUI)  125  of the mobile application  120  used by property/building owners, architects, insurance companies, builders, and other stakeholders supported by the system network  100 . As shown in this exemplary GUI screen  125 , supports a number of pull-down menus under the titles: Messages  125 A, where the user can view messages sent via messaging services supported by the application; Buildings  125 B, where projects have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress; and Projects  125 C, which have been have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress, and where uploaded authenticated certifications of completion can be reviewed, downloaded and forwarded as needed by authorized stakeholders. 
       FIG. 58A  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, builders, architects, insurance companies, and other stakeholders showing receipt of new message (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) on building status from messaging services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58B  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to update building profile using profile services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58C  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, builders, architects, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review and monitor the Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project at a particular wood-framed building supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58D  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review the fire-protection status of a wood-framed building registered on the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58E  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, builders, architects, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to place an order for a new on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project, using the various services supported by the system network  100 . Once the order is received by the system, the system automatically generates a new project in the system network database  113 A for the on-site fire-protection spray treatment of the specified wood-framed building. Also, the system automatically assigns a project manager the project. Thereafter, the project and workflow commences under the management of the system using the deployed mobile application  120  running on mobile computing systems  117  (e.g. Apple iPhones) and tablet computers (e.g. Apple iPads), for use by (i) building/property owners, builders, architects, insurance companies/agents as shown in  FIGS. 58 through 58H , and also (ii) fire-protection building spray technicians and administrators as shown in  FIGS. 59 through 59K . 
       FIG. 58F  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review when a planned on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project associated with the user is planned, using the monitoring services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58G  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review any active on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project associated with the user, using the monitoring services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 58H  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application configured for use by building/property owners, insurance companies, and other stakeholders to review any completed on-site wood-building Class-A fire-protection spray treatment project associated with the user, using the monitoring services supported by the system network  100 . 
     Specification of Services Supported by the Graphical User Interfaces Supported on System Network of the Present Invention for Use by On-Site Fire-Protection Spray Administrators and Technicians Supported by the System Network 
       FIG. 59  shows an exemplary graphical user interface (GUI)  126  configured for the mobile application  120  used by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians supported by the system network  100 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 59 , this exemplary GUI screen  126  supports a number of pull-down menus under the titles: Messages  126 A, where project administrator and spray technicians can view messages sent via messaging services supported by the mobile application  120 ; Buildings  126 B, where projects have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress, with status notes, terms, conditions and other considerations made of record; Projects  126 C, which have been have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress, and where uploaded authenticated certification of completions can be reviewed, downloaded and forwarded as needed; and Reports  126 D, on on-site spray-applied fire-protection projects and buildings being managed by the mobile application  120  running on client computing systems  117  in operable communication with the web, application and database servers  111 ,  112  and  113  at the data center  110  shown in  FIG. 55 . 
       FIG. 59A  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to send and receive (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) with registered users, using messaging services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59B  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to update a building information profile associated with the user, using the building profile services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59C  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review a building spray-based fire-protection project associated with the user, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59D  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of any building registered with the system network and associated with the user, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59E  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to create a new project for spray-based Class-A fire-protection treatment of a wood-framed building, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59F  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of any planned building fire-protection spray project associated with the user, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59G  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review the status of an active in progress building fire-protection spray project associated with the user, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59H  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to review any completed building fire-protection spray project associated with the user, and all documents collected therewhile, using services supported by the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59I  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on projects which have been scheduled for execution during a particular time frame, which have been already completed, or which are currently in progress, using the services of the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59J  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on supplies used in fulfilling on-site class-A fire-protection building spray projects managed using the services of the system network  100 . 
       FIG. 59K  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  120  configured for use by on-site fire-protection spray administrators and technicians to generate and review reports on registered users associated with particular on-site class-A fire-protection building spray projects managed using the services of the system network  100 . 
     Specification of Method of Verifying and Documenting On-Site Spray-Applied Class-A Fire-Protection Over Wood-Framed Buildings During Construction Using the On-Site Wood-Frame CFIC Liquid Spraying System 
       FIGS. 60A and 60B  describe a method of verifying and documenting on-site spray-applied Class-A fire-protection over wood-framed buildings during construction using the on-site wood-frame CFIC liquid spraying system  100  shown in  FIGS. 49 through 53 . A description of this method is appropriate at this juncture. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 60A , after a builder completes each predetermined section of a wood-framed building where wood-framing has been constructed and (plywood or OSB) sheathing installed, but before any wallboard has been installed, the spray technician uses an airless liquid spraying system  101  filled with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to spray the CFIC liquid over all exposed interior wood surfaces in the completed section of the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 60A , when the completed section of the wood-framed building is spray coated with CFIC liquid, the completed wood-framed building section is certified and marked as certified, with a barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  (with certificates of spraying and inspection) mounted at checkpoint locations in the completed section of the building, then certified and verified with signatures by the spray applicator and on-site spray supervisor manager (and optionally building site superintendent), and digitally documented by scanning and data capturing photos and/or audio-video recordings of the signed inspection checkpoint event, as shown in  FIGS. 51A and 51B  and  FIGS. 63 and 64 , and using the mobile application  120  for uploading the captured documents to the barcoded-project folder in the network database  113 A on the system network  100 , for subsequent visual inspection and insurance documentation purposes, as shown  FIG. 61 . 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 60A , as each section of the wood-framed building is constructed according to the construction schedule, the spray coating team continues to spray coat the completed section with CFIC liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF31), and certify and mark, using barcoded/RFID-tagged certificates of inspection (at inspection checkpoints)  300 , each such completed spray coated section  118  ( 118 A,  118 B,  118 C) of the building under construction. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 60B , when the spray project is completed, the spray technician and supervisor then issue a time/date stamped “certificate of completion” certifying that clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spray has been applied to all exposed interior wood surfaces on the interior of the wood-framed building during its construction phase, thereby providing the sprayed wood-framed building with Class-A fire-protection and defense against risk of total destruction by fire. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 60B , before applying gypsum board and/or other wall board covering over the fire-protected spray-coated wood-framed building section  118 , the mobile application  120  on mobile computing device  117  is used to capture and collect digital photographs and/or videos showing certificates of inspection at inspection checkpoints  300  posted on spray-coated fire-protected sheathing and/or lumber used in the wood framing of each completed building section, as visual evidence and job-site completion documentation, required or desired by insurance companies and/or government building departments and/or safety agencies. Preferably, each completed section of the wood-framed building should be assigned a section number by the builder, and if not by the builder, then by the spray application administrator, so that each certificate of completion, stamped on the wood surface of each section of the wood-framed building, and signed and dated by the on-site CFIC liquid spray applicator and on-site manager, will be digitally captured as images and/or AV recordings, and then uploaded to the system network database under the project ID number for project verification and documentation purposes. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 60B , uploading captured digital photographs and videos collected during Block E to the centralized network database  113 A on the system network  100 , maintained by the fire-protection spray coating technician company, or its agent, as a valued-added service provided for the benefit of the property/building owner, builder, architect, home-owner and/or insurance companies involved in the building construction project. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 60B , archiving all photographic and video records collected during Block E and uploading to the centralized web-based information server  111  at Block F for best practice and legal compliance purposes. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 60A , when all sections of the building under construction have been completely spray coated with CFIC liquid, and certified as such, the spray technicians remove the spray equipment from the building, and the builder proceeds to the next stages of construction and completes the building construction according to architectural and building specifications and plans. 
     By virtue of the Web-based system network  100  described above, it is now possible for professional fire-protection specialists to (i) visually document the spraying of CFIC liquid over all exposed interior wood-surfaces of a wood-framed building under construction so as to achieve Class-A fire-protection, and (ii) after certifying with signatures, the proper on-site spray application of CFIC liquid, and Class-A fire-protection treatment of the wood-framed building, to capture and upload digital photographs and AV-recordings of certificates and related stamps, markings and signatures to a centralized website (e.g. system network database  113 A), at which such uploaded and archived digital documents can be reviewed and downloaded when needed by architects, insurance companies, their inspectors, building owners, governmental officials, fire marshals and others who have a stake or interest in the matter of building fire-protection compliance and authentication. This remotely accessible facility, supported by the system network  100  of the present invention, provides a valuable and useful service to property/building owners, insurance underwriters, financial institutions (e.g. banks), and others who have great stakes in ensuring that particular wood-framed buildings have been properly Class-A fire-protected using the spray-treatment methods of the present invention described in great detail hereinabove. 
     Specification of an Exemplary Embodiment of the System Network of the Present Invention Used During the Management of the Logistical Operations and Certifications Made and Documented During Class-A Fire-Protection Spray Treatment of Wood-Framed Buildings During the Construction Phase 
     The system network  100  of the present invention has been described in great detail above in connection with ways in which to verify and document the CFIC liquid spray treatment of wood-framed buildings on job sites during the construction phase, so that the various stakeholders will have remote access to a secure database  113 A containing photographic and audio-visual recording documentation, relating to certifications, verifications and documentation of each CFIC liquid spray project managed using the system network  100  of the present invention. However, when practicing the present invention, it is understood there will be many different ways to implement the useful concepts embraced by such inventions, when deploying and using a system network  100  to manage such operations across any enterprise of local, national or global scope. To help teach those with ordinary skill in the art to practice the present invention, an illustrative embodiment will be described at this juncture with reference to  FIGS. 61A through 64 . 
       FIG. 61A  shows architectural floor plans for a wood-framed building scheduled to be sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide exposed interior surfaces with Class-A fire-protection. These floor plans will be uploaded and stored in the network database  113 A in the document folder/directory of the project.  FIG. 61B  shows architectural floor plans for an exemplary wood-framed building, with a section marked up by the builder (indicated in dark thick lines), and scheduled to be sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide Class-A fire-protection.  FIG. 61C  shows marked-up architectural floor plans indicating a completed section that has been sprayed with CFIC liquid to provide exposed interior surfaces with Class-A fire-protection. All such marked-up floor plans will also be stored in the network database  113 A as part of the project&#39;s document package, as will be explained in greater detail herein below. 
     On the exemplary system network  100 , the following stakeholders will be supported and use the mobile application  120  (or web-browser equivalent) during a spray project on a building construction site for the following purposes:
         Sales Representative—who contacts the building owner, construction site manager, building architect and/or property owner and makes a sales pitch for delivering fire protection spray service of the present invention at a specific job site construction site, supported by the enterprise-level software platform of the present invention, wherein all communications are managed using a customer relationship management (CRM) module supported on the platform.   Project Coordinator—who initiates each “project” (for job site fire protection spray process/service on a specific construction job site) and track the progress of the job site spray service project.   CFIC Supply Chain Manager ( 186 )—who initiates or begins the chain of custody of the supply of CFIC materials in CFIC shipping totes (i.e. CFIC liquid concentrate in totes for use undiluted, or diluted with water at job sites, or CFIC dry power in totes for mixing with water at job sites), but placing a purchase order (PO) to remove CFIC totes from inventory.   Job Site Spray Manager—who continues the chain of custody and electronically notify the site spray technician where they need to spray and then review to see if it has been sprayed.   Job Site Spray Technicians—who continues the chain of custody and perform job site spray over all sprayed areas through out the wood framed building during construction.   Spray Administrator Management—who reviews progress of the job site fire protection spray project   Construction Workers—who are working on the construction job site while fire protection job site spray process is being performed.   Building Owners (i.e. Customers or site superintendent)—To continue the chain of custody and to order the spray contractor to spray parts or sections of their buildings   Building Construction Manager—who manages one or more construction projects of a particular Builder.   Job Site Construction Manager—who managers the job site of a specific building under construction.   Construction Insurance Underwriters—who review real-time progress and/or documentation of a job site spray process during the construction of a wood-framed building to determine how much reduction in fire risk insurance premiums the wood-framed building shall revive after the fire and smoke risk profile of the wood-framed building has been reduced by the application of fire protection spray service.   Property Insurance Underwriters—who review real-time progress and/or documentation of a completed job site spray process after the construction of a wood framed building to determine how much reduction in fire risk insurance premiums a wood-framed building shall revive after the fire and smoke risk profile of the wood-framed building has been reduced by the application of fire protection spray service.   Risk Engineering Managers—who work with Construction and Property Insurance Underwriters to determine the construction and fire risk profiles of specific construction sites and buildings, and the insurance premiums to be paid for specific levels of insurance coverage on any particular wood-framed building construction site or project, during and after construction.   Fire Fighters and Fire Departments—To check if a building fire, to which they are responding, has been defended from fire using CFIC liquid spray treatment disclosed and taught herein.   Police Departments—to check job site premises for suspicious activity or conditions   Local Building Inspectors—who inspect local buildings under construction for building code compliance   Building Architects who provide architectural plans for the wood-framed building and supervisor during construction.   Financial Institutions (e.g. Banks) who provide construction financing and have an interest in seeing all building materials including lumber being protected from fire during the construction phase of the building.   Local Neighbors       

     The system network  100  and its distribution of mobile computing devices (running mobile application  120  or web-browser equivalents) will have the capability to list all spray projects linked to the user, wherein each project contains numerous project details and information of different relevance to different stakeholders. In the illustrative embodiment, all projects will be searchable by customer name then project name. The building owners (often referred to as the “customer” with respect to the spray contractor) will only be able to access their projects, not the projects of others which will be maintained confidential on the system network  100 . The mobile application  120  will be able to send push-notifications where required, and users will choose what notifications they want to receive. For example, the customer&#39;s insurance company will have the option to only be notified when a portion of the building has been sprayed, or when only an entire floor has been sprayed. 
     Upon creating a new project on the system network  100 , the spray project coordinator will use the mobile application  120  to add various information items regarding the project, in the network database  113 A, including, for example: Customer Name (e.g. Building Owner Name); Project Name; Site Address; Superintendent&#39;s name and title, mobile number, email address; number of buildings associated with the project. 
     The mobile application  120  will then start with building  1  or building A, and prompt the user for the following information: Identify Building Type—by choosing a type from a drop down menu (i.e. apartment, townhouse, house, etc). If the Building Type is an apartment, then the user will be asked to describe the building (i.e. 3, 4 or 5 stories, square footage, total number of suites). 
     Mobile application  120  has the capability to import one or more pdf documents of each floor plan of the building into the project folder on the network database  113 A, as shown in  FIG. 62A . At this stage, the mobile application  120  will ask the user to import one or more pdf document(s) of the floor plan of each floor in the building, and will ask to identify the building, floor, and provide other information for subsequent use and marking. In particular, the application servers  112  will support advanced pdf document processing software enabling the users to index imported building floor plans to indicate the precise location where barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  300  (with integrated certificates of spraying, certificates of inspection) shown be posted during the project, as shown in  FIGS. 62 and 63 , for purposes of illustration. 
     The mobile application  120  will also request from the spray project coordinator, a Project Start Date when spray technicians should be begin spraying, in coordination with the construction schedule. Once the project has been created, the mobile application  120  will automatically send a push notification to: CFIC supply manager; building site coordinator; and spray administrators. Each user will be invited to project, with certain rights and privileges as determined and set by the spray project administrator (i.e. fire-protection provider administrator). 
     When the barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC totes  181 ,  181 ′ shown in  FIGS. 64 and 76 , are ready to be filled or shipped, the mobile application  120  will prompt the CFIC Supply Manager  186  for various items of information relating to CFIC material required on certain building sites, in connection with specific projects. The user will navigate to the project on the mobile application  120 , and will store the CFIC tote  18 ,  181 ′ information that multiple CFIC totes  181  are required per project. For purposes of the present invention, the term “tote” shall mean any device fashioned to contain and hold a predetermined quantity of CFIC material, whether in dry power form, or concentrated liquid form, and may include bags, containers, bottles, or any other type of vessel capable of perform functions of containment and carrying. Each barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′ shall have a locking mechanism, preferably a combination-type lock but may be realized using a key-based mechanism, to keep unauthorized individuals from opening the lock and accessing the chemical contents contained with the barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′. Estimates of CFIC material, based on the size of the building spray job, can be calculated using tables and other knowledge possessed by the CFIC supply chain manager, and may be automated using AI-based processes. In an illustrative embodiment, the user will select one of the following buttons; Add a CFIC Tote; Ship A CFIC Tote. If the user selects “add a CFIC tote” then they will be prompted for the following; the date (chosen from a calendar), the CFIC tote number, the size of the CFIC tote, dye (yes or no) mold protection (yes or no). If the user wants to “ship a CFIC tote”, then the user navigates to the project and selects the “ship a CFIC tote” button and chooses the CFIC tote the user wants to ship from a drop-down menu. The user will then pick a date from a calendar. The user will have to enter the ship date and the arrival date and name of the shipping carrier. 
     Once the CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′ arrives at building job-site, the building site supervisor will log into the system network via the mobile application  120 , and perform the following system network operations. The building site supervisor (i.e. customer) will navigate to the project on the mobile application  120 , and sign off that the CFIC tote has arrived at the job site, with its locks intact and that CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′ has not been tampered. The site supervisor will use his/her finger to sign this confirmation in the mobile application  120 . 
     When the building owner (i.e. customer) wants to request a completed portion or section of a wood-framed building to be sprayed-treated with CFIC liquid, the building site supervisor will perform the following system network operations. The building site supervisor use the mobile application  120  to navigate to their project and enter the portion of their building they want sprayed with CFIC liquid. The building site supervisor will indicate the date the request was made, building number, the floor and the suites they want sprayed and date they want it sprayed. The mobile application  120  will send a notification via the mobile application  120  to the project coordinator, to let them know the request has been made. The spray project coordinator will use the mobile application  120  to either accept the requested spray date, or propose a new spray date to the building site supervisor. If the spray project coordinator (i.e. fire protection provider) accepts the proposed spray date, then a confirmation will be sent to the building site superintendent via the system network using the mobile application  120 . 
     Once the spray contractors (i.e. fire protection providers) arrive on-site of the building and are ready to spray CFIC liquid as requested, the site spray technician will perform the following operations in the system network  100  using the mobile application  120 . The site spray technician will mix a CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′ (e.g. by adding water to a tote contain CFIC liquid concentrate, or by adding water to the tote containing AAF31 powder and dye, if the project requires dye). If the project requires mold protection, then that chemical component will be added at the time the CFIC tote is mixed on site), and the spray technicians will sign in to the mobile application  120 , navigate to the project page, and click on “on-site CFIC tote preparation”. The spray technicians will choose the CFIC tote identification number from the drop-down list (previously updated by the CFIC supply chain manager  186 ) and then enter the date, by clicking on a calendar date. The spray technicians will indicate if they have added dye, and or mold protection to the CFIC material. 
     When the spray date arrives, the building site superintendent will do a walk through of the intended spray area (i.e. floor plan) and inspect to make sure the area is ready to spray all exposed interior wood surfaces with CFIC liquid. The building site superintendent will attach an RFID tag and/or bar code symbol label at each inspection checkpoint  300  marked on the floor plans of the wood-framed building to be spray-treated with CFIC liquid spray, indicated in  FIG. 61B . Each RFID tag and/or bar code symbol will be encoded with a unique code identifier that is marked on the floor plan, and uniquely associated with the project, and added to the network database  113 A on the system network. 
     Preferably, the spray site superintendent will mount a barcoded/RFID-encoded inspection checkpoint  300  (bearing a certificate of spraying by the spray technician and a certificate of inspection by the spray supervisor and optionally the building site supervisor, printed on a thin flexible plastic sheet, on which a barcode symbol/RFID-tag are mounted) to (i) the entry door header of each room in each unit including the entrance to the unit, as illustrated in  FIG. 62 , and also (ii) a stud located at every 10′ on one side of the hallway. Expectedly, the location of each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  in any given project will vary. However, placement of such inspection checkpoints  300  should be selected to ensure that inspection is sufficient granular in resolution to not overlook significant areas of a sprayed wood-framed building section under inspection. 
     Each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  will include a bar code symbol and RFID tag that has a unique project/inspection-checkpoint identifier (e.g. an alphanumeric character string) encoded into the symbology used in the barcode symbol and RFID tag identifier, and this project/inspection-checkpoint identifier will be used to identify subfolders or subdirectories where collection data, information and documents are stored in the project folder on the network database  113 A, maintained on the system network  100 . The project/inspection-checkpoint identifier will be read during each scan/read of the barcoded/RFID-tag inspection checkpoint  300 , and used by the mobile application to access the appropriate inspection checkpoint folder in the project folder where all such certifications of spraying, inspection and oversight, and photos, and videos are stored and archived for posterity. 
     At the beginning of each spray session, the spray technician will log into the system network  100  using the mobile application  120 , then navigate to the project page, select his name from a drop down or scrolling list, and indicate when he started spraying by clicking on a date and hour, minutes, seconds. The spray technician may also need to scan his barcoded ID card using the mobile application  120  for proper authentication and/or authorization purposes. He may also choose to record the presence of other members of his spray crew using the mobile application and their barcoded user ID cards and network ID numbers. The spray technician will then proceed to spray each assigned section of the building, and during the spray process, the spray technician and/or supervisor may wear a head-mounted digital color camera  120 C wirelessly interfaced to his/her mobile computing system  117 , while running the mobile application  120 , to capture live digital color video footage of the complete fire-protection spray process. the captured digital video recording of the fire protection spray process on each completed wood-framed section will be subsequently uploaded to and stored within the project folder maintained on the network database  113 A in the data center  110 . This video recording, and the signed confirmations and verifications captured and recorded as well during the fire protection spray project will also be stored in the network database  113 A in the project folder and made available to fire insurance risk engineers and underwriters at a subsequent date, to confirm that the wood-framed building was in fact professional fire-protected on a given date/time. 
     After spraying each wood-framed building section, the spray technician will approach the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  in the spray area, and read, sign and date the certification of spraying on the checkpoint substrate, mounted on the header surface illustrated in  FIGS. 62 and 63 . The spray technician should diligently read, sign and date each and every certificate of spraying at the inspection checkpoint  300 , and treated as a condition of professionalism, duty, and employment, given the responsibility being entrusted to the individual with such operations. 
     At the end of the day, the spray technician will log into the system network  100 , if already logged out, using the mobile application  120 , and indicate the time when he finished spraying and indicate which suites on the floor plan pdf were sprayed with CFIC liquid. This will be done by drawing on his mobile computing device  117  (e.g. Apple iPad or Apple iPhone), by shading the PDF of the floor plan, over the appropriate suites and hallways, as shown in  FIG. 61C , which were in fact sprayed with CFIC liquid during his work session that date. This is the same floor plan that was previously loaded on the mobile application  120  by the customer/building owner, as shown in  FIG. 61A , but with the spray technicians markings added to the floor plan to indicate sections which have been spray treated with CFIC liquid. 
     At the end of each day or during the course of the day, the spray site superintendent will review the CFIC liquid spraying work performed on the job site that date, to ensure that the spray work has been completed properly. 
     The spray supervisor will visit each checkpoint  300 , and read, sign and date the certificate of inspection at the inspection checkpoint  300  after performing a diligent inspection at and around the checkpoint where spraying occurred earlier that day. At each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  on the plan, the spray site supervisor will also scan each and every barcoded/RFID-tag inspection checkpoint  300 , and confirm with the system network  100  that the spray work at each inspection checkpoint has been completed properly. This process will involve displaying GUI screens on the mobile application  120  and checking off all suites/units and hallways have been completed and sprayed with CFIC liquid, and uploading such information to the project folder on the network database  113 A on the system network  100 . The process can also include capturing digital photos and AV-recordings of the site in the vicinity of each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint, verifying and documenting the certifications at each inspection checkpoint signed by the spray-technician after CFIC liquid spraying, and then uploading these captured digital photos and AV recordings to the project under the inspection checkpoint ID, within the network database  113 A maintained by the system network  100 . 
     Also, it is desired that the building site superintendent visit each checkpoint and read, sign and date the certificate of inspection/oversight by the building superintendent on the job site on that date. The building site superintendent should also use the mobile application  120  to capture digital images and videos of this certificate and competed inspection checkpoint, and surrounding areas treated with CFIC liquid by the spray technician. Images and video recordings of the spray technician and supervisor can be included at each and every barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  and uploaded to the project folder, under the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspect checkpoints  300  assigned to the project. 
     The above steps above will be repeated every time the spray crew arrives at the building site until the project is complete. 
     Each time a CFIC tote  181 ,  181 ′ is mixed at the job site by the spray technician, he/she will spray six 1-foot long 2×4&#39;s test boards ( 301 A,  301 B) covering all sides (e.g. 3 sprayed test boards for spray administrator and 3 sprayed test boards for the customer). The sample test boards  301  will be marked with the tote number. Alternatively, CFIC liquid sprayed test boards  301  can be made at or near barcode/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  300  in the building, and marked with the barcode/RFID ID number, and date they were sprayed. The fact that these sample test boards  301  were created will be recorded using the mobile application  120  in either the CFIC tote supply record section of each project, or under a barcode symbol/RFID-tag ID section of the project. Digital images and videos of these sprayed test boards  301  can be captured and uploaded to project folder in the network database  113 A maintained on the system network  100 . 
     At the completion of the project, the spray site superintendent will check the box that the project is complete. The spray site superintendent will request the building project superintendent to sign that the project has been completed, and such documentation will be made part of the project files stored in the network database  113 A on the system network  100 . A physical certificate of completion document can be signed and dated and scanned into pdf format and stored in the project file in the network database  113 A, using the mobile application  120  deployed on the system network  100 . Once each stage of project has been completed (e.g. certain completed sections of the wood-framed building are completed), the system network  100  will automatically send an email, SMS/text and/or phone notification to the local fire department, local police department, the insurance underwriting company, the building owner (i.e. customer), and the spray project coordinator, and record all such notifications in the network database  113 A for archival purposes. Such notifications will also be issued automatically by the system network&#39;s servers once the entire project has been completed, along with its certification of project completion. The system network  100  will automatically organize all documents, data and information collected during the course of the project, and compile for presentation to various parties including the building owner, and property insurance underwriters. The notifications provided to the above-mentioned parties, particularly the local fire departments and police departments, will be of great assistance in (i) instantly advising them which sections of any wood-framed building under construction in their jurisdiction has actually received Class-a fire-protection using the method of and apparatus of the present invention, and (ii) providing collected documents certifying such Class-A fire-protection, in the event that a fire should break out on in the wood-framed building during construction, and/or at any time after construction has been completed, and the building has received its certificate of occupancy. 
     The site spray technician will then collect all the sprayed samples  301 A,  301 B stored in barcoded storage sleeves  302 A,  302 B and deliver the first set of test samples  301 A to the building site superintendent or the building&#39;s architect, while providing the second set of the sprayed test samples  301 B to the spray supervisor to transport and archive in storage, as part of the fire protection provider&#39;s legal and business records. The spray technician will certify that he has provided the first set of sprayed test samples in storage sleeves to the building site superintendent, and the second set of sprayed test samples to the spray site superintendent. The building site superintendent will sign that he has received the sprayed test samples in their barcoded storage sleeves. The second set of sprayed test samples can be shipped to the fire protection provider&#39;s warehouse for archival purposes. 
     Method of Qualifying a Wood-Framed Building for Reduced Property Insurance Based on Verified and Documented Spray-Based Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) Liquid Treatment of all Exposed Interior Wood Surfaces of the Wood-Framed Building During the Construction Phase Thereof 
       FIG. 63  shows the high-level steps required to practice the method of qualifying a wood-framed building for reduced property insurance based on verified and documented spray-based clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid treatment of all of the exposed interior surfaces of the wood-framed building, after each completed section. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 63 , a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid is sprayed all over all interior surfaces of each completed sections of a wood-framed building to provide Class-A fire-protection, as described above in  FIGS. 60A and 60B , using the GPS-tracked/GSM-linked mobile clean fire-inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid spraying system  101 , as shown in  FIGS. 49, 50, 50 and 50B . 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 63 , the spray-based class-A fire protection treatment process is verified and documented by capturing (i) GPS-coordinates and time/date stamping data generated by the GPS-tracked CFIC liquid spray system  101  deployed on the system network, and (ii) digital images, and audio-video (AV) recordings of certificates of completion  181  stamped on completed sections after spray treatment, as illustrated in  FIGS. 51A and 51B , using the mobile application  120  on mobile computing device  117 . 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 63 , the collected on-site spray treatment verification data is wirelessly transmitted to a central network database  113 A on the system network to update the central network database on the system network  109 . 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 63 , a company underwriting property insurance for the wood-framed building accesses the central network database  113 A on the system network  100 , to verify the database records maintained for each wood-framed building that has undergone spray-based Class-A fire protection treatment, to qualify the building owner for lower property insurance premiums, based on the verified Class-A fire-protection status of the sprayed-treated wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 63 , upon the outbreak of a fire in the insured wood-framed building/property, the local fire departments instantly and remotely assess the central network database  113 A using a mobile application  120 , so as to quickly determine Class-A fire-protected status of the wood-framed building by virtue of CFIC liquid spray treatment of the wood-framed building during the construction phase, and inform fireman tasked with fighting the fire that the wood-framed building has been treated with Class-A fire-protection defense against fire. 
     Method of and Apparatus for Managing the Chain of Custody, Quality Control, Tracking and Inventory of Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) in CFIC Totes being Shipped from a Chemical Factory or Warehouse to a Network of Building Construction Job Sites 
       FIG. 64  illustrates the supply chain management and quality control process supported by the system network of the present invention, shown in  FIG. 55 . As shown, the CFIC tote chain of custody and tracking system application is deployed to manage and control the weight of the contents in each CFIC tote from the time of shipment to time of arrival at the customer job site where the CFIC is received from the chemical factory or warehouse, and either accepted or rejected depending on the comparative weight measurements of the shipped CFIC totes made at the receiving job site using a digital code scanning and weighing scale system (SWS). 
       FIG. 64A  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing of CFIC liquid totes at chemical factory before shipment and recording tote weight in supply chain management database. 
       FIG. 64B  is a schematic diagram illustrating the weighing CFIC liquid totes at building construction job site  111 A ( 111 B,  111 C), and recording tote weight in supply chain management database before acceptance. 
       FIGS. 65A, 65B, 65C and 65D  describes the high level steps carried out in a method of maintaining the chain of custody, quality control, tracking and inventory when producing and supplying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) material (e.g. liquid or dry powder) in locked CFIC totes (e.g. 5 gallons)  181  shipped from chemical factory  180  to a network of building construction job sites  111 A ( 111 B,  111 C), as illustrated in  FIG. 64 . 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 65A , a supply chain manager  186  shown in  FIG. 64  issues a purchase order (PO) to a chemical factory system  180  for the production and delivery of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to a building construction job site  111 A ( 111 B,  111 C) or warehouse  187 , as shown in  FIGS. 64B and 67A , for fire protecting a wood frame building through the spray process of the present invention. Notably, the supply chain manager  186  can be a human being, or an automated or artificially-intelligent (AI) computer system programmed to determined the amount of CFIC liquid required to treat all wood on a particular building construction job site  111 A ( 111 B,  111 C), with an estimated amount of wood surface area requiring Class-A fire protection. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 65A , the purchase order (PO) is received and processed, and the quantity of CFIC liquid (e.g. measured in gallons/square foot) is determined required to fulfill the purchase order. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 65A , one or more CFIC powder or liquid containing totes  181  are procured to fulfill the purchase order, either by (i) blending CFIC power and/or liquid and filling up, and CFIC totes  181 , and/or (ii) removing one or more CFIC totes from inventory maintained in a warehouse  187  as shown in  FIG. 64 . In the illustrative embodiment, each CFIC tote  181  has a combination lock mechanism that prevents others without the lock code from accessing the chemical contents of the CFIC tote  181 . 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 65A , barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  are generated for the shipment. In general, each barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  comprises barcode  200 A and RFID-tag  200 B. In the illustrative embodiment, each shipping label  200  includes the purchase order identification number contained in the purchase order. Preferably, the barcode and RFID-tag code structures will encode the purchase order identification number in one way or other, or be linked to this identification number using suitable techniques. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 65A , the barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  are applied on the CFIC totes  181 . In some embodiments, one or more of these identification components  200 A,  200 B will be used for auto-identification of each CFIC tote  181  used on the system of the present invention. 
     In general, various kinds of barcode symbol and RFID-tag technologies can be used to realize the barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  comprising barcode  200 A and RFID-tag  200 B. Various RFID-labels, RFID-tags and barcode labels are available from Zebra Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, N.Y. Also, Zebra Technologies provides hand-held mobile computers, wearable computers, vehicle-mounted computers, tablets and hand-held RFID readers (i.e. mobile computing devices  117 ), and barcode symbol, RFID-label and RFID-tag printers and readers (i.e. scanners) for use in practicing the principles of the present invention disclosed herein. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 65B , before shipping to its designation, each barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  is scanned using a code symbol reader/scanner integrated within the mobile computing device  117  as shown in  FIG. 67B , then after a database socket connection is established, each barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is weighed and its GPS coordinates are captured by the mobile computing device  120 , and then its measured weight and GPS coordinates are uploaded and recorded in a centralized supply chain management database  113 A, supporting fields illustrated in  FIG. 66A . 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 65B , each barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is shipped to its designation building construction job site  111 A, or warehouse, for receipt by a particular licensed recipient, as shown in  FIGS. 64B and 67D . For purposes of the present invention, the recipient can be any one of various possible entities including, for example, a dealer licensed to apply CFIC liquid on interior wood-framed building surfaces, a builder licensed to apply CFIC liquid on interior wood-framed building surfaces, or other contractor applying 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 65B , each shipped barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is received its destination job site as shown in  FIG. 67E , its barcode/RFID-tag  200  is scanned using a code symbol scanner supported by mobile computing system  117  as shown in  FIG. 67F , and then the mobile application  120  automatically accesses the centralized supply chain management database  113 A in data center  145 , the weight of the scanned barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is weighed, and its measured weight is uploaded recorded in the centralized supply chain management database  113 A as illustrated in  FIG. 67G . 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 65C , the mobile application  120  running on the mobile computing system  117  is used to compare the weights of each shipped barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 , and apply the following rules: 
     (i) if the weight difference is within a predetermined threshold (e.g. 5 oz.), then the received barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  can be accepted at the destination job site and receipt of shipment is indicated in the centralized supply chain management database  113 A, as illustrated by the database fields reflected in  FIG. 66B , and illustrated in  FIG. 67H ; and 
     (ii) if the weight difference is above the predetermined threshold, then the received barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is rejected at the destination job site and that the shipment has been rejected is indicated in the centralized supply chain management database  113 A as shown in  FIG. 67I . 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 65C , in the event the CFIC tote weight measurement was within the predetermined threshold, using the mobile application  117  running on mobile computing device  117  (e.g. Apple iPhone or iPad tablet computer) the barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181  is automatically registered and added to the recipient&#39;s inventory maintained within the supply chain management database  113 A, as illustrated in  FIG. 67H . In the event CFIC powder material is contained in the CFIC tote  181 , then the end user will add the required amount of clean water to make the CFIC liquid for spraying on wood surfaces on the wood-framed building at the destination job site  111 A ( 111 B,  111 C). 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 65C , one or more barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC totes  181  are transported from the recipient&#39;s inventory to a particular job site  11 A where a wood-framed building is under construction. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 65D , a spray site administrator or spray technician uses a mobile application  120  on a mobile computing device  117  to scan the barcode  200 A (or read the RFID-tag  200 B) on each CFIC tote  181  as the CFIC tote is being used on the job site, and to automatically check out the specifically-identified CFIC  181  tote using scanned code information from the recipient&#39;s inventory maintained in the supply chain management database  113 A at the data center  145 , shown in  FIGS. 55, 64 and 64B . 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 65D , the mobile application  120  is used to automatically detect and record the GPS coordinates of the barcode-identified CFIC tote  181  where it is to be used and sprayed on the job site  111 A, for documentation purposes under a licensing program so as to ensure that the CFIC tote  181  is being used by the recipient within a licensed territory, as illustrated in  FIG. 67K . Documentation of specific CFIC totes  181  used on a specific job site will become part of the chain of documents capture during the lifecycle of the wood-framed building under construction, and being treated so that its wood is rendered Class-A fire-protected under ASTM E84 test standards. Such documentation will be valued and appreciated by the property insurance industry who is involved in underwriting property insurance policies on such kinds of new wood-framed building construction, and granting premium discounts to building owners who have actually lowered the fire risk profile of the building by application of Class-A fire-protection to substantially all wood surfaces used in construction of a particular insured building structure, regardless of size or location, in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 65D , the mobile application  120  automatically generates an inventory replenishment order if and when the recipient&#39;s CFIC tote inventory is determined to fall below a threshold inventory level (e.g. 50×50 gallon CFIC totes  181 ) maintained by the supply chain management network database  113 A, as illustrated in  FIG. 67L . If a replenishment order is generated, then the supply chain manager  186  will automatically generate and send a purchase order to the CFIC factory  180  to fulfill the order for a specified quantity of CFIC totes  181  and ship a requested quantity of CFIC totes  181  to the recipient&#39;s job site location, or local warehouse location, for use in Class-A fire protection job site spraying. 
     Just-in-Time Wood-Framed Building Factory Method, System and Network Supporting Multiple Production Lines for Producing Pre-Fabricated Class-A Fire-Protected Wood-Framed Components as Needed to Construct Custom and Pre-Specified Wood-Framed Buildings Ordered by Customers 
       FIG. 68A  shows a just-in-time wood-framed building factory system  130  supporting multiple production lines  131 A,  131 B,  131 C, etc. for producing pre-fabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components as needed to construct custom and pre-specified wood-framed buildings ordered by customers, as the case may be, from anywhere around the globe. 
     In general, the concept of the just-in-time wood-framed building factory system  130  embraces many different kinds of wood-product factory systems capable of producing diverse kinds of wood and timber products including, for example: (i) prefabricated modular wood-framed homes; (ii) prefabricated modular mass-timber (e.g. cross-laminated timber or CLT) homes; (iii) prefabricated modular wood-framed building modules; (iv) prefabricated modular mass-timber building modules; (v) prefabricated wood-framed panels; (vi) prefabricated cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels; and (vii) prefabricated wood-framed building assemblies and components, including trusses, joists, etc. Regardless of the wood product produced from the factory system  130 , the factory system will typically include a number of production lines, each supported by some level of automation and control, well known in the art. 
     In accordance with the principles of the present invention, each production line typically includes a conveyor for conveying wood components (e.g. raw lumber, finger-jointed lumber, CLT components and/or LVL components) along at least a portion of the production line and through, into and out of a dipping (i.e. infusion) tank, as described herein, filled with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF21 Anti-Fire Chemical Liquid), and allowed to wet dry and attain Class-A fire-protection properties during the wood-framed component fabrication process. Alternatively, though less preferred, some production lines may include a spray tunnel for spraying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid (e.g. Hartindo AF31 Anti-Fire Chemical Liquid) onto all wood surfaces and then allowed to dry and attain Class-A fire-protection properties during the wood-framed component fabrication process. 
       FIG. 68B  shows the just-in-time (JIT) factory system  130  of  FIG. 61  in greater detail, with production lines shown for producing various kinds of prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components (e.g. wood-framed walls, staircases, roof trusses, floor trusses, etc.)  132 A,  132 B, and  132 C which are used in constructing custom and pre-specified wood-framed buildings ordered by customers for production and delivery. As shown, each production line  131  requires inputs such as (i) an order for a customer or pre-specified wood-framed building; (ii) raw lumber  141  of a certain type and in a certain quantity to build the ordered custom or prespecified wood-framed building; as well as (iii) CFIC liquid  142  in sufficient supply to render the raw lumber Class-A fire-protected in accordance with the principles of the present invention disclosed herein. As shown in  FIG. 62 , the outputs from the factory system  130  are Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components such as (i) wall panels  132 A, (ii) floor panels  132 B, (iii) floor trusses  132 C, (iv) roof trusses  132 D, and (v) stair panels  132 E, manufactured using the dip-infusion methods disclosed herein, for use in constructing custom and specified wood-framed buildings. 
       FIG. 69  shows the just-in-time factory system network  135  shown in  FIGS. 65A and 65B , shown comprising: (i) the just-in-time wood-framed building factory  130 , shown in  FIGS. 65A and 65B  and described above, with multiple production lines  131 A through  131 D for producing Class-A fire-protected building components as illustrated in  FIG. 65B ; (ii) RFID-tagged/coded ISO-shipping containers  136  shown in  FIG. 65A , and mobile code symbol/RFID tag reading mobile computing systems  137  for reading barcoded/RFID-tagged labels  138  (comprising optical code symbols  138 A of a particular symbology (e.g. PDF  417 , etc) and long-range UHF-Class RFID tags  138 B) applied to shipping containers  136  in a manner well known in the shipment tracking art; (iii) a data center  145 , operably connected to the TCP/IP internet infrastructure  151  for supporting enterprise resource planning (ERP) related operations within the wood-framed building factory system  130  shown in  FIGS. 65A and 65B , and supporting a network of mobile computing devices  137  shown in  FIG. 64 , each running a mobile application  153  adapted to help track and manage (i) orders placed by customers for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, and (ii) projects within the factory system involving the placed customer orders. As shown, the data center  145  comprises: web (http and ftp) communication servers  146 ; application servers  147 ; database servers (RDBMS)  148 ; SMS servers  149 ; and email message servers  150 , well known in the art. 
     It is understood that, in many embodiments, the above-described enterprise-level system  135 , supporting wood framed and mass-timber building factories  130  around the globe, will also include a core integrated financial accounting system  400 . This core integrated financial accounting system  400  will be supported by a general ledger system (GLS), an accounts payable system (APS) and an accounts receivable system (ARS). The financial accounting system can hosted in the data center  145  or elsewhere on the Internet, in a manner well known in the art. Integrated financial accounting software system solutions are available from numerous vendors including, but not limited to, for example, Oracle&#39;s NetSuite(R) Financial Management Software System, SAP&#39;s Business Financial One Software System, etc. 
     As shown in  FIG. 66 , the system also includes a GPS system  139  for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to GPS transceivers installed aboard each GPS-tracking ISO-shipping containers  136 A,  136 B, as part of the illustrative embodiments. From the GPS signals it receives, each GPS transceiver is capable of computing in real-time the GPS location of its host system, in terms of longitude and latitude. In the case of the Empire State Building in NYC, N.Y., its GPS location is specified as: N40° 44.9064′, W073° 59.0735′; and in number only format, as: 40.748440, −73.984559, with the first number indicating latitude, and the second number representing longitude (the minus sign indicates “west”). 
       FIG. 67  shows the mobile client computing system(s)  137 ,  137 ′ used in the system network  135  shown in  FIG. 63 , supporting mobile application  153  installed on each registered mobile computing system  137 ,  137 ′. The purpose of the mobile application  153  is to provide a convenient tool for tracking and managing projects involving factory-applied clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid dip-infusion treatment of wood pieces during the prefabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings. In the event that CFIC liquid solution is mixed on site by adding water to preblended dry powder chemicals at a toll blender, the mobile application can be used to track chain of custody from our toll blender to the factory site where the toted power mixture is added to water to produce an aqueous-based CFIC liquid solution, for high-speed dip-infusion 100% of all wood/lumber used to fabricate Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components along production lines inside the factory  130  shown in  FIGS. 65A, 65B and 66 . 
     Using the custom-designed mobile application  153  of the present invention, prefabricated building purchasers, builders and architects alike can track the progress being made while an order for a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building is being executed as a prefabricated wood-framed building project. During the process, all wood pieces used to fabricate each wood-framed building component is automatically dip-coated in a tank of CFIC liquid, as shown in  FIGS. 19A, 23A, 27A, and 33A , in a just-in-time manner, during the building fabrication schedule, so as to provide 100% Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components. These components can then be used in constructing Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed buildings. The mobile application  153  can be used to review all collected digital images, and audio and visual evidence of certificates, stamps, signatures and verifications during the course of the just-in-time prefabrication building project. 
     Specification of the Network Architecture of the System Network of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 66  illustrates the network architecture of the system network of the present invention  135  for the case where the system of the present invention is implemented as a stand-alone platform deployed on the Internet. 
     As shown in  FIG. 66 , the Internet-based system network comprises: cellular phone and SMS messaging systems  161 ; email servers  1162 ; a network of mobile computing systems  136  ( 136 A,  136 B) running enterprise-level mobile application software; and one or more industrial-strength data center(s)  145 , preferably mirrored with each other and running Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between its router gateways. 
     As shown in  FIG. 69 , each data center  145  comprises: a cluster of communication servers  146  for supporting http and other TCP/IP based communication protocols on the Internet (and hosting Web sites); a cluster of application servers  147 ; a cluster of RDBMS servers  148  configured within a distributed file storage and retrieval ecosystem/system, and interfaced around the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet well known in the art; an SMS gateway server  149  supporting integrated email and SMS messaging, handling and processing services that enable flexible messaging across the system network, supporting push notifications; and a cluster of email processing servers  150 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 69 , the cluster of communication servers  146  is accessed by web-enabled clients (e.g. smart phones, wireless tablet computers, desktop computers, computer workstations, etc)  137  ( 137 A,  137 B) used by stakeholders accessing services supported by the system network. The cluster of application servers  147  implement many core and compositional object-oriented software modules supporting the system network  145 . The cluster of RDBMS servers  148  use SQL to query and manage datasets residing in its distributed data storage environment. 
     As shown in  FIG. 69 , the system network architecture further comprises many different kinds of users supported by mobile computing devices  137  running the mobile application  153  of the present invention, namely: a plurality of mobile computing devices  137  running the mobile application  153 , and used by fire departments to access services supported by the system network  145 ; a plurality of mobile computing systems  137  running mobile application  153  and used by insurance underwriters to access services on the system network  145 ; a plurality of mobile computing systems  137  running mobile application  153  and used by architects and their firms to access the services supported by the system network  145  of the present invention; a plurality of mobile client machines  137  (e.g. mobile computers such as iPad, and other Internet-enabled computing devices with graphics display capabilities, etc) for use by spray-project technicians and administrators, and running a native mobile application  137  supported by server-side modules, and the various illustrative GUIs shown in  FIGS. 69 through 70J , supporting client-side and server-side processes on the system network of the present invention; and a GPS-tracked GSM-linked digital camera  163  installed over each CFIC liquid dip-infusion tank, installed along a production line  131 , for capturing digital images and video recordings of the CFIC liquid dip-infusion process, along the production line, where wood pieces are dip-coated and Class-A fire-protected prior art to use in fabricating Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components. 
     In general, the system network  135  will be realized as an industrial-strength, carrier-class Internet-based network of object-oriented system design, deployed over a global data packet-switched communication network comprising numerous computing systems and networking components, as shown. As such, the information network of the present invention is often referred to herein as the “system” or “system network”. The Internet-based system network can be implemented using any object-oriented integrated development environment (IDE) such as for example: the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, or Java EE (formerly J2EE); Websphere IDE by IBM; Weblogic IDE by BEA; a non-Java IDE such as Microsoft&#39;s .NET IDE; or other suitably configured development and deployment environment well known in the art. Preferably, although not necessary, the entire system of the present invention would be designed according to object-oriented systems engineering (DOSE) methods using UML-based modeling tools such as ROSE by Rational Software, Inc. using an industry-standard Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), both well known in the art. Implementation programming languages can include C, Objective C, C, Java, PHP, Python, Google&#39;s GO, and other computer programming languages known in the art. Preferably, the system network is deployed as a three-tier server architecture with a double-firewall, and appropriate network switching and routing technologies well known in the art. In some deployments, private/public/hybrid cloud service providers, such Amazon Web Services (AWS), may be used to deploy Kubernetes, an open-source software container/cluster management/orchestration system, for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized software applications, such as the mobile enterprise-level application  153  of the present invention, described above. 
     Specification of System Architecture of an Exemplary Mobile Smartphone System Deployed on the System Network of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 70A  shows an exemplary mobile the mobile client computing system (e.g. client device)  137  that is deployed on the system network  135  and supporting the many services offered by system network servers of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 67B , the mobile computing device  137  ( 137 ′) can include a memory interface  202 , one or more data processors, image processors and/or central processing units  204 , and a peripherals interface  206 . The memory interface  202 , the one or more processors  204  and/or the peripherals interface  206  can be separate components or can be integrated in one or more integrated circuits. The various components in the mobile device can be coupled by one or more communication buses or signal lines. Sensors, devices, and subsystems can be coupled to the peripherals interface  206  to facilitate multiple functionalities. For example, a motion sensor  210 , a light sensor  212 , and a proximity sensor  214  can be coupled to the peripherals interface  206  to facilitate the orientation, lighting, and proximity functions. Other sensors  216  can also be connected to the peripherals interface  206 , such as a positioning system (e.g. GPS receiver), a temperature sensor, a biometric sensor, a gyroscope, or other sensing device, to facilitate related functionalities. A camera subsystem  220  and an optical sensor  222 , e.g. a charged coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) optical sensor, can be utilized to facilitate camera functions, such as recording photographs and video clips. Communication functions can be facilitated through one or more wireless communication subsystems  224 , which can include radio frequency receivers and transmitters and/or optical (e.g. infrared) receivers and transmitters. The specific design and implementation of the communication subsystem  224  can depend on the communication network(s) over which the mobile device is intended to operate. For example, the mobile device  137  may include communication subsystems  224  designed to operate over a GSM network, a GPRS network, an EDGE network, a Wi-Fi or WiMax network, and a Bluetooth™ network. In particular, the wireless communication subsystems  224  may include hosting protocols such that the device  137  may be configured as a base station for other wireless devices. An audio subsystem  226  can be coupled to a speaker  228  and a microphone  230  to facilitate voice-enabled functions, such as voice recognition, voice replication, digital recording, and telephony functions. The I/O subsystem  240  can include a touch screen controller  242  and/or other input controller(s)  244 . The touch-screen controller  242  can be coupled to a touch screen  246 . The touch screen  246  and touch screen controller  242  can, for example, detect contact and movement or break thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensitivity technologies, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with the touch screen  246 . The other input controller(s)  244  can be coupled to other input/control devices  248 , such as one or more buttons, rocker switches, thumb-wheel, infrared port, USB port, and/or a pointer device such as a stylus. The one or more buttons (not shown) can include an up/down button for volume control of the speaker  228  and/or the microphone  230 . Such buttons and controls can be implemented as a hardware objects, or touch-screen graphical interface objects, touched and controlled by the system user. Additional features of mobile smartphone device  137  can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 8,631,358 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     Different Ways of Implementing the Mobile Client Machines and Devices on the System Network of the Present Invention 
     In one illustrative embodiment, the enterprise-level system network  135  is realized as a robust suite of hosted services delivered to Web-based client subsystems  137  using an application service provider (ASP) model. In this embodiment, the Web-enabled mobile application  153  can be realized using a web-browser application running on the operating system (OS) (e.g. Linux, Application IOS, etc) of a mobile computing device  137  to support online modes of system operation, only. However, it is understood that some or all of the services provided by the system network  135  can be accessed using Java clients, or a native client application, running on the operating system of a client computing device, to support both online and limited off-line modes of system operation. In such embodiments, the native mobile application  153  would have access to local memory (e.g. a local RDBMS) on the client device  137 , accessible during off-line modes of operation to enable consumers to use certain or many of the system functions supported by the system network during off-line/off-network modes of operation. It is also possible to store in the local RDBMS of the mobile computing device  137  most if not all relevant data collected by the mobile application for any particular fire-protection spray project, and to automatically synchronize the dataset for user&#39;s projects against the master datasets maintained in the system network database  148 A, within the data center  145  shown in  FIG. 69 . This way, when using an native application, during off-line modes of operation, the user will be able to access and review relevant information regarding any building spray project, and make necessary decisions, even while off-line (i.e. not having access to the system network). 
     As shown and described herein, the system network  135  of the present invention has been designed for several different kinds of user roles including, for example, but not limited to: (i) building purchasers, builders, and architects who might or will have the authority to place or make purchase orders online to commence a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building project; and (ii) prefabrication building project administrators and technicians registered on the system network. Depending on which role, for which the user requests registration, the system network will request different sets of registration information, including name of user, address, contact information, information about wood-framed buildings, builders, architects, etc. In the case of a web-based responsive application on the mobile computing device  137 , once a user has successfully registered with the system network, the system network will automatically serve a native client GUI, or an HTMLS GUI, adapted for the registered user. Thereafter, when the user logs into the system network, using his/her account name and password, the system network will automatically generate and serve GUI screens described below for the role that the user has been registered with the system network. 
     In the illustrative embodiment, the client-side of the system network  135  can be realized as mobile web-browser application, or as a native application, each having a “responsive-design” and adapted to run on any client computing device (e.g. iPhone, iPad, Android or other Web-enabled computing device)  137  and designed for use by anyone interested in managing, overseeing and/or monitoring on-site CFIC liquid spray projects involving owners of specific wood-framed buildings seeking Class-A fire-protection. 
     Specification of Database Schema for System Network Database Supported on the System Network of the Present Invention 
     As shown in  FIG. 71 , the schema  154  includes objects such as, for example: users of the system (e.g. property owners, builders, insurance companies, etc); real property on which the building will be constructed (if known at the time of ordering); orders for custom or pre-specified prefabricated wood-framed building; and construction project. Each of these objects have further attributes specified by other sub-objects indicated in  FIG. 71 , including, for example: project ID; raw lumber; CFIC liquid; CFIC liquid dip infusion systems; Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components; and ISO-shipping containers. 
     Specifications of Services Supported by the Graphical User Interfaces Supported on System Network of the Present Invention for Building Purchasers, Builders, Architects, Property Insurers and Other Stakeholders 
       FIG. 72  illustrates an exemplary graphical user interface (GUI)  155  of the mobile application  153  used by customers who place orders for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, supported by the system of the present invention. As shown in this exemplary GUI screen, a number of pull-down menus are supported under the titles: Messages  155 A, where the user can view messages sent via messaging services supported by the application; Orders  155 B, where orders for prefabricated buildings have been placed and scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress; and Projects  155 C, which have been have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress, and where uploaded authenticated certifications can be reviewed, downloaded and forwarded as needed by authorized stakeholders, to the appropriate parties and authorities. 
     Notably, the GUIs shown in  FIGS. 70 through 70J  have been designed and configured for use by the prefabricated building administrators and technicians who will be responsible for (i) taking orders for prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood buildings, and (ii) managing each prefabricated fire-protected building project, from start to finish, so that building owners, builders, architects, property insurance agents and financial institutions (e.g. banks) may rely on the prefabrication company managing each and every step of each project using the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 72A  shows a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by customers showing details for an order for a custom prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 72B  shows a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing details for an order for a pre-specified prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 72C  shows a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing status details for a project for a custom prefabricated wood-framed building, or wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 2D  shows a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing progress details for a project relating to the factory-fabrication of a prefabricated wood-framed building, or prefabricated wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 72E  shows a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a message (via email, SMS messaging and/or push-notifications) received indicating that the project relating to a prefabricated wood-framed building is completed and ready for shipment to destination shipping location, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
     Specification of Services Supported by the Graphical User Interfaces Supported on System Network of the Present Invention for Use by Fabricators, Administrators and Technicians Involved in the Production of Prefabricated Class-A Fire-Protected Wood-Framed Buildings and Components 
       FIG. 73  shows an exemplary graphical user interface  156  for the mobile application  153  configured for use by JIT wood-framed building administrators and supervisors supported by the system network  135 . As shown in this exemplary GUI screen  156 , supports a number of pull-down menus under the titles: Messages  156 A, where project administrators and supervisors can view messages sent via messaging services supported by the application; Orders  156 B, where orders for prefabricated wood-framed buildings have been placed and/or scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress, with status notes, terms, conditions and other considerations made of record; Projects  156 C, which have been have been scheduled, have been completed, or are in progress; and Reports  156 D, which are generated for Orders, Projects and Supplies, on prefabricated wood-framed building projects are managed by the mobile application  153  running on the mobile client system  137 C in operable communication with web, application and database servers  146 ,  147 ,  148  at the JIT factory data center  145 . 
     Notably, the GUIs shown in  FIGS. 70 through 70J  have been designed and configured for use by the prefabricated building administrators and technicians who will be responsible for (i) taking orders for a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, (ii) managing the entire prefabricated fire-protected building project, from start to finish, so that building owners, builders, architects, property insurance agents and financial institutions (e.g. banks), as well as local, state and federal authorities, may rely on their services and work product of the prefabrication company managing each and every step of project using the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73A  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrators and managers showing the creation of a new message about a specific project, using message services supported on the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73B  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrators showing the status of a purchase order (PO) for a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component(s), using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73C  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrators showing the supplies required to fulfill a purchase order for a Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building component(s), using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73D  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrators showing the bill of materials (BOM) required to fulfill a purchase order for a prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73E  shows for a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrators showing the status of a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component(s), using services supported by the system network  135 . 
     In one illustrative embodiment, the mobile application  153  and/or digital camera systems can be used to review digital images and audio-video (AV) recordings taken of CFIC liquid dipped-coated wood pieces along the production line, relating to prefabricated wood-framed building components being fabricated, and uploaded to the system network database  148 A under the project ID # of the prefabricated building project. All captured documents and evidence of CFIC liquid dip-coated wood can be uploaded, logged and time/date-stamped and stored into the project-specific document folder maintained on the system network database  148 A of the system network  135  using document capture, time/date-stamping and cataloguing capabilities. 
     Alternatively, Class-A fire-protected lumber, and/or engineered wood products (EWPs), that are dip-coated in CFIC liquid, will be used to construct prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components (e.g. wall panels, roof trusses, floor trusses, roofing systems, flooring systems, and stair assemblies). Once constructed in the factory on the production line, a barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection label  400  is applied to each and every prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component produced on the production line  131 . As shown in  FIG. 68C , each barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection label  400  will include a bar code symbol  400 A, and a UHF-Class RFID tag  400 B, mounted on a label substrate  400 C, wherein the bar code symbol and RFID tag has a unique building-component identifier (e.g. an alphanumeric character string) encoded into the symbology used in the barcode symbol and RFID tag identifier, and this building-component identifier will be used to identify subfolders or subdirectories where collection data, information and documents are stored in a building-component subfolder (indexed with the building-component identifier), in the building-project folder on the network database  148 A, maintained on the system network  145 , shown in  FIG. 69 . The building-component identifier will be read during each scan/read of the barcoded/RFID-tag label  400 , and used by the mobile application  153  to access the appropriate building-component subfolder in the building project folder where all such certifications  400 D of dip-infusion, inspection and oversight, and photos and videos, and signed confirmations and verifications of fire-protection services (e.g. CFIC were applied to specific wood objects by whom on specific dates) are stored and archived for fire risk engineering analysis, review, and other archival and auditing purposes. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 68A, 68B and 68C , each prefabricated modular or panelized wood-framed or mass-timber building component  138  ( 138 A,  138 B) manufactured in a just-in-time wood-framed/mass-timber building factory  130  will be uniquely barcoded/RFID-tagged and tracked by the system network  135  of the present invention as described herein. Specifically, a unique barcoded/RFID-tagged label  400  will be permanently affixed to (i) each completed prefabricated wood-framed or mass-timber building module  138 A, or (ii) each prefabricated building module  138 B associated with a specific prefabricated wood-frame or mass-timber building, as the case may be, and a barcode-index documents folder will be maintained in the network database  148 A at the data center  145 , for storing collected images, videos, signed certifications and verifications from specific technicians who applied and/or oversaw the application of CFIC liquid to specific wood products to provide Class-A fire protection performance properties thereto during the factory manufacturing process, on specific dates, at specific GPS-indexed locations. The collected documents are stored in an indexed folder on the network database  148 A, associated with the manufacture of a prefabricated building within in the factory system. 
     The system network of the present invention  135 , and the services supported thereby, will provide fire and construction insurance underwriters, as well as fire risk engineers, easy remote access to data, documents and documentation to support the fire insurance underwriting process, in unprecedented manner, with regard to any wood-framed or mass-timber building that has received fire-protection in accordance with the principles of the present invention. The project folders supported within the network database  148 A will contain signed documents by and photographs and videos of individuals who actually performed the professional services on specific time and dates, at specific GPS locations, confirming and verifying that such specific professional fire-protection services (PFPS) were performed on a specific wood-framed building which is the subject of a fire insurance policy be underwritten. All signed confirmations and verifications by such professional fire protection technicians are captured, uploaded and stored as GPS, data and time stamped documents in a network database system  148 A, under a single project associated with a specific fire-protection services contract, upon which fire, construction and property insurance underwriters will have the confidence to grant insurance premium reductions (i.e. discounts or rewards) for confirmed and verified fire-risk reduction services actually rendered on a specific wood-framed or mass-timber building. 
     The mobile application  153  has access to all services supported in the mobile computing device  137  (e.g. Apple iPhone or iPad) as the case may be. Such services will include the spray technician wearing a head-mounted digital color camera  137 C, with a wireless or wired interface to the mobile computing device  137 , for capturing live video-footage of each fire-protection process on a specific project, and also verifying and documenting the CFIC liquid spray treatment of each and every completed Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building fabricated in the factory. Such documentation should include capturing and uploading digital images and AV-recordings of certificates of CFIC liquid dip-infusion stamped and verified along the production line involved the fabrication process, as well as spraying CFIC liquid on wood surfaces as well, as the circumstances may require. 
       FIG. 73F  shows a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrator showing the progress of a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73G  shows for a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrator showing the supplies required by a factory project involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73H  shows for a graphical user interface of mobile application configured for use by project administrator showing a report on purchase orders placed for the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73I  shows for a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrator showing a report on projects involving the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 73J  shows for a graphical user interface of the mobile application  153  configured for use by project administrator showing a report on supplies required for the prefabrication of a Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, or Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building component, using services supported by the system network  135 . 
       FIG. 74  describes the primary steps involved in carrying out the method of operating a just-in-time prefabricated wood-framed building factory system  130 , supporting multiple production lines  131 , as illustrated in  FIGS. 61 and 62 , for producing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components, as needed to construct pre-fabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings ordered online using the mobile application  153  described herein. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 74 , in response to a purchase order (PO) received at the factory system  130  for a customized or specified wood-framed building, the factory system automatically generates a prefabricated wood-framed building project for the order placed by a customer using the mobile application  153  installed and running on mobile computing system  137 A,  137 B, or through an equivalent website. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 74 , the factory system  130  analyzes the customized or specified wood-framed building into its wood-framed components, and creates bill of materials (BOM) for the wood-building project. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 74 , the system  130  determines the type and quantity of raw wood and/or engineered wood product (EWP)  141  required to make each wood-framed component required by the wood-framed building project. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 74 , the system  130  determines the supply clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid  142  required to dip-coat and treat wood and/or engineered wood product (EWP) for each wood-framed component required by the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 74 , the system  130  automatically dip-coats the wood and/or the EWPs in a high-speed dipping tank installed along a production line, as shown in the  FIGS. 19A, 23A, 27A and 33A , each containing a controlled supply of CFIC liquid for dip-infusion wood pieces at atmospheric pressure, to produce Class-A fire-protected wood required to fabricate Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components for the wood-framed building, specified by the placed purchase order. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 74 , the system produces the Class-A fire-protected wood-framed components required to construct the ordered wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 74 , a code symbol  138 A and RFID tag  138 B with certifications and verifications  300 D are mounted on a substrate  138 C, as shown in  FIG. 68C , which is permanently applied to each produced Class-A fire-protected wood-framed/mass-timber component  132 A,  132 B,  132 C,  132 D,  132 E produced in the factory for the ordered prefabricated wood-framed or mass-timber building. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 71 , each symbol coded/RFID-tagged Class-A fire-protected wood-framed component  132 A,  132 B,  132 C,  132 D,  132 E is loaded into an ISO-shipping container  136  assigned to the wood-framed building project. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 74 , the ISO-shipping container  136  is delivered to the location where the wood-framed building is to be constructed. Thereafter, construction of the Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed building begins at the construction site. 
     In the event the purchaser of the prefabricated wood-framed building requested on-site application of Class-A fire-protection spray treatment, using CFIC liquid (i.e. Hartindo AF31), a professional fire-protection spray treatment (provider) team will use the system network  135  shown in  FIG. 55  to apply, certify, verify and document the Class-A fire protection liquid spray process as described in detail above, in synchronism with the prefabricated builder&#39;s schedule. As each predesignated section of the wood-framed building is constructed by assembling pre-fabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components (e.g. wall panels, floor and roof truss panels, stair components, etc.), the spray technicians will spray treat all exposed interior surface of the completed section of the wood-framed building, and certify, verify and document the spray treatment using the mobile application  153  using mobile computing devices  137  and services supported by the system network  135 . Once completed, the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building will be double-protected with Class-A fire-protection, providing the building owner with many benefits, including potentially lower property insurance premiums, in view of the fact that significant risk of total destruction by fire has been significantly reduced or otherwise minimized. 
     By virtue of the JIT factory system  130 , it is now possible to produce, as needed, a custom or pre-specified wood-framed building made from Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components, thereby minimizing inventory and cost of manufacture, and improving the quality and precision of prefabricated Class-A fire-protected prefabricated wood-framed buildings. 
     Method of Qualifying Wood-Framed Building for Reduced Property Insurance Based on Verified and Documented Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) Liquid Dip-Infusion of Wood Pieces During Fabrication of Class-A Fire-Protected Wood Building Components for Prefabricated Wood-Framed Buildings 
       FIG. 75  shows the high-level steps required to practice the method of qualifying a wood-framed building for reduced property insurance based on verified and documented dip-infusion of all wood pieces in clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid prior to the fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood building components for used in constructing prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 75 , dip-infusion all wood in a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid during the fabrication of Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building components for constructing an ordered prefabricated building within a prefabricated wood-framed building factory  130 . 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 75 , verifying and documenting the CFIC liquid dip-infusion and Class-A fire protection treatment of all wood pieces used to construct wood-framed building components for the prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed building, by capturing time/date stamping data, and digital images and videos of certificates of CFIC liquid dip-infusion within the factory  130 . 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 75 , the factory-collected Class-A fire-protection treatment verification data is wirelessly transmitted to a central network database  148 A on the system network  135  to update the central network database  148 A. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 75 , a company underwriting property insurance for the wood-framed building accesses the central network database  148 A on the system network  135 , to verify the database records maintained for each wood-framed building that has undergone spray-based Class-A fire protection treatment, to qualify the building owner for lower property insurance premiums, based on the verified Class-A fire-protection status of the sprayed-treated wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 75 , upon the outbreak of a fire in the insured wood-framed building/property, the local fire departments instantly and remotely assess the central network database  148 A using a mobile application  153 , so as to quickly determine Class-A fire-protected status of the wood-framed building by virtue of CFIC liquid spray treatment of the wood-framed building during the construction phase, and inform fireman tasked with fighting the fire that the wood-framed building has been treated with Class-A fire-protection defense against fire. 
     Method of and Apparatus for Managing the Chain of Custody, Quality Control, Tracking and Inventory of Clean Fire Inhibiting Chemical (CFIC) in CFIC Totes being Shipped from a Chemical Factory or Warehouse to a Network of Lumber Factories Producing Class-A Fire-Protected Lumber and Other Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) 
       FIG. 76  illustrates the supply chain management, quality control, tracking and inventory replenishment process supported by the system network of the present invention, shown in  FIG. 69 . As shown, the CFIC tote chain of custody and tracking system application  117  is deployed to manage and control the weight of the contents in each CFIC tote from the time of shipment to time of arrival at the customer&#39;s Class-A fire-protected lumber factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C) where the CFIC tote  181 ′ is received from the chemical factory  180  or warehouse  187 , and either accepted or rejected depending on the comparative weight measurements of the shipped CFIC totes made at the receiving factory  130  using a digital code scanning and weighing (scale) system (SWS)  133  as shown in  FIG. 76B . An example of SWS equipment  133  that might be used for this purpose could be the Prime Smart Count Bluetooth/RFID Speedy Counting Scale System, commercially available from Prime Scales, Inc., or many other digital weigh scale systems well known in the art. 
       FIG. 76A  illustrates the weighing of CFIC liquid totes  181 ′ at chemical factory  180  before shipment and recording tote weight in supply chain management database  113 A.  FIG. 76B  illustrates the weighing CFIC liquid totes  181 ′ at the factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C), and recording tote weight in supply chain management database  113 A before acceptance. The method of supply chain management and control will be described below. 
       FIGS. 77A, 77B and 77C  describes the high level steps carried out in a method of maintaining the chain of custody, quality control, tracking and inventory replenishment when producing and supplying clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) material (e.g. liquid or dry powder) in locked totes  181 ′ shipped from the chemical factory  130 A,  130 B and  130 C to a network of Class-A fire-protected wood producing factory systems  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C), as illustrated in  FIG. 76 . 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 77A , a supply chain manager  186  shown in  FIG. 76  issues a purchase order (PO) to a chemical factory system  180  for the production and delivery of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to a specified factory system  130 A, as shown in  FIGS. 76B and 77A , for producing Class-A fire-protected lumber using the CFIC liquid dipping and infusion process of the present invention, as illustrated in  FIG. 79A . Notably, the supply chain manager  186  can be a human being, or an automated or artificially-intelligent (AI) computer system programmed to determined the amount of CFIC liquid required to treat a quantity of raw lumber, and produce a quantity of Class-A fire protected lumber in accordance with the principles of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 77A , the purchase order is received and processed, and the quantity of CFIC liquid is determined required to fulfill the purchase order. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 77A , one or more CFIC powder or liquid containing totes  181 ′ are procured to fulfill the purchase order, either by (i) blending CFIC powder and/or liquid, and filling up and CFIC totes  181 ′, and/or (ii) removing one or more CFIC totes  181 ′ from inventory maintained in a warehouse  187  as shown in  FIG. 76 . In the illustrative embodiment, each CFIC tote  181 ′ has a combination lock mechanism that prevents others without the lock code from accessing the chemical contents of the CFIC tote  181 ′. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 77A , barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  are generated for the shipment. In the illustrative embodiment, the shipping labels  200  include the purchase order identification number contained in the purchase order. In the illustrative embodiment, each shipping label  200  includes the purchase order identification number contained in the purchase order. Preferably, the barcode and RFID-tag code structures will encode the purchase order identification number in one way or other, or be linked to this identification number using suitable techniques. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 77A , the barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  are applied on the CFIC totes  181 ′, and will include a barcode symbol component  200 A and an RFID-tag component  200 B. In some embodiments, one or more of these identification components will be used for auto-identification of each CFIC tote  181 ′ used on the system of the present invention. 
     In general, various kinds of barcode symbol and RFID-tag technologies can be used to realize the barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping labels  200  comprising barcode  200 A and RFID-tag  200 B. Various RFID-labels, RFID-tags and barcode labels are available from Zebra Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, N.Y. Also, Zebra Technologies provides hand-held mobile computers, wearable computers, vehicle-mounted computers, tablets and hand-held RFID readers (i.e. mobile computing devices  117 ), and barcode symbol, RFID-label and RFID-tag printers and readers (i.e. scanners) for use in practicing the principles of the present invention disclosed herein. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 77B , before shipping to its designation, each barcoded/RFID-tagged shipping label on the CFIC tote  181 ′ is scanned using a code symbol reader on the mobile computing system  117 , as shown in  FIG. 79B , then after a database socket connection is established, each barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ is weighed and its GPS coordinates are captured by the mobile computing device  120 , and then its measured weight and GPS coordinates are uploaded and recorded in a centralized supply chain management database  148 A, as illustrated in  FIGS. 76A, 79A and 79C . 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 77B , each barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ is shipped to its designation lumber factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C) within supply chain management system, as illustrated in  FIG. 77D . 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 77B , each shipped barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ is received its destination job site  1  as illustrated in  FIG. 79E , its barcode/RFID-tag is scanned using a code symbol scanner on mobile computing system  117  as shown in  FIG. 79F , and then the mobile application  120  automatically accesses the centralized supply chain management database  148 A, the weight of the scanned barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote is weighed, and its measured weight is uploaded recorded in the centralized supply chain management database  148 A as illustrated in  FIG. 79G . 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 77C , the mobile application  120  running on the mobile computing system  117  is used to compare the weights of each shipped barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ with the measured weights of each shipped barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ stored at information servers  148 A at the data center  145 , applying following rules: 
     (i) if the weight difference is within a predetermined threshold (e.g. 5 oz.), then the received barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ can be accepted at the destination lumber factory  130 A ( 130 B,  139 C) and receipt of shipment is indicated and registered in the centralized supply chain management database  148 A as shown in  FIG. 79H ; and 
     (ii) if the weight difference is above the predetermined threshold, then the received barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ is rejected at the destination lumber factory and that the shipment has been rejected is indicated in the centralized supply chain management database  148 A as shown in  FIG. 79I . 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 77C , in the event the CFIC tote weight measurement was within the predetermined threshold, using the CFIC powder or liquid in the barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC tote  181 ′ at the destination lumber factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C). In the event CFIC powder is contained in the tote  181 ′, then the end user will add the required amount of clean water to make the CFIC liquid for dipping lumber in a factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C) during the production of Class-A fire-protected lumber. 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 77C , one or more barcoded/RFID-tagged CFIC totes  181 ′ are transported from recipient&#39;s inventory (e.g. storage warehouse) to a specific factory location  130 A where a Class-A fire-protected lumber is produced. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 77D , an administrator or technician uses the mobile application  120  installed and running on a mobile computing device  117  to scan the barcode  20 A (and/or RFID-tag  200 B) on each CFIC tote  181 ′ as the CFIC tote  181 ′ is identified for use in the factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C) in CFIC liquid dipping and infusion operations, as illustrated in  FIG. 79J , and to automatically check out the specifically-identified CFIC tote using scanned code information from the recipient&#39;s inventory maintained in the supply chain management database  148 A at the data center  145 , shown in  FIGS. 69, 76, 76B . 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 77D , the mobile application  120  is used to automatically detect, and record the GPS coordinates of the barcode-identified CFIC tote  181 ′ where it is to be used for dipping and infusion in the factory  130 A ( 130 B,  130 C), as illustrated in  FIG. 79K , for documentation purposes under the licensing program so as to ensure that the CFIC tote  181 ′ is being used by the licensed factory within a licensed territory. 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 77D , the mobile application  120  automatically generates an inventory replenishment order if and when the recipient&#39;s CFIC tote inventory falls below a threshold inventory level maintained within the supply chain management network database  148 A, as illustrated in  FIG. 79L . 
     Construction Job-Site Fire-Protection Spray Service System for Delivering, Inspecting and Verifying Fire-Protection Spray Services at Wood-Framed and Mass Timber Building Construction Sites, while Supporting Various Stakeholders and their Interests Using Mobile Application Running on Mobile Computing Systems Deployed 
       FIG. 80A  describes the various stakeholders provided services by the enterprise-level systems of the present invention  100  shown in  FIG. 55 , using mobile computing systems  117  deployed on wireless communication networks. As shown, the stakeholders include property owners, financial institutions, building construction managers, job site construction managers, general contractors, building architects, job site construction workers, sales representative, logistics coordinators, supply chain managers, job site spray managers, job site spray technicians, local fire department, local police department, local building inspectors, local neighbors, construction insurance underwriters, property/building insurance underwriters, and risk engineering managers. 
       FIGS. 81A, 81B, 81C, 81D, 81E and 81F  describe the primary steps carried out when practicing a method of ordering, delivering, inspecting, documenting and managing professional fire-protection liquid chemical spray services performed on wood-framed or mass timber building construction job-sites, while supporting diverse stakeholders and their interests using mobile computing systems deployed over wireless communication networks. 
     The Wood-Building Construction Job-Site Fire-Protection Spray Service System illustrated in  FIGS. 49 through 67L , and  FIGS. 80A through 85 , and described throughout the present invention disclosure, supports the deployment of numerous instances of the Mobile Application (“Mobile App”)  120  running on diverse kinds of mobile computing systems  117  deployed across the enterprise, and supporting the following services, specified below, for the stakeholders, including: property owner, financial institution, building construction manager, job site construction manager, general contractor; building architects; job site construction workers, spray service sales representative, spray service logistics coordinator, spray service supply chain manager, spray service site spray manager, job site spray technicians; local fire department, local police department, local building inspectors, and local neighbors; construction insurance underwriter, property/building insurance underwriter, and risk engineering managers. These services will described in detail below in the blocks defined in the process illustrated in  FIGS. 81A through 81F . 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 81A , the Building Construction Manager uses the Mobile App  120  of the present invention to communicate via email and messaging with a Sales Representative, requesting information and a price quote on receiving the job site fire protection spray services on a specific building construction site job location. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 81A , the Building Construction Manager uses the mobile app  120  to place a work/service order with the based on a price quote received the job site fire protection spray service on a specific building construction site job location. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 81A , the system  100  processes the work/service order received from the Building Construction Manager, and accepts financial payment arrangements from the Customer/Company. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 81A , the system  100  automatically creates a Job Site Spray Project (“Project”), establishes a Project Document Datastore on the Cloud-based Network Database  113 , and then assigns the Project to a Project Logistics Coordinator. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 81A , the Project Logistics Coordinator uses the mobile app  120  to assign a Team of Job Site Spray Administrators and Technicians to the Project. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 81B , the Job Site (or Building) Construction Manager uses the mobile app  120  to upload Building Floor Plans and Specifications to the Project folder in the Project Document Datastore established on the Cloud-based Network Database. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 81B , the Job Site Construction Manager uses the mobile app  120  to (i) mark the Building Floor Plans to identify the wood-framed building section that has been completed (i.e. sheeting has been nailed to wood framing), and ready for the job site fire protection spray service, and (ii) request the system  100  to deliver the fire protection spray service on the identified section of the wood-framed building has been completed. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 81B , the Supply Chain Manager uses the mobile app  120  to ship clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid to the building construction job site in Barcoded/RFID-tagged Totes (e.g. 5 gallon Totes). 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 81B , the Job Site Construction Manager uses the mobile app  120  to (i) produce (e.g. printing/coding) Barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection certificates  300  for inspection points within each completed wood-framed section to receive the job site fire protection spray service, and (ii) then post the Barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection certificates  300  at appropriate inspection points within the completed wood-framed section, prior to delivery of the job site fire protection spray service. 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 81C , the Job Site Construction Manager using the mobile app  120  to receive, scan, weigh and accept or reject each Barcoded/RFID-tagged Totes (e.g. 50 gallon Totes)  181  shipped to the construction Job Site, or to an off-site inventory location managed and controlled by the Builder Construction Manager. 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 81C , before spraying each Barcoded completed wood-framed section with job site fire protection spray service, the Spray Technician(s) uses the Mobile App to (i) read the barcoded/RFID-tag on each Barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection certificate  300  posted at various regions of the completed wood-framed building section, and (ii) read the barcoded/RFID tagged Tote  181  to be used on the job site, then (iii) capture the GPS coordinates and then upload this read barcode identification data and captured GPS data to the Project Document Datastore established in the Cloud-based Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 81A , the Spray Technician(s) uses an airless liquid spray system  101  to spray all of the exposed interior wood in each Barcoded/RFID-tagged completed section, with clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid pumped out of the Barcoded/RFID-tagged tote (e.g. pail)  181  to provide all exposed interior wood surfaces with fire-protection, and provide increased worker safety from fire and smoke on the construction site. 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 81D , after spraying each completed section, the Spray Technician signs each Barcoded/RFID-tagged certificate of spraying  300 D, and then Job Site Spray Manager verifies the certificate of spraying  300 D by signing. 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 81D , the Job Site Spray Manager verifies the certificate of spraying  300 D by signing the certificate of inspection (located below the certificate of spraying) verifying that each sprayed section was sprayed by the Spray Technician who signed the certificate of spraying  300 D. 
     As indicated at Block O in  FIG. 81D , the Spray Manager uses the mobile app  120  to capture video and photographic evidence of signed barcoded-RFID-tagged certificates of spraying and inspection  300 D, applied to each inspection point in a completed wood-framed section of the building, as shown in  FIG. 62A , and then uploads this photographic/video evidence to the Project Document Datastore established on the Cloud-based Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block P in  FIG. 81D , the System  100  notifies local fire and police departments when each wood-framed building section has been completely fire-protected through the job site fire-protection spray process. 
     As indicated at Block Q in  FIG. 81E , local fire and police departments use the mobile app  120  to receive push notifications and messages from the System, that a particular wood building job site has just been fire protected by the job site fire protection spray service, and that permitted documents can be reviewed in the Project Document Datastore established on the Cloud-based Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block R in  FIG. 81E , Building Owners, Construction Managers, Insurance Carriers, Architects and Building Inspectors use the mobile app  120  to the remotely monitor the progress of the fire protection spray process at each completed section of the wood-framed building, at any time during the construction phase of the building, and upon completion of the spray process, mitigating the risk of fire and smoke from the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block S in  FIG. 81E , the System automatically archives all collected job-site evidence, certifications and verifications in the Cloud-based Network Database  148 A, to using the mobile app  120  to send reduced risk reports to insurance carriers to help qualify for reduced-risk insurance premiums offered by the property insurance carrier to the builder and building owner. 
     As indicated at Block T in  FIG. 81F , at any time during the construction of a wood-framed building, a Job Site Construction Worker can use the mobile app  120  to instantly notify the local fire and police departments about the existence of smoke and/or fire on the job construction site, or suspicious activity around the construction site, and request either an emergency response or investigation. 
     As indicated at Block U in  FIG. 81F , at any time during the construction of a wood-framed building, a local neighbor who has downloaded and registered with the system can use the mobile app  120  to instantly notify the local fire and police departments about the existence of smoke and/or fire seen on a job construction site, or suspicious conditions or people seen around the construction site. While the rights and privileges of this stakeholder will be very limited, neighbors can use the mobile app  120  running on a smartphone  117  to assist in ensuring the safety of wood-framed buildings under construction being fire-protected using the teachings of the present invention. 
     Various benefits will be experienced by each of the stakeholders using the system network of the present invention described above. 
     Property Owners will experience a reduced risk of liability and loss of property and life due to fire, during and after building construction. 
     Financial Institutions will experience an increased level of protection over its purchase money security interests in the wood products being used to construct buildings which they financed. 
     Building Construction Managers will experience a reduced risk of exposure, injury and loss by fire. 
     Job Site Construction Managers will experience a reduced risk of exposure, injury and loss by fire. 
     General Contractors (optional) will experience a reduced risk of liability for injury and loss by fire. 
     Building Architects will experience a reduced risk of liability for injury and/or loss by fire. 
     Sales Representatives will experience greater efficiencies while prospecting for new customer job leads, closing on new business projects, managing customer relationships, and tracking and managing the progress of every job project after the services contract is signed, to show the customer how much people care about their customers. 
     Logistics Coordinators will experience greater efficiencies and quality control as each Job Site Fire Protection Spray Service is delivered at the customer&#39;s (i.e. Builder&#39;s) construction job site. 
     Supply Chain Managers  186  will experience great control reviewing work order requests and issuing purchase orders for a certain quantity of clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) totes to be procured and delivered to a specific job site, on a specific date, in secure and barcode/RFID-tag tracked tote containers (e.g. pails)  181  bearing specific Shipment Tracking Numbers linked back to the Purchase Order, and corresponding Work Service Order. 
     The Job Site Spray Managers will experience great efficiency in certifying and verifying, and collecting and storing video and photo evidence on site that each section of the job site has been properly sprayed with the Job Site Fire Protection Spray Process, carried out by a specified M-Fire Spray Technician on a specific date, and all this information is uploaded to a centralized Network Database  113 A. 
     The Job Site Spray Technicians will experience great efficiency in certifying and documenting that each section of the job site has been properly sprayed with the CFIC liquid, shipped in specific Barcoded/RFID-tagged Totes  181 , and sprayed by a specified Spray Technician on the surface of a specific completed wood-framed building section, on a specific date, and all this information is uploaded to a specific project folder maintained on the Centralized Network Database  113 A at the data center  110 . 
     Local Fire Departments will be informed that specific wood-framed building construction sites have been fire protected by the Job Site Fire Protection Spray Process, on a specific date, so that fire chiefs and men and women are fully informed of the reduced risks involved on the fire-protected job site, and may better decide how to fight a given fire that may breakout on the construction job site, or even after the building has been completed and received a certificate of occupancy. 
     Local Police Departments will be informed that specific wood-framed building construction sites have been fire-protected by the job site fire protection spray process, on a specific date, so that police chiefs and men and women are fully informed of the reduced risks involved on the fire-protected job site, and may better decide how to conduct a rescue mission on the construction job site, or even after the building has been completed and received a certificate of occupancy. 
     Local Building Inspectors will have fully access to all documents collected during the Job Site Fire Protection Spray Process, on the specific construction job site. 
     Construction Insurance Underwriters will be informed of the reduced risk of fire and smoke on the fire-protected wood-framed building during the risk appraisal process and when deciding on a reduction in insurance premiums, during the construction phase, based on the reduced risk of fire and smoke due to the fire protection spray treatment of all wood used on the construction job site. 
     Property/Building Insurance Underwriters will be informed of the reduced risk of fire and smoke on the fire protected wood-framed building during the risk appraisal process and when deciding on a reduction in insurance premiums, after the construction phase, based on the reduced risk of fire and smoke due to the fire protection spray treatment of all wood used on the construction job site. 
     Risk Engineering Managers will be informed of the reduced risk of fire and smoke on the fire protected wood-framed building, during the risk appraisal process and when deciding on a reduction in insurance premiums based on the reduced risk of fire and smoke due to the fire protection spray treatment of all wood used on the construction job site. 
     Using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Technologies to Support Inspection of an Actual Fire-Protected Job-Sites Based on 3D Virtual Models of the Fire-Protected Wood-Framed Buildings Under Construction, Augmented with Real Job-Site Collected Data Certifying and Verifying that the Fire Protection Spray Process of the Present Invention was Actually and Properly Applied to all Exposed Interior Wood Surfaces in the Wood-Framed Buildings 
       FIGS. 82A and 82B  show a sequence of screenshots of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) displayed during a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) supported virtual inspection process of a fire-protected job-site supported by the enterprise-level system of the present invention, illustrated in  FIGS. 55 and 69 . As shown, the virtual process of inspecting a fire-protected job site is based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building under construction. At each virtual inspection checkpoint  300 ′ in the 3D virtual model, collected and uploaded certifications, verifications and documents are reviewable during the inspection walkthrough, and allowing the reviewer to take and post notes to other stakeholders represented in the system. Each virtual inspection checkpoint  300 ′ illustrated in a 3D VR model as shown in  FIGS. 82A and 82B  corresponds to an actual physical inspection checkpoint  300 , as shown in  FIGS. 51A, 51B, and 62A . 
     As shown in  FIG. 82C , the system  100  of the present invention supports a virtual reality (VR) enabled walk-through inspection procedure for the fire-protection spray service process of the present invention. As shown, AR-inspection checkpoint icons (ICP#1 through ICP#9)  300 ′, corresponding to barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  300  in a wood-framed building, are displayed along the VR-enabled walk-through which can be experienced by a fire risk engineer or other stakeholder using a client system  120  deployed on the system network of the present invention  100 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 82A , an AR-inspection checkpoint icon  300 ′ (indicating e.g. “Click Here to View Confirmations, Verifications and Collected Documents”) is displayed along a virtual reality (VR) enabled inspection walk-through process displayed on the client system  120 . This process many be supported on any client system  120  deployed in the enterprise-level system of the present invention  100 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 82B , the AR-inspection checkpoint  300 ′ is expanded by the user to show all signed certifications and verifications, captured from the actual spray job site, and displayed during the VR-enabled fire-protection spray service inspection walk-through process of the present invention. 
     Virtual Fire-Protection Job-Site Inspection Process of the Present Invention Using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Technologies to Support Virtual Inspection of an Actual Fire-Protected Job-Site Based on a 3D Virtual Model of the Actual Fire-Protected Wood-Framed Building Under Construction 
       FIGS. 83A, 83B and 83C  describe the primary steps performed during the virtual fire-protection job-site inspection process of the present invention, using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to support virtual inspection of an actual fire-protected job-site based on a 3D virtual model of the actual fire-protected wood-framed building under construction. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 83A through 83C , a novel VR/AR-based virtual fire-protection job-site inspection process is described. The process enables the reviewing of collected data during and after completion of a fire protection spray service carried out in accordance with the principles of the present invention, so that fire risk engineers and others can determine that the specific wood-framed building has been actually and properly fire-protected by the spray process of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 83A , the first step of the method involves building a 3D virtual model of wood-framed building being constructed on a job site located at specific GPS coordinates, that is to be fire-protected using the job-site fire protection spray service of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 83A , a complete set of barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  300  are identified and specified for each completed wood framed building section, and these checkpoints  300  linked to the specific job-site fire-protection spray service process, are adapted for posting at specific completed sections of the wood-framed building using an appropriate mounting substrate  300 C. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 83A , the complete set of barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint labels  300  are printed out for mounting on plastic templates or substrates  300 C with integrated RFID tags  300 B. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 83A , the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint labels  300 A/ 300 B are mounted on plastic templates  300 C with integrated UHF-Class RFID tags  300 B available from Zebra Technologies, Inc., and the section and project numbers are then programmed into each embedded UHF-Class RFID tag  300 B using an RFID tag writer  117 A well known in the art. A suitable RFID tag reader/writer would the 13.56 MHz Pistol Grip Handle RFID Reader/Writer made and sold by GAO RFID, Inc., or Honeywell 70 Series UHF-Class of RFID Hand-Held Readers. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 83A , after each wood-framed building section has been completed, the construction job site supervisor/manager will request job site spray service for the completed section of the wood-framed building. At this stage, the proper barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300  is permanently posted on the completed wood-framed building section, as illustrated in  FIG. 62A . At this stage, the request will be translated into a purchase order to ship one or more CFIC totes from inventory storage to the building construction job site, that is, if there is not a sufficient quantity of CFIC liquid on the job site to spray the barcoded/RFID-tagged completed section of the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 83B , before spraying the completed wood-framed building section, the spray technician (i) reads the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint on the section, (ii) reads the barcoded label on the CFIC tote to be used to fire-protect spray the completed building section, and (iii) capture GPS coordinates of the spray technician, and then upload the read barcode data and GPS data to the Central Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 83B , the spray technician sprays the CFIC liquid on all exposed wood in the interior of the completed wood building section. 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 83B , the spray technician confirms spraying the completed wood building section by signing the Certificate of Spraying printed on the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  300 , and the spray manager/supervisor verifies that the spray technician sprayed the completed wood building section on the certified date/time by signing the Verification of Spraying printed below the Certificate of Spraying. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 83B , the spray technician and/or spray manager or other party captures on-site visual data of the spraying event performed by the technician, and uploads the captured visual data of the event, including certificates, verifications, and photos and videos, to the Central Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block J in  FIG. 83B , upon completing each section of the wood-framed building, repeat Steps F, G, H and I above, so as to capture and upload, captured visual data of the event including certificates, verifications, and photos and videos, to the Central Network Database  113 A. 
     As indicated at Block K in  FIG. 83B , when all sections of the wood-framed building are completed and sprayed with job site fire protection, then the spray project manager issues a Certificate of Completion of fire-protection of all exposed interior wood used in the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block L in  FIG. 83C , uploaded data captured at each inspection checkpoint is linked to a corresponding virtual inspection checkpoint  300  represented in the 3D virtual model of the wood-framed building. 
     As indicated at Block M in  FIG. 83C , authorized stakeholders are enabled to walk through the 3D virtual model of the wood-framed building, using a client computing system deployed on the system network. During the virtual walk-though, the authorized stakeholder can access and review the uploaded data linked to each AR-based virtual inspection checkpoint  300  augmented with real job-site collected data certifying and verifying that the fire protection spray process was properly applied to all exposed interior wood surfaces in the completed wood-framed building section. The stakeholder can also make comments and leave notes at these AR-based virtual checkpoints  300 . 
     As indicated at Block N in  FIG. 83C , notes and comments made during step M are compiled to allow the spray manager address any concerns or issues raised by the stakeholder. 
     As indicated at Block O in  FIG. 83C , fire risk engineers and insurance underwriters are enabled to assess the data collected and uploaded to the virtual checkpoints  300  in the 3D virtual model, and then issue (i) a reduction in the fire risk profile of the fire-protected wood framed building, and (ii) a corresponding reduction in fire insurance on the fire-protected wood-framed building during and/or after building construction. 
     By virtue of the present invention, fire and construction insurance underwriters, as well as fire risk engineers, will be provided unprecedented access to data, documents and documentation, in a virtual building inspection environment, whereby (i) the individuals who actually performed the professional services on specific dates and times, confirm and verify that such professional services were performed on the wood-framed building, and (ii) all of these actual confirmations and verifications by such professionals are captured, uploaded and stored as GPS, data and time stamped documents in a central network database system  113 A, under a single project associated with a specific fire-protection services contract between two parties, upon which fire, construction and property insurance underwriters will have the confidence to grant insurance premium reductions (i.e. discounts or rewards) for confirmed and verified fire-risk reduction services actually rendered on a specific wood-framed or mass-timber building. 
     Construction Workers can Use the Mobile Application of the Present Invention on Construction Job Sites to Instantly Message Local Fire and/or Police Departments 
     As described hereinabove, the mobile application of the present invention  120  provides many different services to the stakeholders. A few additional services relate to empower construction workers on the job site to instantly message (i) the local fire department of fire and/or smoke observed in the building in which they are working, and/or (ii) the local police department of suspicious activity in or around the building in which the construction workers are working. 
     Preferably, a number of different quick send messaging formats will be displayed on the GUI screen so the worker can quickly select and send with minimal screen clicks/taps, automatically sending the email, text/SMS to the local fire department and/or police station, calling for immediate attention, in the event of an emergency, without searching for phone numbers or the like. The message will automatically include the GPS coordinates of the message sender, and the job-site location indexed thereto, so that there is no guessing or ambiguity regarding from where the message originated. At the local fire department receiving the worker&#39;s message, the fire department personnel will automatically access fire risk profile records associated with the location of the building under construction, from where the message appears to have been originated, informing the fire department of what might be expected when the arrive at the building fire. The local fire department will be automatically notified by the system that the wood-framed building under construction has been either completely or partially fire-protected using the professional fire-protection spray service of the present invention, and access to spraying confirmations, verifications and other captured records (i.e. data, documents and documentation) on the way to the construction site. 
       FIG. 84A  shows the mobile application  120  configured for use by job site construction workers enabling them to instantly select and send specific-kinds of emergency messages to the local fire department with a single screen click, using services supported by the system network. As shown in the exemplary GUI screen of  FIG. 84A , the user (i.e. construction worker) is provided with a menu of restructured exemplary messages from the Fire Dept. Messages menu: (i) all workers exiting building now; (ii) workers are trapped on the upper level; (iii) fire on the second floor, both ends of building; and (iv) building has M-Fire™ Protection, come in and save it. These reconstructed messages allow instant messaging with minimal screen-clicks, and are very useful in emergency situations when job site construction fires break out. 
       FIG. 84B  shows the mobile application  120  configured for use by job site construction workers enabling them to instantly select and send specific emergency messages to the local police department with a single screen click, using services supported by the system network. As shown in the exemplary GUI screen of  FIG. 84B , the user (i.e. construction worker) is provided with a menu of restructured exemplary messages from the Police Dept. Messages menu: (i) suspicious arson outside building; (ii) arson ignited fire in building &amp; on bike; and (iv) arson ignited fire in building and running away. These reconstructed messages allow instant messaging with minimal screen-clicks, and are very useful in emergency situations when job site construction fires break out. 
     Many illustrative embodiments of the present invention have been provided, showing the application of environmentally-safe aqueous-based free-radical chemical reaction breaking chemical liquid to the surface structure of diverse kinds of wood materials products used in building construction to provide Class-A and other levels of fire-protection to wood-framed and mass-timber buildings, and by significantly reducing the fire risk profiles of such wood building structures, logically entitle the building owners (and builders during construction) lower fire insurance premiums. Great efforts have been taken and disclosed herein to provide advanced technological measures to capture data on the construction site and document that in fact these wood-framed buildings have been professional treated with clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) to deliver the specified fire protection that has been contractually procured between the parties involved. Enterprise-level carried grade cloud-based wireless networks have been disclosed for practicing the various fire prevention and documentation inventions taught in great technical detail herein. 
     Using Visible Fire-Protection Badges on Wood-Framed Fire-Protected Buildings to Inform Firefighters, First Responders and Police Personal that any Particular Home, Residential or Commercial Building has Received Fire-Protection Treatment 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a visible and electromagnetically-detectable way for firefighters, first responders and police personal to instantly ascertain and confirm that any particular home, residential or commercial building has received fire-protection treatment in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As illustrated in  FIG. 85 , such methods may include mounting visible fire-protection badges (e.g. barcoded/RFID-tagged badges)  310  on the outside of each fire-protected building (e.g. over or about the exterior of each doorway frame) so as to signal to any firefighter approaching the building that it has been fire-protected in a certain way, providing assurance and knowledge how best to fight any fire that may have broken out in the building. The barcoded/RFID-tagged fire-protection indication badge  310  can be easy read by firemen and other first responders using their human vision, or using mobile electro-optical and/or electromagnetic scanners and readers to instantly ascertain that the house is fire-protected with an extended fire rating, as documented in an accessible central network database, and/or Internet-based registry, and/or encoded within the barcoded/RFID-tagged fire-protection indication badge itself, as is possible using suitable barcode symbology and/or RFID code structures known in the art. 
     Various methods and apparatus have been disclosed herein for registering each wood-framed and mass timber building within an Internet-based central network database after the building has been fire-protected using the job-site spray service of the present invention, so that mobile computing devices running the application of the present invention can be used to instantly access and determine, the fire risk treatment and profile of any specific building registered in the web-based database system. This way, using the address of the building recorded in a database and presented on an electronic map, or reading a physical barcoded/RFID-tagged badge  310  mounted on the exterior of the doorway of the any fire-protected building, firefighters, police and first responders can instantly access the fire protection and prevention records associated with the wood-framed building, and make informed decisions on how best to respond, rescue and fight any given fire within the building. Insurance companies underwriting fire insurance policies on fire-protected and badged wood-framed buildings, mass-timber timber CLT buildings, or even hybrid material buildings, can instantly access such fire risk prevention records maintained on the building in the central network base, which may be accessed by any and every insurance company on the planet, once provided with the appropriate application programming interface (API) well known in the networked database arts. 
     Virtual Reality (VR) Enabled Walkthrough Inspection of Prefabricated Fire-Protected Wood-Framed Building Components (e.g. Panels) Supported on a Client Computing System Deployed in the Enterprise System of the Present Invention 
       FIG. 86  shows a set of prefabricated fire-protected wood-framed building panels manufactured in a prefabricated building panel factory, as illustrated in  FIGS. 68A through 79L , and described hereinabove. 
       FIG. 87  illustrates a VR-enabled walkthrough inspection of prefabricated fire-protected wood-framed building components (e.g. panels) supported on a client computing system deployed in the enterprise system of the present invention. As shown, one of the AR-Inspection Checkpoint Icons  138 ′ is expanded to the show a digital image of the actual signed inspection checkpoint  138  captured and uploaded to the network database  148 A during the factory-applied fire-protection confirmation and verification process. 
       FIG. 88  shows a VR-enabled walk-through inspection of the factory-applied fire-protection process of the present invention applied to a prefabricated wood-framed building manufactured in a factory. A sequence of AR-Inspection Checkpoint Icons (ICP#1 through ICP#9)  138 ′ displayed along the VR-enabled walk-through, containing signed certification and verification documents and data collected from the factory, for display, review and downloading during the inspection walk-through. 
       FIGS. 89A and 89B  describes the remote factory-applied fire-protection inspection process of the present invention. This process, similar to the process illustrated in  FIGS. 82A, 82B and 82C , uses VR and AR technologies to support virtual inspection of a factory-applied fire-protected wood-building components, based on a 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building components manufactured in the factory. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 89A and 89B , a novel VR/AR-based virtual fire-protection inspection process is described. The process enables the reviewing of collected data during and after completion of a factory-applied fire protection service carried out in accordance with the principles of the present invention, so that fire risk engineers and others can determine that the specific prefabricated wood-framed building or components  132  have been actually and properly fire-protected by the CFIC liquid infusion process of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block A in  FIG. 89A , the first step of the method involves building a 3D virtual model of prefabricated wood-framed building  132  being constructed within a factory system  130  located at specific GPS coordinates, that is to be fire-protected using the factory-applied fire protection process of the present invention. 
     As indicated at Block B in  FIG. 89A , a complete set of barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  138  are identified and specified for each completed wood framed building section, and these barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoints  138  linked to the specific factory-applied fire-protection process, are adapted for posting on wood-framed building components using an appropriate mounting substrate  138 C. 
     As indicated at Block C in  FIG. 89A , the complete set of barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint labels  138  are printed out for mounting on plastic templates or substrates  138 C with integrated barcode symbols  138 A and UHF-Class RFID tags  138 B. 
     As indicated at Block D in  FIG. 89A , the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint labels  138 A/ 138 B are mounted on plastic templates  138 C with integrated UHF-Class RFID tags  138 B available from Zebra Technologies, Inc., and the section and project numbers are then programmed into each embedded UHF-Class RFID tag  138 B using an RFID tag writer  117 A well known in the art. A suitable RFID tag reader/writer would the 13.56 MHz Pistol Grip Handle RFID Reader/Writer made and sold by GAO RFID, Inc., or Honeywell 70 Series UHF-Class of RFID Hand-Held Readers. 
     As indicated at Block E in  FIG. 89A , after a prefabricated wood-framed building component  132  has been completed and fire-protected, then the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  138  is posted on the prefabricated wood-framed building component  132 , and it is signed by the technician applying fire-protection, and verified by the supervisor of the fire protection technician. 
     As indicated at Block F in  FIG. 89B , before fire-protecting the prefabricated wood-framed building section  132 , the fire-protection technician (i) reads the barcoded/RFID-tagged inspection checkpoint  138  on the prefabricated fire-protected building component  132 , (ii) reads the barcoded label on the CFIC tote used to fire-protect the wood-framed building component  132 , and (iii) capture GPS coordinates of the fire-protected technician, and then upload the read barcode data and GPS data to the network database  148 A. 
     As indicated at Block G in  FIG. 89B , the uploaded data captured at each inspection checkpoint  138  is linked to a corresponding AR-virtual inspection checkpoint  138 ′ represented in the 3D virtual model of the prefabricated wood-framed building component  132 . 
     As indicated at Block H in  FIG. 89B , authorized stakeholders then walk through the 3D virtual model of the fire-protected wood-framed building component  132 ′, and (i) reviewing and viewing the uploaded data linked to each AR-based virtual inspection checkpoint  138 ′, and (ii) making comments and leaving notes at these AR-based virtual checkpoints. 
     As indicated at Block I in  FIG. 89B , fire risk engineers and insurance underwriters are enabled to assess the data collected and uploaded to the virtual checkpoints  138  in the 3D virtual model, and then issue (i) a reduction in the fire risk profile of the fire-protected wood framed building component  132 , and (ii) a corresponding reduction in fire insurance on the fire-protected wood-framed building  132  during and/or after building construction. 
     Modifications to the Present Invention which Readily Come to Mind 
     The illustrative embodiments disclose the use of clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC) from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, particular Hartindo AAF21 and AAF31 and Dectan chemical, for applying and forming CFIC-coatings to the surface of wood, lumber, and timber, and other engineering wood products. However, it is understood that alternative CFIC liquids will be known and available to those with ordinary skill in the art to practice the various methods of Class-A fire-protection according to the principles of the present invention. 
     These and other variations and modifications will come to mind in view of the present invention disclosure. 
     While the on-site applied spray of CFIC liquid was shown for newly constructed prefabricated Class-A fire-protected wood-framed buildings, it is understood that this method of Class-A fire-protection treatment also can be practiced on older buildings having: (i) open unfinished attic spaces disposed above roof-trusses with open, unfinished ceiling surfaces, wall and floor surfaces, where bare interior wood surfaces made from raw OSB panels are exposed and at high-risk to fire; and (ii) open unfinished basement spaces, where wall panels are open, exposed and at high-risk to fire. In such environments, the Class-A fire-protection spray-treatment method of the present invention can be practiced with excellent results. 
     While several modifications to the illustrative embodiments have been described above, it is understood that various other modifications to the illustrative embodiment of the present invention will readily occur to persons with ordinary skill in the art. All such modifications and variations are deemed to be within the scope and spirit of the present invention as defined by the accompanying Claims to Invention.