Patent ID: 7261165

Claim:
A unit for fighting forest fires comprising: A) a housing unit which includes a first part and a second part and a coupling element releasably coupling the first part to the second part, the housing unit having (1) a hollow interior volume which is adapted to contain a fire-smothering chemical, (2) a first end, (3) a second end, and (4) a support structure in the interior volume; B) an explosive unit on the housing unit and which includes (1) an explosive charge supported on the support structure inside the hollow interior volume, (2) an explosive charge detonator system which includes (a) a detonator cap on the explosive charge, and (b) a plurality of detonator pins located on the second end of the housing unit, each of the detonator pins being connected to the detonator cap to ignite the detonator cap upon impact with the ground, the detonator pins being spaced apart from each other, and (c) a housing located adjacent to the explosive charge and having walls that enclose the explosive charge in all areas except one, with the one area being located to direct an explosion associated with the explosive charge toward the second end of the housing unit upon explosion of the explosive charge, the explosion associated with the explosive charge causing the first part of the housing unit to separate from the second part of the housing unit to open the housing unit and causing the fire-smothering chemical located inside the hollow interior of the housing unit to be dispensed and dispersed from the open housing unit; and C) a support system on the first end of the housing unit.