Patent ID: 7154388

Claim:
A mobile platform fire detection/indication system, comprising: a plurality of smoke detectors; a plurality of heat sensors; a panel having a plurality of indicators, positioned adjacent to an entrance into the mobile platform, each of the indicators remotely connectable to individual ones of the smoke detectors and the heat sensors; a compartment mimic disposed on the panel defining a general configuration of a mobile platform compartment; a predetermined position for each of the indicators on the mimic defining one of an approximate smoke detector location and an approximate heat sensor location, at least one first designator position on the mimic, wherein a location of the first designator visually defines a corresponding location of a piece of fire fighting equipment located within the compartment; and wherein each of the indicators defines one of a plurality of compartment zones, each of the compartment zones having a predetermined shape, each indicator when lit mimicking entirely the predetermined shape of one of the compartment zones to visually distinguish on the panel an alarming zone location by the predetermined shape.