Patent ID: 8395662

Claim:
An aviation emergency response system, comprising: a plurality of retractable runway fluid dispensers for selectively dispensing water, fire retardant foam, and deicing fluid on a runway, wherein the plurality of dispensers are spaced along the lateral edges of the runway; a plurality of electrically resistive subsurface runway heating elements; mutually opposed first and second runway edge fluid retaining dams; a control station for selectively controlling the runway fluid dispensers and the runway heating elements; a first plurality of remotely controlled runway monitoring cameras selectively providing a video output, the control station selectively monitoring the video output of the first runway monitoring cameras, wherein the first plurality of monitoring cameras are embedded in the lateral edges of the runway; a second plurality of remotely controlled runway monitoring cameras selectively providing a video output, the control station selectively monitoring the video output of the second runway monitoring cameras, wherein the second plurality of monitoring cameras are disposed above the lateral edges of the runway and laterally spaced from the first plurality of monitoring cameras; an annunciator system disposed with the control station, the annunciator system being adapted to provide warnings of emergency conditions detected by the runway monitoring cameras; and an aircraft tire-puncturing apparatus adapted for installation in a runway and for selective deployment, the aircraft tire-puncturing apparatus having a plurality of laterally symmetrical spears extending therefrom, the spears being selectively deployed in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction.