Patent Document ID: 20030198922
Application ID: 10126234
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. In a system for use in a firefighter trainer for simulating a ground fuel or chemical spill, comprising a container for liquid in the form of an open pit, a source of gas on the surface of liquid in the pit, and an ignition means for igniting the gas on the surface of the liquid to produce a flame simulating the ground fuel or chemical spill, the improvement which comprises providing a decking in the pit on or near the surface of the liquid for supporting a personnel carrying vehicle, the decking having S-shaped vertical reticular bars with a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the decking at ground level to allow easy driving of the vehicle onto the decking, the bottom of the decking being supported on vertical bearing bars creating a channel space between the bottom of the pit and the bottom of the reticuline bars, a dispersing means for dispersing the fuel into the water within the space and vertical passageways through the decking to allow the uninhibited flow of the fuel to the surface of the liquid.