The precision aerial firefighting and deluge system for helicopters and unmanned aerial systems is a device to attack fires inaccessible to firefighters due to altitude or other obstructions by streaming water or other fire retardant into or onto a specific location on the ground, on the water, or at altitude. The system employs a medium or heavy lift helicopter or unmanned aerial systems one or more tanks or bladders for water and/or fire retardant chemicals, a compressed air foam system, a pump, rigid plumbing lines for outflow of water/fire retardant; a rigid, telescopic boom that extends beyond rotor tip path plane, flexible lines/hoses inside boom; a crew switched electronic boom controller, a boom management system, a flange adapter, an electric, variable direction, crew-controlled fire monitor, a drop-hose, and a dart with inertial feathers.

Provided are: an aircraft that can fly stably even when water is discharged from a hose installed on the airframe thereof; and an aircraft system that uses the aircraft. This aircraft system comprises: a master aircraft 10; three slave aircrafts 20; and a remote control device 30 that is for making the aircraft fly as a unit. Each slave aircraft 20 has: four rotary blade portions that have propellers 221; and a suspending means 23 that is for suspending a prescribed part of a hose 50 that is for discharging water. The master aircraft has: four first rotary blade portions that have first propellers 121 that have been arranged to rotate in a horizontal plane; four second rotary blade portions that have second propellers 131 that have been arranged to rotate in a vertical plane; and a nozzle 15 on which a tip end part of the hose 50 is installed. The direction of the center axis of the nozzle 15 is parallel to the direction of the rotational axes of the second propellers 131.

Provided are: an aircraft that can fly stably even when water is discharged from a hose installed on the airframe thereof; and an aircraft system that uses the aircraft. This aircraft system comprises: a master aircraft 10; three slave aircrafts 20; and a remote control device 30 that is for making the aircraft fly as a unit. Each slave aircraft 20 has: four rotary blade portions that have propellers 221; and a suspending means 23 that is for suspending a prescribed part of a hose 50 that is for discharging water. The master aircraft has: four first rotary blade portions that have first propellers 121 that have been arranged to rotate in a horizontal plane; four second rotary blade portions that have second propellers 131 that have been arranged to rotate in a vertical plane; and a nozzle 15 on which a tip end part of the hose 50 is installed. The direction of the center axis of the nozzle 15 is parallel to the direction of the rotational axes of the second propellers 131.

A fire extinguishing or fire prevention device comprises an extinguishing agent conduit arrangement. The extinguishing agent conduit arrangement comprises a plurality of longitudinal conduit elements each adapted to conduct a fire extinguishing agent therethrough, and a plurality of transverse conduit elements each adapted to conduct a fire extinguishing agent therethrough. Each of the longitudinal conduit elements is connected to one of the transverse conduit elements by at least one connecting element, the connecting elements each being suitable for further conducting the fire extinguishing agent from a longitudinal conduit element into a transverse conduit element or from a transverse conduit element into a longitudinal conduit element. Further, the fire extinguishing or fire prevention device comprises at least one extinguishing agent supply line; which is arranged at the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement and adapted to provide the fire extinguishing agent into at least one of the longitudinal conduit elements or the transverse conduit elements. Further, the fire extinguishing or fire prevention device comprises a plurality of outlets disposed on the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement and adapted to discharge the fire extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement. At least one flight-capable carrier device is disposed on the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement and adapted to lift and at least temporarily keep the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement with the outlets and at least a part of the fire extinguishing agent supply line in a distance from the ground surface. The extinguishing agent supply line of the fire extinguishing or fire prevention device is connected to an extinguishing agent reservoir adapted to provide the fire extinguishing agent to the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement while the extinguishing agent conduit arrangement is lifted or kept by the at least one flight-capable carrier device.

A firefighting apparatus comprising at least one Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 11, the at least one UAV 11 comprising an engagement mechanism 96, 61 for releasable engagement with a container 22 containing a fire suppressant medium. The apparatus further having a cannon 92 for releasing or directing the fire suppressant medium from the container 22 and a ground support base 10 configured to carry a plurality of containers. A controller in operable communication with the at least one UAV 11, the controller configured to receive and/or or calculate information in relation to the levels of fire suppressant medium in the container 22 carried by the at least one UAV 11 and to direct the at least one UAV 11 to return to the ground support base 10 to replenish, or deposit and replace, the container should the contents of the receptacle be depleted beyond a threshold value.

A drone-based fire suppression system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes: an unloader configured to detach a detachable part from a drone; a charging station configured to charge fire suppressant to the detachable part of the drone; and a loader configured to attach the detachable part that is charged by the charging station to the drone.

Multiple robotic monitors are located in a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. Each robotic monitor is communicably coupled to other robotic monitors and includes a heat sensor configured to detect heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. A controller is communicably coupled to the heat sensor and configured to generate a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor. A pump is communicably coupled to the controller and configured to exert pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to the generation of the heat signature by the controller. An outlet is mechanically coupled to the pump and configured to discharge the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank.

Drone management system comprising at least one drone (1) and a logistic support unit (2) of said drone (1). Said drone (1) comprising at least one container (3) adapted to contain service material, which container (3) comprises at least one inlet mouth (34 35) of said service material and expulsion means (35) of said service material. Said logistic support unit (2) comprises a resupply area of said container (3), which resupply area comprises resupply means (43, 44, 45) of said container. Said resupply means comprise position locking means (45) of said container (3), dispensing means communicating with a tank and a dispensing mouth (43, 44) adapted to communicate with said inlet mouth (34, 35), said resupply area comprising a basin element (4), the walls (41) of which converge towards said resupply means.

The invention pertains to an unmanned vehicle for initiating a fire extinguishing action, with the vehicle having a navigation control unit, which is designed to navigate the vehicle along a fire deployment route and/or monitoring route inside and/or outside of a building or facility, and with the vehicle being equipped with one or more of monitoring sensors in order to capture physical and/or chemical parameters or data or images in the vehicle environment by means of the monitoring sensors during a monitoring trip, wherein at least one or more of the parameters listed below can be captured: temperature volume, acoustic signals light and/or optical signals and/or images air composition vibrations electromagnetic field/interferences electromagnetic radiation, preferably infrared radiation.

An aircraft that can fly stably when water is discharged from a hose installed on the airframe, and an aircraft system, are provided. The aircraft system can include a master aircraft, slave aircrafts and a remote control device. The aircraft preferably fly as a unit. Each slave aircraft can include four rotary blade portions having propellers, and a suspending means for suspending a part of a hose. The master aircraft may include four first rotary blade portions having first propellers arranged to rotate in a horizontal plane, four second rotary blade portions having second propellers arranged to rotate in a vertical plane, and a nozzle on which a tip end part of the hose is installed. The direction of the center axis of the nozzle is parallel to the direction of the rotational axes of the second propellers.