A long-term fire retarding biochemical liquid composition including: a dispersing agent realized in the form of a major amount of water, for dispersing alkali metal ions dissolved in the water; a major amount of a first fire retarding agent realized in the form of a primary alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid, for example, tripotassium citrate, for providing metal potassium ions dispersed in the water when the at least one alkali metal salt is dissolved in the water to form a mixed retardant solution; a minor amount of a second fire retarding agent realized in the form of a secondary alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid, for example, potassium, sodium, calcium and/or magnesium benzoate, for providing benzoate ions dispersed in the water when the secondary alkali metal salt is dissolved in the mixed retardant solution, for functioning as a secondary fire retardant agent and also inhibiting surface corrosion reactions involving metals contacting the mixed retardant solution, including specific metals, namely aluminum, steel, bright steel, brass, and magnesium; a minor amount of thickening agent in the form of a biomolecular polymer consisting essentially of polysaccharides; a minor amount of a dispersing agent for dispersing benzoate ions present in the water when the at least one alkali metal salt is dissolved in the mixed retardant solution, so as to promote the formation of a corrosion inhibiting coating on metals contacting the mixed retardant solution and inhibiting surface corrosion reactions involving the metals; and a minor amount of coloring agent in the form of fugitive color dye powder, or non-fugitive pigment powder, for imparting a visible color characteristics when the fire retarding biochemical liquid composition is being applied to a surface to be protected against fire, to form a thin fire retardant coating deposited on treated surfaces, comprising a mixture of metal alkali salt crystals within the polysaccharides of the biomolecular polymer. Wet and dry concentration formulations of the fire retarding biochemical liquid composition are disclosed for use with both aerial and ground delivery methods and apparatus.

A system for detecting fire outbreaks, including: a plurality of detection devices forming a meshing of an area to be monitored; and a computer platform. Each detection device is configured to: acquire infrared images of the area to be monitored; detect a localized increase in infrared radiation; and if a localized increase in infrared radiation is detected, transmit a digital warning signal to the computer platform.

The present invention relates to: a smart fire-extinguishing device for automatically performing a fire-extinguishing operation by detecting the outbreak of a fire; and a smart fire-extinguishing system including same, and provides a smart fire-extinguishing device comprising: a chemical storage part in which fire-extinguishing chemicals are filled; a fuse part for exhibiting explosive force so that the fire-extinguishing chemicals of the chemical storage part are jetted to the outside; and a fire detection part, which detects at least one from among temperature, flames and smoke, compares a detection result with a pre-set fire outbreak reference value so as to determine whether a fire breaks out, and operates the fuse part according to a determination result so as to jet out the fire-extinguishing chemicals.

A method for detecting and reporting fires by an autonomous vehicle. The method includes receiving, from one or more sensors, at least one sensor signal representing one or more fire-related conditions surrounding the autonomous vehicle, and identifying one or more fire-indicative conditions surrounding the autonomous vehicle based on the one or more fire-related conditions. The method also includes generating a fire detection signal based at least on the one or more fire-indicative conditions, a location of the one or more fire-indicative conditions, and a location of the autonomous vehicle, and transmitting the fire detection signal to an external receiver.

The invention relates to a method for fighting and/or extinguishing a forest fire, comprising the following method steps: performing a first detection of a seat of the fire using a first forest fire detection sensor; performing a first localisation of the seat of the fire; positioning a second forest fire detection sensor; performing a second detection of a seat of the fire; performing a second localisation of the seat of the fire; fighting and/or extinguishing the seat of the fire by means of a forest fire fighting unit. The invention also relates to: a forest fire fighting system comprising a first forest fire detection sensor for detecting forest fires, a position determining system which is suitable and provided for determining the position of the first forest fire detection sensor, and a second forest fire detection sensor; a locating system which is suitable and provided for determining the position of a seat of the fire; and a forest fire fighting unit.

The invention relates to a method for suppressing and/or extinguishing a wildfire using a wildfire extinguishing station, having the steps of receiving information, generating a control command, transmitting the control command or information, and carrying out the wildfire suppression process. The invention additionally relates to a wildfire suppression system comprising a network device, a server unit, a gateway, a first terminal, said first terminal having a sensor unit, and a second terminal, said second terminal having a wildfire suppression element.

A wide-area fire-suppression system comprises geographically distributed wind sensors and fire-suppression devices. A computational method and apparatus provides for provisioning a plurality of independent agents, each of the plurality of independent agents associated with a fire-suppression device and configured to operate as a particle in a particle swarm optimization (PSO) implementation. A neighborhood is designated to comprise multiple ones of the plurality of independent agents. Communications are provided between the multiple ones of the plurality of independent agents. Each particle is then configured to optimize a droplet size to improve cooling at a target location, the droplet size being a function of the each particle's historical droplet size and at least one droplet size determined by at least one neighboring particle.

A system for forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based fire protection zones formed over property and ground surfaces in and about a neighborhood of homes, that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire. The system includes a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system wirelessly connected to a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system is used to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces in and about the neighborhood, with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so to form environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones over the GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of the environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A mobile computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, relating to the formation of the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones, so as to verify that the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones were formed at the GPS-specified property surfaces on the particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

A neighborhood of buildings or homes, provided with a system for forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based fire protection zones formed over property and ground surfaces in and about the neighborhood of homes, that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire. The system includes a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system wirelessly connected to a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system is used to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces in and about the buildings and neighborhood, with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so to form environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones over the GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of the environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A mobile computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, relating to the formation of the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones, so as to verify that the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones were formed at the GPS-specified property surfaces on the particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

The invention relates to a method for detecting and/or locating a forest fire with the steps of receiving information, positioning a forest fire detection unit based on the information received and detecting and/or locating the fire source with the forest fire detection unit, wherein the positioning and/or detecting and/or locating take place autonomously. The invention further relates to an autonomous forest fire detection unit with a navigation unit, an autonomous control unit and a locating unit.