The invention relates to a method for detecting and/or locating a forest fire, comprising the following method steps: receiving information, generating a control command, sending the control command and/or information and carrying out a forest fire detection process. The invention further relates to a forest fire detection system comprising a network device, a server unit, a gateway, a first terminal, the first terminal having a sensor unit, and a second terminal, the second terminal having a forest fire detection element.

The invention relates to a method for fighting and/or extinguishing a forest fire comprising the steps of detecting a fire source in a forest area, locating the fire source and automatically fighting and/or extinguishing the fire source, and to a forest fire fighting device with a fire sensor, a locating system and an automatic extinguishing unit.

The invention relates to a forest fire detection unit comprising a drive, a detection unit designed and adapted to detect a source of fire, a navigation unit and a locating unit designed and adapted to locate a source of fire. The invention further relates to a method for detecting and/or locating a forest fire, comprising the following steps: receiving information, decoupling a forest fire detection unit from a forest fire detection station, and starting a forest fire detection process for detecting and/or locating a forest fire.

This system establishes a distributed network of wildfire detection devices designed to provide early warning and facilitate rapid response. Each device is equipped with multiple cameras, including a thermographic camera, allowing for comprehensive image capture and increased detection accuracy. The device is utilizing the power of artificial intelligence to analyze each image taken by the device's multiple cameras and make decisions based on the analyzed results. Additionally, these intelligent devices communicate with neighboring units, exchanging wildfire warnings and extending the effective monitoring area. The system's integrated approach combining image analysis, thermal sensing, and communication capabilities aims to detect wildfire threats as early as possible, ensuring timely mitigation efforts.

The invention relates to a method for detecting and/or localising 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 detection unit. The invention also relates to: a forest fire detection system comprising a first forest fire detection sensor for detecting forest fires, a position determining system which is suitable and designed for determining the position of the first forest fire detection sensor, and a second forest fire detection sensor; a locating system which si suitable and designed for determining the position of a seat of the fire; and a forest fire detection unit.

Various embodiments for an autonomous forest fire detection, alerting and mitigation device includes a subterranean data gatherer having a plurality of soil temperature and soil moisture sensors installed at a plurality of different depths in a soil. A data assimilator that has a configured threshold change depending on the plurality of different depths in the soil of the plurality of soil temperature and soil moisture sensors, the soil properties, the duration of the fire, and a time delay duration. The data assimilator receives a data transmission packet from the subterranean data gatherer and detects a fire and generates a fire alert when the plurality of soil temperature and soil moisture sensors all breach the configured threshold change. A smart water pump is also started to slow the fire or completely stop it. The subterranean data gatherer is installed at the plurality of different depths in the soil.

Disclosed are a three-dimensional wildfire monitoring and control system and method for a power transmission corridor. The system includes: a wildfire-induced trip risk assessment module, for assessing, when a wildfire is detected in a power transmission corridor, a wildfire-induced trip risk in real time so as to determine whether to issue a wildfire warning; an online wildfire monitoring device layout planning module, for generating an online wildfire monitoring device layout plan for transmission lines based on the wildfire-induced trip risk, a blind spot of satellite monitoring and importance levels of the transmission lines; and a three-dimensional power transmission corridor wildfire monitoring and warning module, adopting multi-source satellites and drones, and realizing three-dimensional wildfire monitoring of the power transmission corridor by monitoring through online wildfire monitoring devices provided according to the layout plan, the multi-source satellites and the drones.

A ground-based vehicle for making and spraying a fire and smoke inhibiting slurry composition over a burning fire on a combustible surface so as to suppress the burning fire. The ground-based vehicle includes a mobile spray vehicle navigable along a ground surface; a mixing tank with an integrated agitator mechanism mounted on the mobile spray vehicle, for blending mulch fibers including wood and/or cellulose fibers, with clean fire inhibiting chemicals (CFIC), using a wetting agent, and then mixing with a quantity of water to make up a fire and smoke inhibiting slurry mixture, so that the clean fire inhibiting chemicals infuse into the surface of the mulch fibers when being mixed within the mixing tank; a GPS-tracking hydraulic spraying system supported on the mobile spray vehicle to hydraulically spray the fire and smoke inhibiting slurry mixture on the combustible surfaces; and a network database, deployed on a wireless system network, for documenting the spraying operations on the combustible surface, by storing, as database records, GPS coordinates and time/date stamping data associated with the spraying operations and generated by the GPS-tracking hydraulic spraying system, and wirelessly transmitted to the network database for storage and future access on the wireless system network. One or more mobile computing systems deployed on the wireless system network, for providing authorized stakeholders access to database records stored in the network database to verify the spraying operations. Once the fire and smoke inhibiting slurry mixture is sprayed over the burning fire, the CFIC-infused chemicals within said mulch fibers work to suppress the burning fire.

A system and methods are provided for community outdoor fire protection comprising: receiving indicators of a current fire, and responsively determining a level of the current fire risk for each of multiple endpoints of a shared water supply; determining a relative duty cycle for operating each endpoint according to a fire risk; receiving a water pressure measurement of the shared water source and determining a maximum number of concurrent endpoints to operate; accordingly allocating operation of each endpoint to a set of time slots; and activating the multiple endpoints to turn on respective water flows according to the time slot allocation.

A system adapted for installation on a parcel of property and configured for proactively protecting combustible property surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread by forming environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible property surfaces prior to the arrival of wildfire. The system includes: a storage tank containing a supply of environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition, available for spray application on and over the combustible surfaces of the parcel of property in response to a trigger signal generated before the arrival of a wildfire at the parcel of property, so as to form thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire. The environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition includes: a dispersing agent realized in the form of a quantity of water, for dispersing potassium ions dissolved in the water; a fire inhibiting agent realized in the form of potassium citrate, for providing potassium ions dispersed in the water when said potassium citrate is dissolved in the water; and a coalescing agent realized in the form of triethyl citrate, an ester of citric acid, for dispersing and coalescing the potassium ions when the fire inhibiting liquid composition is applied to the combustible surfaces to be protected against fire ignition and flame spread, and while water molecules in the water evaporate during drying, the potassium ions cooperate to form the environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that proactively protects the combustible surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread, in the presence of fire. Spraying apparatus is arranged in fluid communication with the storage tank, and is responsive to the generation of the trigger signal, for automated spraying of the supply of environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition, on and over the combustible surfaces of the parcel of property before the arrival of a wildfire at the parcel of property, so as to form the environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wildfire.