The presently disclosed invention relates to emergency housing units and methods of providing emergency shelter, where the emergency housing units comprising a shipping container, a front wall disposed at the front side having a door, a canopy pivotally connected to one of the shipping container and the front wall at a location adjacent to both a top portion of the shipping container and the front wall, the canopy able to pivot from a closed retracted position to an open extended position, and a canopy latch attached to the first gate and the second gate, the canopy latch engaging with the canopy and releasably lockably fixing the canopy and both gates in a fixed position relative to one another and preventing the gates from moving into a closed position.

A fire protection system for retarding the spread of wildfire toward a structure includes a structure positioned on a ground surface. A tank contains a fire retardant fluid. Each of a plurality of sprinklers has a base coupled to the ground surface with a line extending outwardly away from ground surface. Each sprinkler has a nozzle coupled to a distal end of the line relative to the ground surface. The line of each sprinkler is fluidically coupled to the nozzle and the base. Each of a plurality of heat sensors is positioned proximate a respective sprinkler of the plurality of sprinklers. When one of the plurality of heat sensors detects a predetermined rate of heat, a CPU activates a pump to pump the fire retardant fluid from the tank to the base of each sprinkler.

A machine for extinguishing fires, using materials that are excavated and thrown directly from the ground includes a brush cutting module with knives and lateral panels, an excavating module comprising a cutter with spikes, and a throwing module formed by a flywheel mounted on a rotary shaft and provided with radial blades, allowing the excavated material to be thrown through openings in the throwing module. The position of the openings can be adjusted and the excavated materials can be thrown in one direction or another.

The invention relates to an unmanned vehicle (2) for initiating a fire extinguishing action, comprising a vehicle sensor unit (6) for detecting a fire parameter KF of a vehicle monitoring region (8), a signal receiving unit (10) for receiving an instruction signal S.sub.I representing a reference fire status Z.sub.R for a fire detector monitoring region (12) of a stationary fire detector (14) and a target location (16), and a navigation control unit (18) for navigating the vehicle (2) to the target location (16) based on the instruction signal S.sub.I, such that the vehicle monitoring region (8) and the fire detector monitoring region (12) overlap, wherein the vehicle (2) is configured to detect the fire parameter K.sub.F at the target location (16) by means of the vehicle sensor unit (6) as a verification fire parameter K.sub.V of the fire detector monitoring region (12), wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for determining a verification fire status Z.sub.V by evaluating the verification fire parameter K.sub.V, wherein the vehicle (2) is configured to determine the reference fire status Z.sub.R as a verified reference fire status Z.sub.VR, if the reference fire status Z.sub.R and the verification fire status Z.sub.V sufficiently correspond, and to initiate a fire extinguishing action in the event of a verified reference fire status Z.sub.VR. The invention also relates to a system (20) having a vehicle (2) of this type, as well as a corresponding method.

A mobile sprinkler system has a container made from a fire-resistant polymer material for holding liquid, a support frame under the container supporting the container above ground level, a pump coupled to draw liquid from the container, an outflow conduit coupled to the pump and directed above the container to conduct liquid provided by the pump to a spray head at an upper extremity of the outflow conduit, a power supply adapted to power the pump and any electrical elements other than the pump, and a mechanical lifting interface mounted on the container and adapted to interact with a lifting and carrying vehicle. The container is filled with fire-retardant liquid and the mobile sprinkler system is deployed to an area where fire may be expected and is activated to spray the fire-retardant liquid at the spray head to prevent or control a fire.

The invention pertains to an unmanned vehicle (2) for initiating a fire extinguishing action, wherein the vehicle comprises: a vehicle sensor unit (6) for detecting a fire parameter KF of a vehicle monitoring region (8), a vehicle communication unit (10) for receiving an instruction signal SI representing a detected fire, a target location (16) and/or a target region (137), and a navigation control unit (18) for navigating the vehicle (2) to the target location (16) based on the instruction signal SI, wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for detecting the fire parameter KF in the form of a verification fire parameter KV of the fire detector monitoring region (12) at the target location (16) by means of the vehicle sensor unit (6), wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for determining a verification fire status ZV by evaluating the verification fire parameter KV, and wherein the vehicle (2) is designed and/or configured for initiating a fire extinguishing action if the verification fire status ZV was determined. The invention also pertains to a system (20) with such a vehicle (2), as well as to a corresponding method.

A fire suppression system, a method for deploying the fire suppression system, an adapter for use in the fire suppression system and a method for increasing local humidity using the fire suppression system, as well as uses of the adapter for transferring water to vehicles or aircraft are described. The fire suppression system is formed of segments of water transfer conduit extending from a main water source. The system includes a plurality of connections between at least some of the segments of water transfer conduit made using an adapter placed at a fixed location. In the system. the adapter has a main water dispensing device mounted thereon. The main water dispensing device is in water transfer communication with the water transfer conduit and the adapter includes one or more connection points for transfer of water via branch conduits extending outward from the adapter or inward to the adapter from a secondary water source.

A kit for and method of affordably installing a wildfire defense spraying system is provided, which enables homeowners to automatically spray their homes and properties with environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibitor from sprinkler-based sprayheads installed on their property, and either locally or remotely activatable to execute spraying operations prior to the arrival of a wildfire, so that the fire inhibiting liquid is sprayed all over combustible buildings and ground surfaces, including native ground fuel, living plants, trees and shrubs, and when dried, forms durable fire protective coatings having improved surface coverage and being an effective proactive wildfire inhibitor.

There is described a fire-fighting apparatus comprising a housing comprising an upstream air inlet and a downstream fire-extinguishing stream outlet and a hollow body therebetween, wherein the housing houses an air stream traveling at high velocity; and a spray assembly concentrically mounted to the housing. The spray assembly comprises a fluid inlet connected to a source of fluid outside the housing; and a plurality of injecting assemblies fluidly connected to the fluid inlet and designed for breaking down an inflow of the fluid into droplets and projecting the droplets of the fluid within the air stream in a multiphase fire-extinguishing stream. The injecting assemblies each comprises a fluid outlet; a base plate through which extends the fluid outlet; a holding structure mounted to the base plate and extending downstream therefrom, and a unibody jet-fragmenting device mounted to the holding structure facing the stream of fluid exiting the fluid outlet.

A system of reducing the spread of wildfires is provided. The system includes a fire retardant delivery system comprising one or more reservoirs containing a fluid under pressure and one or more distribution devices in fluidic communication with a single reservoir. One or more sensors for sensing characteristics of a fire may be configured in operable communication with the reservoirs and/or the distribution devices, such that upon direction from the sensors the fluid can be delivered to ambient surroundings. In addition, the system may include one or more conduits between the reservoir of fluid and the distribution devices, such that the conduits can elevate the distribution devices above surrounding buildings and vegetation to provide that the fluid is distributed about the reservoir without the surrounding building or vegetation interfering therewith.