An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) system for fluid transport includes a UAV having a fluid chamber configured to transport a fluid, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to receive a first location for collecting or releasing a fluid, determine a fluid level of the fluid chamber, and transport the fluid by the UAV to the first location based on the determined fluid level.

A fire-fighting system includes a pump, a nozzle for directing fluid flow from the pump to a target area, a discharge valve controlling fluid flow between the pump and the nozzle, a sensor coupled to the nozzle, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The sensor detects movement of the nozzle and generates a signal indicative of the detected movement. The controller communicatively coupled is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, and control at least one of the discharge valve, the pump, and the nozzle based on the detected movement of the nozzle.

A firefighting system includes a base plate having an opening and configured to receive a sensor, a top plate spaced apart from the base plate, a valve body disposed between the base plate and the top plate, a plurality of guide rods spaced around the base plate opening and disposed between the base plate and the top plate and coupled to the base plate, the plurality of guide rods and the top plate configured to support vertical displacement of the valve body, an actuator configured to vertically displace the valve body, and a constant flow rate control system configured to control the actuator to adjust a valve aperture formed between the valve body and the base plate.

A system for storing a hazardous product including a housing unit defining a product opening and a product door coupled to the housing unit adjacent to the product opening, wherein the product door is configured to form a seal with the housing unit about the product opening in response to a thermal event.

Systems and methods are described for securely monitoring a shipping container for an environmental anomaly using elements of a wireless node network of sensor-based ID nodes disposed within the container and a command node associated with the container. The method has the command node identifying which of the ID nodes are confirmed as trusted sensors based upon a security credential specific to each of the ID nodes; monitoring only the confirmed ID nodes for sensor data broadcast those ID nodes; detecting the anomaly based upon the sensor data from at least one of the confirmed ID nodes; automatically generating an alert notification related to the detected environmental anomaly for the shipping container; and transmitting the alert notification to the external transceiver to initiate a mediation response related to the detected environmental anomaly.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

Embodiments of the present invention are related to an automated structure and curtilage protection system including a mechanical system hub with at least one of a control center, a pump, a pressure tank, a plurality of controllable valves, and a chemical injector assembly. The system includes a piped network, a plurality of spray nozzles and a remote user control portal. The remote user control portal is structured to calculate a hazard distance by averaging a plurality of known data positioning points of a hazard relative to a structure, categorize the calculated hazard distance into a categorized threat level within a hierarchy of preprogrammed threat levels and actuate the mechanical system hub based on an instruction set corresponding to the categorized threat level within the hierarchy of preprogrammed threat levels.

Systems and method are described for detecting and responding to an environmental anomaly in a shipping container transported by a transit vehicle having an onboard fire suppression system. Systems generally have a set of ID nodes within the container and another set outside the container, and a command node mounted to the container. The command node's processor is programmed to monitor both sets of ID nodes per their respective ID node communication profiles for unanticipated cessation of ID node broadcasting, detect an unresponsive group of ID nodes based on the monitoring, determining if the group includes ID nodes from which set of ID nodes, identifying the anomaly when the unresponsive group's size exceeds a threshold setting, generate an alert notification, and transmit the alert notification to the external transceiver or the fire suppression system directly based on an alert level setting so as to initiate different levels of mediation response.

A system includes a stack of battery cells within a container. A respective valve is included in at least one of the cells for admitting the coolant into a cell interior of the at least one of the cells in the event of a thermal run away event, and for keeping the coolant out of the at least one cell otherwise.