Provides are embodiments of a sprinkler and sprinkler system. The embodiments include a sprinkler body having a fluid inlet, a seal configured to prevent fluid flow through the sprinkler body when the seal is in a first position, and a bulb configured to retain the seal in the first position, the bulb configured to break at a temperature and allow the seal to move to a second position allowing fluid flow through the sprinkler body. The bulb includes a wireless power and communication unit configured to receive a wireless activation signal, an energy storing unit configured to store energy for a heating element, a control unit operably coupled to the wireless power and communication unit and the energy storing unit, and the heating element configured to supply the energy to the fluid in the bulb responsive to a trigger.

Systems, apparatus, and methods detect and respond to environmental anomalies in a shipping container on a transit vehicle having an external transceiver. Systems generally have wireless ID nodes at different locations within the container and a command node mounted to the container. The command node is programmatically adapted to selectively assign a subset of the ID nodes as dedicated monitor beacons deployed within the container, identify an unresponsive group from the assigned subset of the ID nodes monitored to be in an unanticipated state of ceased broadcasting based upon the monitoring step. The command node detects the environmental anomaly when a size of the unresponsive group in the assigned subset of ID nodes exceeds a threshold setting maintained by the command node, automatically generates an alert notification related to the detected environmental anomaly, and initiates a mediation response for the anomaly by transmitting the alert notification to the vehicle's transceiver.

An aircraft fire suppression system includes a container filled with gases in both a liquefied state and a compressed gas state. The container includes a first tube positioned in the liquefied gas section configured to expel a regulated amount of liquefied gas into the fire suppression system. The container also includes a second tube positioned in the compressed gas section configured to expel a regulated amount of compressed gas into the fire suppression system.

A node-enabled battery system having integrated environmental detection and reporting. The system may have a battery and sensor-based node attached to the battery. The system's sensor-based node has a processor, memory (maintaining a battery monitoring program code and a battery threshold metric value), a wireless communication interface and a sensor operative to sense a battery status condition for the battery. When executing the battery monitoring program code, the processor is programmatically configured and adapted to be operative to receive status data from the sensor reflecting the battery status condition as sensed by the sensor, automatically trigger generation of a layered alert notification related to the battery when the received status data is inconsistent with the battery threshold metric value, and cause the wireless communication interface to broadcast the layered alert notification to initiate a mediation response related to the battery status condition for the battery.

An improved system on a transit vehicle is described for coordinated mediation action in response to an identified environmental anomaly on a shipping container transported by the vehicle. The system has wirelessly broadcasting ID nodes at different locations within the container, and a fire suppression system on the vehicle having a wireless transceiver-based controller operating as a master node that can cause the suppression system to deliver fire suppressant material to the container using a delivery nozzle and pump. The controller, as master node, is configured to operate as a primary monitor for the anomaly by being operative to monitor ID node signals; identify the anomaly based on the signals; generate a layered alert notification related to the anomaly (identifying a targeted mediation action and establishes a mediation response priority); and initiate a mediation response by the suppression system related to the targeted mediation action and the mediation response priority.

Operating a fire control system is described herein. One method includes receiving, at a gateway device, first operational data of a first format from a control panel, determining a model associated with the control panel based on the first operational data, wherein the model includes correlations between the first operational data and alarm information of a second format, receiving second operational data of the first format from the control panel, and determining alarm information of the second format associated with the second operational data based on the model.

The present invention relates to a method of operating a fire fighting system (1), the fire fighting system (1) comprising a fire locator device (7), and a plurality of stationary fire fighting devices (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e), each associated with and configured to distribute fire fighting agent within a respective zone (11a, 11b, 210a-e, 310a-h) of an area of operation, wherein the fire locator device (7) comprises at least one housing (2) configured to be mounted at or in proximity of a wall within or in proximity of the area of operation, a plurality of sensor components (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein each sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) of the plurality of sensor components (5a, 5b, 5c) comprises a plurality of sensor elements (50) sensitive to radiation in a matrix arrangement, and a controller (9) configured to receive sensor signals from the plurality of sensor components (5a, 5b, 5c) for determining a location of a fire (F) within the area of operation, the method comprising associating each sensor element (50) of the sensor components (5a, 5b, 5c) of the fire locator device (7) to at least zero, preferably at most two, zones (11a, 11b, 210a-e, 310a-h) of the area of operation.

The present invention relates to a fire locator device (7) and a corresponding fire fighting system (1) comprising at least one housing (2) configured to be mounted at a certain height within or in proximity of an area of operation, in particular at a wall or a ceiling of a room (101) of a building (100), at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein each sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) comprises a plurality of sensor elements (50) in a matrix arrangement sensitive at least to radiation, preferably to ultraviolet radiation or thermal radiation, in particular infrared radiation, a self-test component (52) for validating the operability of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c), and a controller (9) configured to validate the operability of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) using the self-test component (52) and to receive sensor signals from the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) for determining a location of a fire (F) within the area of operation.

An exemplary bursting capsule includes a hollow cavity completely enclosed and delimited by a vessel wall comprising a frangible material, a rupturing fluid disposed in the hollow cavity, an electrical conductor disposed on an outside surface of the vessel wall, and a conformal coating on at least a portion of the outside surface covering the electrical conductor.

A dynamically transitioning system for monitoring a shipping container transported by a transit vehicle for an environmental anomaly has ID nodes within the container (at least some being associated with objects being transported), a command node on the container, and an external master node at a known location on the vehicle. The command node operates as a primary monitor for the anomaly by monitoring signal activity from the ID nodes; identifying the anomaly based upon the signal activity; generating a layered alert notification that identifies a targeted mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishes a mediation response priority; and transmits the notification to an external transceiver on the transit vehicle to initiate a mediation response for the mediation action. The command node dynamically instructs the external master node to temporarily operate as the primary monitor when the command node is within a threshold distance from the external master node's location.