Soil-based fire suppression system

A collapsible firefighting system comprising:

• at least one screen configured to produce screened soil for firefighting;
• a hopper receiving the screened soil from the at least one screen via a slide;
• a plurality of individually collapsible and parallel vertical supports;
• a continuous conveyor receiving the screened soil from the hopper, wherein the conveyor carries the screened soil to a higher elevation of at least 250 feet above the ground and deposit the screened soil directly into an entry opening of a chute, and wherein the conveyor and the chute rest on the plurality of individually collapsible vertical supports;
• wherein the chute is made of steel;
• a nozzle assembly comprising an auger inside a tapered nozzle housing, wherein the nozzle housing being directly connected to the chute, the nozzle housing configured to eject a flow of screened soil at an exit opening;
• the auger comprising a plurality of helical blades axially spaced along a shaft;
• a gas control system comprising a pressurized tank, a pressure sensor and a mass flow sensor for measuring a pressure and a mass flow of the gas released from the pressurized tank, respectively;
• wherein the nozzle assembly is connected to the gas control system configured supplying pressurized gas directly into an interior of the nozzle housing to increase the flow of screened soil through the exit opening;
• wherein the gas control system is directly connected to the nozzle housing via a gas line;
• wherein the gas control system is configured to selectively supply gas to the interior of the nozzle housing;
• and
• wherein the conveyor rests on the plurality of individually collapsible vertical supports in an upward slope;
• and where the chute rests on the plurality of individually collapsible vertical supports in a downward slope toward a fire site.