Automated industrial firefighting blanket platform system

A fire blanket deployment system to protect an asset, the system comprising:

• a fire blanket assembly including a foldable fire blanket that is initially in a folded state;
• a first suspension system that is configured to move the fire blanket assembly to a target deployment location;
• and
• a second suspension system that is configured to controllably unfold the fire blanket once the fire blanket assembly is at the target deployment location, the second suspension system having an automatic detachment mechanism that allows the unfolded fire blanket to move downward toward the asset to be protected;
• a frame having a plurality of vertical supports that are spaced apart from one another and for placement about the asset to be protected, each of the first suspension system and the second suspension system being coupled to the plurality of vertical supports;
• wherein the foldable fire blanket is detachably coupled to a carrier;
• wherein the first suspension system includes a plurality of first cables, first pulleys coupled to the vertical supports and a plurality of first motorized reels that wind and unwind the first cables, and wherein the second suspension system includes second cables, second pulleys coupled to the vertical supports and a plurality of second motorized reels that wind and unwind the second cables;
• wherein the automatic detachment mechanism comprises the second pulleys over which the second cables are routed, each second pulley being configured to automatically release the second cables upon occurrence of a prescribed event.