Rapidly deployable wildfire containment barrier

A fabric barrier system comprising:

• a piece of fire-retardant fabric capable of being rolled into a generally cylindrical roll in a rolled configuration and capable of being unrolled to form a fabric barrier having a length and a height in a deployed configuration, wherein the length is greater than the height in the deployed configuration;
• a plurality of posts;
• and
• a plurality of stakes,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a fold line that extends longitudinally along the length of the fabric barrier, wherein the fold line defines a folding location and divides the fabric barrier into an upper portion and a lower portion,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a plurality of sleeves attached to a side of the fabric barrier and disposed in a spaced relation to each other, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves extends between the fold line and a top end of the fabric barrier, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves is sized to receive a respective one of the plurality of posts within the sleeve, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves is open at a lower end of the sleeve to allow insertion of a respective one of the plurality of posts into the sleeve,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a plurality of grommets disposed at a bottom end of the fabric barrier below the fold line, wherein the plurality of grommets are disposed in a spaced relation to each other, wherein each of the plurality of grommets is sized to receive one of the plurality of stakes through the grommet, and
• wherein each of the plurality of posts comprises a support structure that extends laterally outward from a longitudinal axis of the post, wherein the support structure comprises an opening sized to receive one of the plurality of stakes through the opening,
• wherein the plurality of posts supports the upper portion of the fabric barrier in an upright position when in the deployed configuration in which each of the plurality of posts is inserted into a respective one of the sleeves, wherein the fabric barrier is folded along the fold line so that the lower portion of the fabric barrier is disposed at an angle to the upper portion and positioned adjacent to a ground surface when the fabric is in the deployed configuration.

A fabric barrier system comprising:

• a fire-retardant fabric barrier;
• a plurality of posts;
• and
• a plurality of stakes,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a length and a height, wherein the length is greater than the height, wherein the fabric barrier has a fold line that extends longitudinally along the length of the fabric barrier, wherein the fold line defines a folding location and divides the fabric barrier into an upper portion and a lower portion,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a plurality of sleeves attached to a side of the fabric barrier and disposed in a spaced relation to each other, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves extends between the fold line and a top end of the fabric barrier, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves is sized to receive a respective one of the plurality of posts within the sleeve, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves is open at a lower end of the sleeve to allow insertion of a respective one of the plurality of posts into the sleeve,
• wherein the fabric barrier has a plurality of grommets disposed at a bottom end of the fabric barrier below the fold line, wherein the plurality of grommets are disposed in a spaced relation to each other, wherein each of the plurality of grommets is sized to receive one of the plurality of stakes through the grommet, and
• wherein each of the plurality of posts comprises a spike at a lower end of the post that is capable of being driven into a ground support to support the post in a generally upright position relative to the ground support.