Method and Apparatus for Wildfire Extinguishing
AssigneeHeliBlanket LLC
InventorsEugene Bourakov, Veniamin Bourakov, Lev Merenzon
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Abstract
A large size fire blanket folded in one pack is provided and delivered to the area of wild fire over the air by manned or unmanned aircrafts. Being deployed over the air to the wild fire area, the fire blanket attached to aircrafts is unfolding above the fire by stretching it out with aircrafts slowly moving apart until fire blanket is fully unfolded. After that the aircrafts starts simultaneous landing and covering with fire blanket the affected area. In result the fire blanket cuts off oxygen flow to the fire area and extinguish fire therefore. To prevent “hot air balloon” effect, the fire blanket has multiple perforations equally spread along the surface.
Claims13
A fire extinguishing method, comprising
- providing a fire blanket of light-weight incombustible fabric folded in a pack to a fire area;
- attaching the folded pack of the fire blanket by incombustible ropes to at least one manned or unmanned aerial vehicle;
- and
- unfolding the fire blanket from the folded pack over the fire area by pulling with the at least one manned or unmanned aerial vehicle flying over the fire area.
A method of protecting large objects or areas from fire, comprising
- providing a fire blanket of light-weight incombustible fabric folded in a pack to a large object or area to be protected from fire;
- attaching the folded pack of the fire blanket by incombustible ropes to at least one manned or unmanned aerial vehicle;
- unfolding the fire blanket from the folded pack over the a large object or area to be protected from fire by pulling with the at least one manned or unmanned aerial vehicle flying over the object or area, thereby enclosing the large object or area within a fireproof protective compartment.
A fire extinguishing and protecting equipment, comprising
- a fire blanket of light-weight incombustible fabric folded in a pack;
- incombustible ropes for attachment of the fire blanket to at least one manned or unmanned aerial vehicle to enable at least unfolding the fire blanket from the pack at a target site;
- perforations in the fire blanket to prevent a hot air balloon effect when the fire blanket is unfolded above a fire;
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- the surface area of the unfolded fire blanket being at least several hundreds of square meters, preferably thousands of square meters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.