Wildfire position indicator apparatus and method of use thereof
OwnerRodney Goosseninventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a portable and field deployable firefighting position indicator used to mark a resource, call for aid, and/or to mark a fire retardant drop location. The field deployable position indicator comprises a global positioning system receiver and a transmitter linked to a central controller via an aircraft and/or a low earth orbit satellite, where the central controller gathers resource information to aid in command and control of firefighting resource in fire suppression. Further, drop ball communicators are used to transmit localized information, such as weather to the main controller and/or to call for emergency aid from nearby resources and/or from the main controller.
Claims21
A firefighting indicator apparatus, comprising:
- a portable and field deployable firefighting position indicator, comprising:
- a first global positioning system receiver, said global positioning system receiver configured to provide a location of at least one of:
- (1) a firefighting resource and (2) a firefighting need;
- and
- a transmitter communicatively coupled to said global positioning system receiver,
- said transmitter configured to send the location via a low earth orbit satellite to a main wildfire controller for use by the main wildfire controller in directing a resource to the location.
A method for indicating position, comprising the steps of:
- providing a portable and field deployable firefighting position indicator, comprising:
- a global positioning system receiver, said global positioning system receiver configured to provide a location of at least one of:
- (1) a firefighting resource and (2) a firefighting need;
- and
- a transmitter communicatively coupled to said global positioning system receiver;
- using said transmitter to send the location via at least one of an aircraft and a low earth orbit satellite to a main wildfire controller;
- said wildfire controller directing a resource to the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.