# US 2019/0168034 A1 · Method of and system for defending homes, property and life from wild fires by application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (af) liquid spray managed using a wireless network supported by gps-tracking techniques

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- Number: US 2019/0168034 A1
- Document ID: US20190168034A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/866,451
- Filed: 2018-01-09
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-02
- Assignees: M-Fire Suppression, Inc.
- Applicants: M-Fire Suppression, Inc.
- Inventors: Stephen Conboy
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168034A1

## CPC

- A62C 3/00: Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places ({in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00} ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04)
- A62C 3/0214: {for buildings or installations in fire storms}
- A62C 3/0228: {with delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft (fire-fighting aircraft B64D1/16)}
- A62C 3/0271: {Detection of area conflagration fires (fire alarms for forest fires G08B17/005)}
- A62C 31/005: {using nozzles}
- G06Q 10/06311: {Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group}
- H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
- A62C: FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B17/10)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Methods of and systems for spraying a defensive path around vulnerable neighborhoods out in front of wild fires to make sure that an environmentally-safe fire break, created by the spray application of anti-fire (AF) liquid, defends homes from the destructive forces of raging wild fires. The methods include spraying homes with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid, in advance of wild fires. The preferred anti-fire chemical liquid used does not depend on water to extinguish fire, so that, even after a month or two after spray application on dry brush around the neighborhood, the anti-fire chemical continues to work by stalling the ability of a fire to advance and consume homes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for defending homes and properties from wild fires, comprising:
a first plurality of GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems assigned to each home or building in the strategic area, for spraying the outside of their homes and surrounding ground cover with said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid;
a second plurality of GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems assigned to operators in the strategic area, for spraying GPS-specified ground cover with said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so as to create strategic fire breaks;
a first plurality of mobile computing systems, each having a mobile application installed and configured for (i) receiving message and instructions from said command center, instructing home owners to apply said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid to their GPS-specified homes and surrounding areas;
a second plurality of mobile computing systems, each having said mobile application installed and configured for (i) receiving message and instructions from said command center, instructing operators to apply said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid to GPS-specified regions to create strategic fire breaks in said region; and
a command center for managing wild fire pre-defense operations in the region, involving:
(i) sending messages and instructions to said mobile computing systems assigned to home owners to apply environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on specific properties using said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems, so as to provide protection to homes and properties in the region against wild fires breaking out in the region; and
(ii) sending messages and instructions to said mobile computing systems assigned to operators of GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems deployed in said system, to apply environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on GPS-specific properties using said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems, so as to create and maintain strategic fire breaks in the region in advance of the outbreak of wild fires.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying system comprises:
(i) a GPS-tracking and radio-GSM-controlled circuitry for
(1) remotely monitoring the location of each location-deployed home defense spray system and
(2) automatically monitoring the AF chemical liquid level in the storage tank, and automatically generate electronic refill orders/replenishment sent to the command center, so that a third-party service can
(3) automatically replenish replenishing the tanks of such home-based systems with environmentally-anti-fire (AF) liquid when the fluid level falls below a certain level in the GPS-tracked tank.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying system comprise a plurality of GPS-tracked small aircraft systems and GPS-tracked all terrain vehicle (ATV) systems adapted for spraying said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid over ground cover in GPS-specified areas in the region of high wild fire risk, so as to create a chemical fire break.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said mobile application supports the following functions:
(i) send automatic notifications from said command center to home owners, instructing them to spray their home and property at certain times with said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid contained in the tanks of said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems; and
(ii) automatically monitor consumption of sprayed environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid and generate auto-replenish order, so as to achieve compliance with a home/neighborhood spray defense program, and report environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid levels in each said tank.

### Claim 5

A wild fire preparation and home defense system for deploying in a given region of land at risk for wild fires, comprising:
a plurality of GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems, each assigned to one or more specific parcels of real property, supporting one or more buildings in a strategic area in said given region, and adapted for spraying said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid around each said parcel and its ground cover as instructed;
a command center for providing messages and instructions to parcel owners to spray said parcel with an environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid when notified to do so; and
a plurality of mobile computing devices, each having a mobile application installed and configured for receiving messages and instruction from said command center instructing parcel owners to spray one or more GPS-specific parcels with said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid when notified to do so;
wherein said command center is in communication with said mobile computing devices so as to carry out a plan for breaking wild fires to reduce the destruction that said wild fires can do to property, homes and human life within said given region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The wild fire preparation and hole home defense system of claim 5, wherein said GPS-tracking anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system comprises a plurality of GPS-tracked planes and GPS-tracked all terrain vehicles (ATVs), each adapted for spraying said environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemically liquid to ground cover in said given region.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The wild fire preparation and home defense system of claim 5, wherein each said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system includes a GPS transceiver for determining the GPS location of said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spraying system.

### Claim 8

(canceled)

### Claim 9

A wireless system designed for managing the supply, delivery and spray-application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid on private and public property to reduce the risks of damage and/or destruction caused by wild fires, said wireless system comprising:
one or more GPS-tracked mobile antifire liquid spraying systems are selected from the group consisting of
GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying ground vehicles,
GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying aircraft vehicles,
GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spray backpack portable systems for spraying houses and surrounding properties, and
a data center including web, application and database servers for (i) supporting wireless wild-fire alert and notification system and
(ii) monitoring and managing said GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying systems.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The wireless system of claim 9, wherein said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system is supported on a set of wheels, having an integrated supply tank and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for spraying the same with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The wireless system of claim 9, wherein each said GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid spraying system comprises a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of AF chemical liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and records of such spray application being logged and provided to the network database system.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The wireless system of claim 9, wherein said GPS-tracked ground vehicle comprises a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of AF chemical liquid from the vehicle when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and records of such spray application being logged and provided to the network database system.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The wireless system of claim 9, wherein said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying aircraft is a drone which comprises a GPS-tracked and remotely monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of AF chemical liquid from said drone when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and records of such spray application being logged and provided to the network database system.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The wireless system network of claim 9, wherein said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying aircraft is a helicopter which comprises a GPS-tracked and remotely monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of AF chemical liquid from said helicopter when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and records of such spray application being logged and provided to the network database system.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The wireless system network of claim 9, wherein said GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying portable system is a backpack system which comprises a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored AF chemical liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of AF chemical liquid from said backpack system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and records of such spray application being logged and provided to the network database system.

### Claim at position 16

16-30. (canceled)