Integrated controls for a fire supression system

An integrated control system for a fire truck that includes a tank sensor for sensing the contents of a tank within the fire truck, an engine having at least a low gear and a high gear for driving the fire truck and an engine sensor, a torque converter operatively connected to the engine, a transmission sensor for sensing engagement of a transmission operatively connected to the torque converter, a drive shaft sensor for sensing rotation of a drive shaft operatively connected to the transmission, a pump having at least one pump mode for pumping a fire suppression fluid, and a pump sensor for sensing operation of the pump, a plumbing assembly operatively connected to the pump and the tank, the plumbing assembly including a tank-to-pump valve and a tank fill valve, a foam system connected to the plumbing assembly, a parking brake sensor for sensing engagement of a parking brake, a power take off sensor for sensing engagement of a power take off system that diverts engine power from the transmission to the pump, an alert display for communicating one or more alerts, a dry pump timer for timing an operation of the pump, a primer for priming the pump, a motion sensor for sensing motion of the fire truck, a control panel for receiving inputs from a user, and a foam controller for controlling the foam system, the integrated control system comprising:

• a one-touch activation control,
• an interlock controller operatively connected to the one-touch activation control, the alert display, the dry pump timer, the engine, the parking brake sensor, the transmission sensor, the torque converter, the drive shaft sensor, the power take off sensor, the primer, the pump, the tank sensor, the tank fill valve, the motion sensor, the pump sensor, the control panel and the foam controller, and wherein upon actuation of the one-touch activation control on selecting a pump mode the interlock controller is configured to
• (a) receive an input signal of the selected pump mode from the pump,
• (b) receive an input signal from the motion sensor indicating if the fire truck is in motion when the input signal of the selected pump mode is received,
• (c) output an alert signal to the alert display if the fire truck is determined to be in motion,
• (d) receive an input signal from the parking brake sensor indicating if the parking brake is engaged when the fire truck is not in motion,
• (e) output an alert signal to the alert display if the parking brake is determined to be disengaged,
• (f) receive an input signal from the transmission sensor indicating if the transmission is in neutral when the parking brake is determined to be engaged,
• (g) output a command signal to the transmission to shift the transmission into neutral when the transmission is determined to not be in neutral,
• (h) output a command signal to the power take off system to activate the power take off system to shift engine power from the transmission to the pump so as to enable operation of the selected pump mode when the transmission is determined to be in neutral,
• (i) receive an input signal from the power take off sensor to verify that the power take off system has shifted engine power to the pump and then output a command signal to the engine to increase engine speed,
• (j) output a command signal to the transmission to drive the engine in the low gear,
• (k) receive an input signal from the drive shaft sensor indicating if the drive shaft of the transmission is rotating after the command signal to drive the engine in the low gear has been outputted,
• (l) output an alert signal to the alert display and a command signal to the transmission to shift the transmission to neutral when the drive shaft is determined to be stationary, and
• (m) output a command signal to the engine to drive the engine in the high gear when the drive shaft is determined to be rotating and output a command signal to the torque converter to lock the torque converter in gear.