Multi-modular aerial firefighting control method and apparatus

A modular unit for assembling, in multiples thereof, an aerial foam delivery array for use in aerial activities, each configured to be assembled in a designated one of a number of modular configuration arrangements for operative suspension beneath a vertical lift according to one or more designated factors, comprising:

• i. an aerial fluid supply passage segment extending along an alignment path;
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• ii. an aerial fluid delivery plenum downstream of, and in operative fluid communication with, the aerial fluid supply passage segment to receive aerial fluid therefrom substantially under gravity force, the plenum including an air inlet open to atmosphere to receive an air flow and an aerial foam outlet open to atmosphere, the plenum configured for the air flow and the aerial fluid to fall substantially under gravity force within the plenum from the air inlet to the aerial foam outlet for delivering foam, to fall under gravity therefrom according to a corresponding aerial activity;
• wherein, the modular unit is configured for contiguous engagement with at least one other instance of the modular unit to form the aerial foam delivery array, with the corresponding aerial fluid supply passage segments aligned and sealingly engaged along the alignment path to form an assembled aerial fluid supply passage to receive a flow of the aerial fluid from an upstream source substantially under gravity force and to distribute the emergency fluid to each of the corresponding plenums;
• wherein the aerial foam outlet includes at least one mesh screen section to receive the aerial fluid therethrough, the at least one mesh screen section configured to cause the aerial fluid to transition to the foam.