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- the present Patent Application is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of: copending application Ser. No. 15/866,451 filed Jan. 9, 2018; co-pending application Ser. No. 16/039,291 filed Jul. 18, 2018 which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/874,874 filed Jan. 18, 2018, which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/866,454 filed Jan. 9, 2018 which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/829,914 filed Dec. 2, 2017; copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/925,793 filed Mar.
- the present invention is directed towards improvements in science and technology applied in the defense of private and public property, and human and animal life, against the ravaging and destructive forces of wildfires whether caused by lightening, accident, arson or terrorism.
- this mobile application is to provide users with (i) notifications on where wildfires are burning at a given moment in time, (ii) notifications on the risks of wildfire in certain regions, (iii) helpful ways of preparing for wildfires, and (iv) other useful information to help people stay out of harms way during a wildfire.
- this wildfire notification system does little to help home and business owners to proactively defend their homes and business against raging forces of wildfires and wildfire ember storms, in any meaningful way.
- a primary object of the present is to provide a new and improved wildfire ember suppressing filter system adapted for refitting into the standard size holes formed in the air-flow board mounted between each set of rafter beams in the roof structure of a wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember suppressing filter comprises a filter fabric infused with a anti-fire (AF) liquid that breaks or interferes with the free-radical chemical reactions of the combustion phase of fire burning on the outer surface of a combusting wildfire ember.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel system and devices for filtering and extinguishing wildfire embers from entering into the attics of wood-framed buildings when exposed to ember storms generated during a wildfire, and a kit and method for installing the same.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for automatically producing a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist about or in the vicinity of air-inflow entry points in a wood-framed building during a wildfire storm, wherein the cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist consists of billions of wildfire ember suppressing microscopic droplets continuously generated by forcing environmentally clean aqueous-based anti-fire (AF) liquid through one or more misting nozzles under a predetermined hydraulic pressure so that clouds of wildfire ember suppressing mist are generated for suppressing and extinguishing wildfire embers flying about the building and into the air-inflow entry points, to reduce the risk that such flying wildfire embers do not enter the building and start a fire within the building during the wildfire storm, while avoiding the shortcomings and drawbacks of prior methods and apparatus.
- AF aqueous-based anti-fire
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire ember misting-type suppression system for installation about a wood-framed building so as to automatically detect when a wildfire is in the vicinity of the building and generate a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist about the building so as to suppress and/or extinguish flying wildfire embers seeking to find a point of entry into the building during an active wildfire storm.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire ember misting-type suppression system that employs an electronic wildfire ember detection device using infra-red (IR) and other thermal-imaging sensors, and relative humidity sensors, to automatically detect the presence of a wildfire in the vicinity of the wood-framed building and automatically generate a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist consisting of microscopic droplets of clean anti-fire (AF) liquid that (i) instantly evaporates into vapor when contacting a flying wildfire ember and (ii) breaks and/or interferes with free-radical chemical reactions supported on the surface of each combusting wildfire ember flying in the wildfire storm moving about the wood-framed building.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire suppression system having a lawn misting subsystem that supports two modes of operation: wherein when no wildfire storm is detected, the lawn misting subsystem automatically mists the lawn with water supplied from a local water supply; and when a wildfire storm is detected, the lawn misting subsystem automatically mists the lawn with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid supplied from a local supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of suppressing hot combusting wildfire embers flying above ground in a wildfire ember storm encircling a wood-framed building, by automatically detecting the presence of a wildfire storm in the vicinity of the wood-framed building, and in response thereto, automatically generating clouds of wildfire ember suppressing mist about the an-inflow entry points of the wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember suppressing mist consists of billions of microscopic droplets of environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid, mixed with water, and forced through misting nozzles under hydraulic pressure to support suitable flow rates required to suppress and extinguish flying wildfire embers seeking to enter into the wood-framed building during the wildfire ember storm, by way of the microscopic misting droplets (i) instantly evaporating into vapor when contacting a flying wildfire ember and (ii) breaking and/or interferes with free-radical chemical reactions supported on the surface of each combusting wildfire ember flying in the
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire ember suppression and home defense system, wherein each home defense system includes a GPS-tracking and radio-controlled circuit to automatically monitor the anti-fire (AF) liquid level in its storage tank, and automatically generate electronic refill orders sent to a command center, so that a third-party service can automatically replenish the tanks of such home-based systems with anti-fire liquid when the fluid level falls below a certain level in the GPS-tracked tank.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide method of and system and network for managing the supply, delivery and spraying/misting of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid material on private and public properties to reduce the risks of damage and/or destruction to property and life caused by wildfires.
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- Another object of the present is to provide method of reducing the risks of damage to private property due to wildfires by centrally managed application of anti-fire chemical liquid spray to ground cover and building surfaces prior to arrival of the wildfires.
- Another object of the present is to provide method of reducing the risks of damage to private property due to wildfires using a global positioning satellite (GPS) system and mobile communication messaging techniques, to direct the spray application of clean anti-fire chemical liquid prior to the arrival of a wildfire on a specific parcel of property, and the automated misting application of clean anti-fire chemical liquid during the presence of the wildfire storm on the property.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire suppression and home defense system, wherein each home defense spray system includes a GPS-tracking and radio-controlled circuit board to remotely monitor the location of each location-deployed home defense spray system and automatically monitor the anti-fire chemical liquid level in its storage tank, and automatically generate electronic refill orders sent to the command center, so that a third-party service can automatically replenish the tanks of such home-based systems with anti-fire liquid when the fluid level falls below a certain level in the GPS-tracked tank.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire suppression and home defense system, wherein the mobile application supporting the following functions: (i) sends automatic notifications from the command center to home owners with the mobile application, instructing them to spray their property and home at certain times with anti-fire chemical liquid in their tanks; (ii) the system will automatically monitor consumption of sprayed anti-fire chemical liquid and generate auto-replenish order via its onboard GSM-circuits so as to achieve compliance with the home spray-based wildfire-defense program, and report anti-fire liquid levels in each home-owner tank; and (iii) show status of wildfire risk in the region, and actions to the taken before wildfire outbreak.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic wildfire ember detection network comprising a wireless network of wildfire ember detectors mounted on a network of buildings covering a significantly large area, so that early detection of a GPS-specified wildfire can be transmitted to other electronic wirefire ember detectors on other houses to provide an awareness of a wirefire present in the vicinity and automated preparation for the wildfire, in terms of automated cloud misting operations of clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid to inhibit and suppress wildfire embers and fire when they arrived on the premises of the protected building.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless system for managing the supply, delivery, spraying/misting-application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid over the surfaces of private and public property to reduce the risks of damage and/or destruction caused by wildfires and wildfire embers.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for spraying a defensive path around a wood-framed building out in front of wildfires 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 wildfires.
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- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system and method of mitigating the damaging effects of wildfires by spraying environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid in advance of wildfires, that do not depend on water to extinguish fire, such 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.
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new wildfire-protected storage shed for installation near a building for storing and protecting the pumping system, CFIC liquid storage tank, and controller associated with the automatic wildfire ember suppression system of the present invention, during wildfire ember storms.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical lawn spray paint that provides a significant defense against wildfires (i.e. a chemical wildfire break) by providing the dried grass with clean chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire, thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
- wildfires i.e. a chemical wildfire break
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical mulch or ground spray paint that provides a significant defense against wildfires (i.e. a chemical wildfire break) by providing the dried mulch and other organic material with clean chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire, thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
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- FIG. 1 is a graphical image showing a wood-framed house on a parcel of private property surrounded by brush and trees, and vulnerable to a wildfire outbreak;
- FIG. 2A is perspective view of a wood-framed house during construction showing the rafter beams, and the attic air-inflow baffle board with a set of drilled air holes covered by a mesh screen, and mounted between the rafter beams to prevent small animals from entering the attic area of the building, through the soffit region, after construction is completed;
- FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the attic air-inflow baffle board shown in FIG. 2A , showing its drilled air holes, covered by mesh screen on the rear surface of the board;
- FIG. 3A is a conventional closable attic louver vent system that can be opened and closed as required during a wildfire ember storm;
- FIG. 3B is a front view of the closable attic louver vent system shown in FIG. 3A ;
- FIG. 3C is a rear view of the closable attic louver vent system shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C ;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional soffit provided with air vents for roof and attic ventilation;
- FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a conventional soffit structure on a wood-framed house, showing the installation of a closable soffit vent device;
- FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the conventional closable soffit vent of FIG. 5A , shown arranged in its opened vent configuration;
- FIG. 5C is a perspective view of the conventional closable soffit vent of FIG. 5A , shown arranged in its closed vent configuration;
- FIG. 6A is a graphical illustration showing the impact and dynamics of a wildfire being driven by prevailing wind, with radiant heat and direct flames coming into contact with a conventional wood-framed building, while burning debris including wildfire embers are flying all around and into the wood-frame building during a wildfire storm;
- FIG. 6B is a graphical illustration of a wildfire ember storm generated by a wildfire ranging across a wooded field, producing streams of burning/combusting embers of organic material that are flying through the air currents generated by the heat of the wildfire and prevailing winds;
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of the present invention shown being installed in the air-inflow baffle board mounted between each pair of roof rafter boards of a wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of the present invention comprises a thin cylindrical shaped piece of air-passing cloth, fabric or thermally-resistant material, infused with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid which when dried, provides a Class-A fire protective air filtering mechanism through which air can flow, but blocking and suppressing any combusting wildfire embers flowing into the air-vent filter during a wildfire storm;
- AF environmentally anti-fire
- FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the wildfire ember filtering system installed in wood-framed roof rafter air-vent assembly of the building illustrated in FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic representation of the wireless automated wildfire detection and suppression system network of the present invention designed for managing the supply, delivery and misting-application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on private and public property to reduce the risks of property damage and/or destruction and harm to life caused by wildfires as disclosed on copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,451 filed Jan. 9, 2018, incorporated herein by reference, in its entirety;
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of the automated wireless wildfire ember detection and suppression system of present invention, showing a wildfire ember detection module mounted on the top of each building in the wireless network receiving wirefire alerts and messages from neighboring modules which can scout for wildfires and alert other modules in the network in terms of GPS coordinates so that the individual properties can timely prepare for any such wildfire outbreaks in the vicinity, using the hybrid wildfire misting system of the present invention shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B ;
- FIG. 11 is a schematic representation of the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection and notification network of the present invention integrated with the automated wirefire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention depicted in FIGS. 9 and 10 ;
- FIG. 12A is a perspective view of a wireless automated GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module of the present invention, deployed in the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection and notification network of the present invention, shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 ;
- FIG. 12B is a perspective view of a wireless GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module of FIG. 12A , with its fire-protective housing cover removed, showing its various sensors and signal and data processing and storage components represented in FIG. 12C ;
- FIG. 12C is a schematic block diagram showing the components used to construct the wireless GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module of the present invention, shown in FIGS. 10, 11, 12A and 12B ;
- FIGS. 13A and 13B taken together, set forth a schematic diagram showing automated hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system of the present invention, providing both an anti-fire chemical misting system for suppressing wildfire embers impacting a building as shown in FIG. 13A and a lawn and ground anti-fire chemical liquid misting system impacting the law and ground around the building as shown in FIG. 13A , both automatically controlled by an automated wildfire ember detection and notification network shown in FIGS. 10 through 12C , all being integrated into the system network shown in FIG. 9 ;
- FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a section of piping and misting nozzles used in the automated hybrid wildfire inhibitor misting system shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B ;
- FIG. 15 is a schematic illustration describing a method of suppressing combusting wildfire embers using a hydraulic misting nozzle supplied with a pressurized supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid to produce a cloud of microscopic droplets for suppressing flying wildfire embers during a wildfire ember storm;
- AF anti-fire
- FIG. 16A is a schematic diagram of an UltraMist(R) misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 ;
- FIG. 16B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 16A ;
- FIG. 17A is a schematic diagram of a fine atomization misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 ;
- FIG. 17B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 17A ;
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a low flow misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel tip with small spiral nozzles orifice diameters of 0.04′′ to 0.12′′ for producing a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.14 gallons per minute at 10 PSI to 3.84 gallons per minute at 100 PSI, supplied using 1 ⁇ 8′′ male pipe sizes;
- FIG. 18B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 18A ;
- FIG. 19A is a schematic diagram of a MicroWhirl® fine atomization misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc., described in U.S. Pat. No. 7 , 198 , 201 , incorporated herein by reference, that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 ;
- FIG. 19B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 19A ;
- FIG. 20 is a schematic illustration of the wood-framed building shown in FIG. 10 , about which is installed the hybrid clean wildfire misting system of the present invention shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B , controlled by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention;
- FIG. 20A is a schematic illustration of a wood deck system associated with the rear portion of the wood-framed building being protected by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention
- FIG. 21A is a perspective view of a mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system supported on a set of wheels, with 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 in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- FIG. 21B is a schematic representation of the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid misting system shown in FIG. 21A , comprising a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire (AF) liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of anti-fire chemical liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and automatically logging and recording such anti-fire liquid spraying application operations within the network database system;
- AF GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire
- FIG. 22A is a perspective view of an exemplary mobile computing device deployed on the system network of the present invention, supporting (i) the mobile anti-fire spray management application of the present invention deployed as a component of the system network of the present invention as shown in FIG. 9 , as well as (ii) conventional wildfire alert and notification systems as shown in FIGS. 10 through 12C ; and
- FIG. 22B shows a system diagram for an exemplary mobile client computer system deployed on the system network of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8 and 8A show the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of the present invention 17 shown being installed in the air-inflow board mounted between each pair of roof rafter boards 17 A 1 and 17 A 2 of a wood-framed building.
- the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system 17 comprises: a thin cylindrical shaped piece of air-pervious cloth, fabric or thermally-resistant material 17 C infused with a clean-environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid (i.e.
- AF clean-environmentally anti-fire
- Hartindo AF21 fire inhibitor chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical, Indonesia that dries to provide a Class-A fire-protective air filtering mechanism 17 D, through which air can freely flow through the filtered vent holes 17 C, while blocking and suppressing any combusting/burning wildfire embers 17 E during a wildfire storm.
- This wildfire ember filtering block 17 D can serve as a second tier of defense against a raging wildfire in the event that certain flying embers pass through anti-fire chemical misting clouds, as taught herein, without being adequately suppressed or extinguished, as the case may be.
- FIG. 9 describes the wireless system network of the present invention 1 designed for managing the supply, delivery and misting of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid on private and public property to reduce the risks of property damage and/or destruction and harm to life caused by wildfires.
- the network 1 comprises: GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spray ground vehicles 2 ; GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spray air vehicles 3 ; GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid misting systems 5 for spraying private real property and buildings 17 ; GPS-tracked liquid misting systems 5 for spraying public real property and buildings 18 ; mobile computing systems 11 running the mobile application of the present invention and used by property owners, residents, fire departments, insurance underwriters, government officials, medical personal and others, remote data sensing and capturing systems for remotely monitoring land and wildfires wherever they may break out; a GPS system 100 for providing GPS-location services to each and every system components in the system network; and one or more data centers 8 each containing clusters of web, application and database servers 9 A, 9 B, 9 C for supporting
- FIG. 9 shows the wireless system network of the present invention 1 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 wildfires.
- the wireless system network 1 comprises a distribution of system components, namely: GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spray ground vehicles 2 (e.g. all terrain vehicles or ATVs) for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical from Hartindo Chemical, Indonesia) from the ground to ground surfaces, brush, and other forms of organic material; GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid misting and misting air-based vehicles 3 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g.
- AF GPS-tracked anti-fire
- ATVs all terrain vehicles or ATVs
- anti-fire chemical liquid spray e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical from Hartindo Chemical, Indonesia
- Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid from the air to ground surfaces, brush, bushes and other forms of organic material; GPS-tracked automated wildfire (and wildfire ember) detection and notification network 4 for automatically detecting wildfires and wildfire embers 17 E in wildfire ember storms passing through a given surrounding vicinity, as shown in FIGS. 10, 11, 12A, 12B and 12C ; GPS-tracked/GSM-linked anti-fire liquid misting systems 5 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid) to private real property, buildings and surrounding areas; GPS-tracked/GSM-linked liquid misting systems 6 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g.
- Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid) to public real property and buildings and surrounding properties an automated wildfire ember misting suppression system 6 for protecting buildings from wildfire embers, as shown in FIGS. 13A, 13B, 14, 15, 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 19A and 19B ; a GPS-indexed real-property (land) database system 7 for storing the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all land parcels, including private property and building 17 and public property and building 18 , situated in every town, county and state in the region over which the system network 1 is used to manage wildfires as they may occur; a cellular phone, GSM, and SMS messaging systems and email servers, collectively 16 ; and one or more data centers 8 for monitoring and managing GPS-tracking/GSM-linked anti-fire (AF) liquid supply and spray systems, including web servers 9 A, application servers 9 B and database servers 9 C (e.g.
- AF GPS-tracking/GSM-linked anti-fire
- each data center 8 also includes an SMS server 9 D and an email message server 9 E for communicating with registered users on the system network 1 who use a mobile computing device (e.g. an Apple® iPhone or iPad tablet) 11 with the mobile application 12 installed thereon and configured for the purposes described herein.
- a mobile computing device e.g. an Apple® iPhone or iPad tablet
- Such communication services will include SMS/text, email and push-notification services known in the mobile communications arts.
- the GPS-indexed real-property (land) database system 7 will store the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all land parcels contained in every town, county and state of the region over which the system network is deployed and used to manage wildfires as they may occur.
- databases and data processing methods, equipment and services known in the GPS mapping art will be used to construct and maintain such GPS-indexed databases 7 for use by the system network of the present invention, when managing GPS-controlled application of clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray and mist over GPS-specified parcels of land, at any given time and date, under the management of the system network of the present invention.
- Examples of such GPS-indexed maps of land parcels are reflected by the task report shown in FIG. 16 , and examples of GPS-indexed maps are shown in the schematic illustrations depicted in FIGS. 18, 20, 22 and 24 .
- the system network 1 also includes a GPS system 100 for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to GPS transceivers installed aboard each GPS-tracking ground-based or air-based anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system of the present invention, as part of the illustrative embodiments. From the GPS signals it receives, each GPS transceiver aboard such AF liquid misting/misting systems is capable of computing in real-time the GPS location of its host system, in terms of longitude and latitude.
- GPS system 100 for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to GPS transceivers installed aboard each GPS-tracking ground-based or air-based anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system of the present invention, as part of the illustrative embodiments. From the GPS signals it receives, each GPS transceiver aboard such AF liquid misting/misting systems is capable of computing in real-time the GPS location of its host system, in terms of longitude and la
- the system network 1 further includes multi-spectral imaging (MSI) systems and/or hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) systems 14 for remotely data sensing and gathering data about wildfires, their location and progress.
- MSI and HSI systems may be space/satellite-based and/or drone-based (supported on an unmanned airborne vehicle or UAV).
- Drone-based systems 14 can be deployed and remotely-controlled by a human operator, or guided under an artificial intelligence (AI) navigation system.
- AI-based navigation systems may be deployed anywhere, provided access is given to such remote navigation system the system network and its various systems.
- the flight time will be limited to under 1 hour using currently available battery technology, so there will be a need to provide provisions for recharging the batteries of such drones/UASs in the field, necessitating the presence of human field personnel to support the flight and remote data sensing and mapping missions of each such deployed drone, flying about raging wildfires, in connection with the system network of the present invention.
- a series of MSI images and HSI images can be captured during a wildfire, and mapped to GPS-specific coordinates, and this mapped data can be transmitted back to the system network for storage, analysis and generation of GPS-specified flight plans for anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray and misting operations to stall and suppress such wildfires, and mitigate risk of damage to property and harm to human and animal life.
- AF anti-fire
- a suite of MSI and HSI remote sensing and mapping instruments and technology 14 can be used to collect, monitor, analyze, and provide science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems on Earth. It is an object of the present invention to exploit such instruments and technology when carrying out and practicing the various methods of the present invention disclosed herein.
- MSI/HSI remote sensing technologies 14 include: MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer) satellite system for generating MODIS imagery subsets from MODIS direct readout data acquired by the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, to produce satellite fire detection data maps and the like https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/afm/activefiremaps.php; the World View 2 Satellite System manufacture from the Ball Aerospace & Technologies and operated by DigitalGlobe, for providing commercially available panchromatic (B/W) imagery of 0.46 meter resolution, and eight-band multi-spectral imagery with 1.84 meter resolution; Octocopter UAS (e.g.
- OnyxStar Hyra-12 heavy lifting drone supporting MSI and HSI camera systems for spectral imaging applications, http://www.onyxstar.net and http://www.genidrone.com; and SenseFly eBee SQ UAS for capturing and mapping high-resolution aerial multi-spectral images https://www.sensefly.com/drones/ebee-sq.html.
- any one or more of these types of remote data sensing and capture instruments, tools and technologies can be integrated into and used by the system network 1 for the purpose of (i) determining GPS-specified flight/navigation plans for GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying and misting aircraft, and ground-based spraying vehicle systems, and (ii) practicing the various GPS-guided methods of wildfire suppression described in detail in pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,451, incorporated herein by reference.
- AF GPS-tracked anti-fire
- each wildfire ember detection module 4 A in the network illustrated in FIG. 11 is readily adapted to generate and transmit electronic control signals to activate the automated hybrid misting system 6 to begin (i) automatically misting the lawn and surround ground cover with anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid if and as needed, and/or (ii) automatically misting anti-fire chemical liquid about all airflow entry points of the building (e.g. gables, soffits, rafters, turbines on roof etc), and all other building surfaces as may required or desired to adequately protect the building during a raging wildfire ember storm.
- AF anti-fire
- the automatic wildfire ember detection module 4 A will have received notifications from the surrounding network about the presence of a raging wildfire, and in response, the module 4 A will automatically command the local AF chemical liquid misting equipment to operate based on locally detected wildfire ember conditions, to dispense AF chemical liquid in a strategic manner so that misting clouds are generated when wildfire embers are flying through the air about the module 4 A, striking the building and trying to find a way into the interior space of the wood framed building, via air vents and other passageways, to ignite a fire inside the building and burn it down to the ground.
- the wildfire defense system 6 of the present invention will be programmed with artificial intelligence (AI) programs running inside the wildfire ember misting controller 6 B, safely mounted within the wildfire-protected shed 50 or inside the building in a safe location.
- AI artificial intelligence
- One control strategy might involve the wildfire ember misting controller 6 B working in conjunction with the automated wildfire ember detection module 4 A automatically monitor and confirm that wildfire embers 17 E are flying through the air around the building (e.g. date-stamped local wildfire ember alert) before it automatically commands the liquid pump system 6 F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid from supply tank 6 E into the pipe manifold 6 G and to the misting nozzles 6 H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the building as it is actually being attacked by a fierce and energetic wildfire ember storm.
- the liquid pump system 6 F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid from supply tank 6 E into the pipe manifold 6 G and to the misting nozzles 6 H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the building as it is actually being attacked by a fierce and energetic wildfire ember storm.
- Another control strategy might involve the wildfire ember misting controller 6 B working in conjunction with the automated wildfire ember detection module 4 A automatically monitor and confirm that flying wildfire embers have been detected by a neighboring wildfire ember detection module 4 A, on a neighboring building located some predetermined distance away and occurring some time ago (e.g. date-stamped neighboring wildfire ember alert or event), before it automatically commands the liquid pump system 6 F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid from supply tank 6 E into the pipe manifold 6 G and to the misting nozzles 6 H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the building before it is actually attached by a fierce and energetic wildfire ember storm moving in the direction of the building under protection.
- the liquid pump system 6 F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid from supply tank 6 E into the pipe manifold 6 G and to the misting nozzles 6 H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the
- each automated wildfire ember detection module 4 A (encased in a fire-protected housing) will support (i) real-time digital IR, thermal, and pyrometric image capture from its 360 degrees of viewing optics (i.e. 360 fields of view) supported by its image formation optics within its fire-protected housing 4 A 1 , and (ii) real-time pixel processing of these digital (multi-spectral/color) images so as to automatically recognize the presence of fire, wildfire, and flying wild-fire ember using various image processing techniques performed in module 4 A in a manner known in the image-processing based fire recognition arts.
- the module 4 A Upon such automated recognition of a “wildfire” or “flying wildfire ember” event, the module 4 A will automatically generate and transmit a GPS-indexed message and command to the local wildfire ember misting controller 6 B, as well as to other neighboring modules 4 A active and operating on the wireless wildfire ember detection network 4 (provided it has not been disrupted by the wildfire storm) so as to assist other automated wildfire ember detection modules 4 A in the neighboring region, in efforts to protect their designated properties against any particular wildfire storm moving through their regions.
- the lithium-ion battery pack and controller 6 C will have adequate charge to operate the system 6 for at least 24 hours without interruption, or recharging by its PV solar panel 6 D, or external power supply, as the case may be.
- the system 6 of the present invention will be prepared to operate under very dangerous conditions created by a wildfire storming through a specified region, and provide the required degree of protection to save the building from the wildfire.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the network architecture of the system network 1 implemented as a stand-alone platform deployed on the Internet.
- the Internet-based system network 1 comprises: cellular phone and SMS messaging systems and email servers 16 operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet 10 ; a network of mobile computing systems 11 running enterprise-level mobile application software 12 , operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet 10 ; an array of mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying/misting, each provided with GPS-tracking and having wireless internet connectivity with the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet 10 , using various communication technologies (e.g.
- AF mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- WIFI Wireless Fidelity
- other wireless networking protocols well known in the wireless communications arts
- one or more industrial-strength data center(s) 8 preferably mirrored with each other and running Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between its router gateways, and operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet.
- Border Gateway Protocol BGP
- each data center 8 comprises: the cluster of communication servers 9 A for supporting http and other TCP/IP based communication protocols on the Internet (and hosting Web sites); a cluster of application servers 9 B; the cluster of RDBMS servers 9 C configured within a distributed file storage and retrieval ecosystem/system, and interfaced around the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet well known in the art; the SMS gateway server 9 D supporting integrated email and SMS messaging, handling and processing services that enable flexible messaging across the system network, supporting push notifications; and the cluster of email processing servers 9 E.
- the cluster of communication servers 9 A is accessed by web-enabled mobile computing clients 11 (e.g. smart phones, wireless tablet computers, desktop computers, computer workstations, etc) used by many stakeholders accessing services supported by the system network 1 .
- the cluster of application servers 9 A implement many core and compositional object-oriented software modules supporting the system network 1 .
- the cluster of RDBMS servers 9 C use SQL to query and manage datasets residing in its distributed data storage environment, although non-relational data storage methods and technologies such as Apache's HaDoop non-relational distributed data storage system may be used as well.
- the system network architecture shows many different kinds of users supported by mobile computing devices 11 running the mobile application 12 of the present invention, namely: the plurality of mobile computing devices 11 running the mobile application 12 , used by fire departments and firemen to access services supported by the system network 1 ; the plurality of mobile computing systems 11 running mobile application 12 , used by insurance underwriters and agents to access services on the system network 1 ; the plurality of mobile computing systems 11 running mobile application 12 , used by building architects and their firms to access the services supported by the system network 1 ; the plurality of mobile client systems 11 (e.g.
- a mobile computers such as iPad, and other Internet-enabled computing devices with graphics display capabilities, etc) used by spray-project technicians and administrators, and running a native mobile application 12 supported by server-side modules, and various GUIs, supporting client-side and server-side processes on the system network of the present invention; and a GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid misting systems 5 for spraying buildings and ground cover to provide protection and defense against wildfires.
- AF anti-fire
- the system network 1 will be realized as an industrial-strength, carrier-class Internet-based network of object-oriented system design, deployed over a global data packet-switched communication network comprising numerous computing systems and networking components, as shown.
- the information network of the present invention is often referred to herein as the “system” or “system network”.
- the Internet-based system network can be implemented using any object-oriented integrated development environment (IDE) such as for example: the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, or Java EE (formerly J2EE); Websphere IDE by IBM; Weblogic IDE by BEA; a non-Java IDE such as Microsoft's .NET IDE; or other suitably configured development and deployment environment well known in the art.
- IDE object-oriented integrated development environment
- the entire system of the present invention would be designed according to object-oriented systems engineering (DOSE) methods using UML-based modeling tools such as ROSE by Rational Software, Inc. using an industry-standard Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), both well known in the art.
- DOSE object-oriented systems engineering
- UML-based modeling tools such as ROSE by Rational Software, Inc. using an industry-standard Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), both well known in the art.
- ROSE Rational Unified Process
- EUP Enterprise Unified Process
- Implementation programming languages can include C, Objective C, C, Java, PHP, Python, Google's GO, and other computer programming languages known in the art.
- the system network is deployed as a three-tier server architecture with a double-firewall, and appropriate network switching and routing technologies well known in the art.
- private/public/hybrid cloud service providers such Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be used to deploy Kubernetes, an open-source software container/cluster management/orchestration system, for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized software applications, such as the mobile enterprise-level application 12 of the present invention, described above.
- AWS Amazon Web Services
- FIG. 10 shows a wildfire ember detection module 4 A mounted on the top of each building 300 .
- Each wildfire ember detection module 4 A is configured in the wireless wildfire ember detection and notification network 4 , for (i) receiving wirefire alerts and messages from neighboring modules 4 A, (ii) sensing and processing IR thermal images for automated detection of wildfires and wildfire embers in the field of views (FOVs) of the module, (iii) sending and recording the CO2 levels in the ambient air, (iv) measuring and recording the relative humidity (%) in the ambient air, (v) measuring and recording the temperature of the ambient air, and measuring and recording other parameters relating to the ambient environment which may be helpful in automated detection of wildfires and wildfire ember storms, so the anti-fire misting systems installed on property can be timely triggered to protect the building and property when a wildfire storm rages across the property.
- the advantage of being part of this network is that each module 4 A can scout for wildfires and alert other modules in the network in
- FIG. 11 shows the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection and notification network 4 employing with the wirefire ember detection and suppression systems 4 A depicted in FIGS. 9 and 10 .
- each wireless GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module 4 A deployed in the wireless wirefire ember detection and notification network 4 , shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 , comprises: a fire-protective housing cover 4 A 1 ; and various sensors and signal and data processing and storage components 4 A 2 through 4 A 19 , shown in schematic block diagram of FIG. 12C .
- the sensors and signal and data processing and storage components arranged and configured about a microprocessor 4 A 20 and flash memory (i.e. control subsystem) 4 A 21 include: one or more passive infra-red (PIR) thermal-imaging sensors 4 A 2 connected together with suitable IR optics to project IR signal reception field of view (FOV) before the IR receiving array; multiple pyrometric sensors 4 A 3 for detecting the spectral radiation of burning, organic substances such as wood, natural gas, gasoline and various plastics; a GPS antenna 4 A 4 ; a GPS signal receiver 4 A 5 ; voltage regulator 4 A 6 ; an Xbee antenna 4 A 7 ; an Xbee radio transceiver 4 A 8 ; a voltage regulator 4 A 9 ; an external power connector 4 A 10 ; a charge controller 4 A 11 ; a battery 4 Al 2 ; thermistors 4 A 13 ; a power switch 4 A 14 ; a voltage regulator 4 A 15 ; external and internal temperature sensors 4 A
- PIR passive infr
- the wildfire ember detection system 4 A supports a computing platform, network-connectivity (i.e. IP Address), and is provided with native application software installed on the system as client application software designed to communicate over the system network and cooperate with application server software running on the application servers of the system network, thereby fully enabling the functions and services supported by the system, as described above.
- a wireless mess network is implemented using conventional IEEE 802.15.4-based networking technologies to interconnect these wireless subsystems into subnetworks and connect these subnetworks to the internet infrastructure of the system of the present invention.
- the optical bandwidth of the IR sensing arrays 4 A 2 used in the thermal sensors will be adequate to perform 360 degrees thermal-activity analysis operations, and automated detection of wildfire and wildfire embers.
- thermal sensing in the range of the sensor can be similar to the array sensors installed in forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, as well as those of other thermal imaging cameras, use detection of infrared radiation, typically emitted from a heat source (thermal radiation) such as fire, to create an image assembled for video output and other image processing operations to generate signals for use in early fire detection and elimination system of the present invention.
- FLIR forward-looking infrared
- thermal imaging cameras use detection of infrared radiation, typically emitted from a heat source (thermal radiation) such as fire, to create an image assembled for video output and other image processing operations to generate signals for use in early fire detection and elimination system of the present invention.
- Pixel processing algorithms known to those skilled in the art will be used to automatically process captured and buffered pixels from different color channels and automatically determine the presence of fire, wildfire and flying embers within the field of view (FOV) of the wildfire ember detection module 4 A.
- FOV field of view
- the pyroelectric detectors 4 A 3 detect the typical spectral radiation of burning, organic substances such as wood, natural gas, gasoline and various plastics. To distinguish a flame from the sun or other intense light source such as light emissions from arc welding, and thus exclude a false alarm, the following independent criteria are considered: a typical flame has a flicker frequency of (1 . . . 5) Hz; a hydrocarbon flame produces the combustion gases carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ); and in addition, burning produces water which can also be detected in the infrared range.
- Each pyroelectric detector 4 A 3 is an infrared sensitive optoelectronic component specifically used for detecting electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range from (2 to 14) ⁇ m.
- a receiver chip of a pyroelectric infrared detector consists of single-crystalline lithium tantalite.
- an absorbing layer black layer
- JFET extremely low-noise and low leakage current field-effect transistors
- Pomp operational amplifier
- most streams of digital intelligence captured by the wireless network 4 will be time and data stamped, as well as GPS-indexed by a local GPS receiver within the sensing module, so that the time and source of origin of each data package is recorded within the system database.
- the GPS referencing system supporting the system transmits GPS signals from satellites to the Earth's surface, and local GPS receivers located on each networked device or machine on the system network receive the GPS signals and compute locally GPS coordinates indicating the location of the networked device within the GPS referencing system.
- any low power wireless networking protocol of sufficient bandwidth can be used.
- a Zigbee® wireless network would be deployed inside the wood-framed or mass timber building under construction, so as to build a wireless internetwork of a set of wireless PIR thermal-imaging fire outbreak detection systems deployed as a wireless subnetwork deployed within the building under construction.
- Zigbee® technology using the IEEE 802.15.1 standard, is illustrated in this schematic drawing, it is understood that any variety of wireless networking protocols including Zigbee®, WIFI and other wireless protocols can be used to practice various aspects of the present invention.
- Zigbee® offers low-power, redundancy and low cost which will be preferred in many, but certainly not all applications of the present invention.
- those skilled in the art will know how to make use of various conventional networking technologies to interconnect the various wireless subsystems and systems of the present invention, with the internet infrastructure employed by the system of the present invention.
- AF aqueous-based anti-fire
- mist producing apparatus While most mist producing apparatus disclosed herein operates on the principle of transmitting an anti-fire chemical liquid through a misting nozzle under low, medium or high hydraulic pressure, it is understood that when spraying anti-fire chemical liquids over the surfaces of organic material during fire-protection treating operations, then spray-type nozzles will be often used as provided on the mobile spraying apparatus 5 shown in FIGS. 21A and 21B .
- spray-type nozzles it is possible to quickly deposit and form sufficient coatings of anti-fire chemical material on the treated surfaces, because spray-type nozzles produce liquid drops substantially larger in size than microscopic droplets formed by misting nozzles during misting operations, illustrated in FIGS. 15 through 19B .
- FIGS. 13A and 13B shows automated hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system of the present invention 6 , providing both an anti-fire chemical misting system for suppressing wildfire embers impacting a building as shown in FIG. 13A and a lawn and ground anti-fire chemical liquid misting system impacting the law and ground around the building as shown in FIG. 13A , both automatically controlled by an automated wildfire ember detection and notification network shown in FIGS. 10 through 12C . All of these system components are integrated into the system network shown in FIG. 9 .
- FIG. 14 shows a piping manifold 6 G, a network of piping, and a set of misting nozzles 6 H used to supply and produce anti-fire chemical misting droplets from the automated hybrid clean wildfire misting system 6 shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B .
- automated multi-mode hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system 6 comprises: an dual-mode anti-fire lawn and ground misting system 6 A shown in FIG. 13B for either misting water from a main water supply, or misting environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid (e.g. AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical) over lawns (e.g. dried out grass) and ground surfaces covered with organic material; a wildfire ember misting controller 6 B (e.g. programmable microcontroller supported by a memory architecture) for controlling the various modes of the system 6 ; lithium battery pack and controller 6 C for supplying electrical power to the electronic components in the system 6 including the DC or AC electric motor of hydraulic (e.g.
- misting environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid e.g. AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical
- a wildfire ember misting controller 6 B e.g. programmable microcontroller supported by a memory architecture
- lithium battery pack and controller 6 C for supplying electrical power to the electronic components in the
- a diaphragm-type liquid pumping system 6 F a photovoltaic solar cell panel 6 D for recharging the lithium-ion battery back 6 C while collecting sunlight with the PV solar panel 6 D as solar conditions allow; a supply tank containing an adequate supply (e.g. 100 gallons) of a liquid anti-fire chemical liquid realizable using AF21 anti-fire chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical; a liquid spray misting pump system 6 F (e.g. self-priming DC or AC electrical-motor powered diaphragm liquid pump) for hydraulically pumping the anti-fire chemical liquid 6 E from its supply tank (e.g.
- a liquid spray misting pump system 6 F e.g. self-priming DC or AC electrical-motor powered diaphragm liquid pump
- misting nozzles 6 H mounted all around a building being protected, and connected through adequate heat-resistant piping (e.g. 1 ⁇ 8′′, 1 ⁇ 4′′ or 1 ⁇ 2′′ metal tubing, or high-heat resistant plastic tubing such as PET) extending over relatively short distances under adequate hydraulic pressure, to support sufficient flow rates of anti-fire chemical liquid during a wildfire ember storm, determined in a manner well known in the fluid hydraulic arts; a piping manifold 6 G and piping network including a set of misting nozzles 6 H as shown in FIGS. 14 through 19B for producing clean anti-fire (AF) chemical mist according to the method described in FIG.
- AF clean anti-fire
- FOVs field of views
- the lawn misting system 6 A comprises: a water supply 6 Q connected to a network of underground piping 6 R; misting-type sprinklers 6 O (e.g. misting nozzles) connected to the underground piping 6 R; misting-type rotors 6 P connected to the piping 6 R; valves 6 N connected to the underground piping 6 R, the local water supply 6 Q, and the liquid pumping system 6 F, which is operably connected to the supply of clean wildfire inhibitor liquid 6 E using piping; and a timer/controller 6 M connected to the controllable valves 6 N, and controlled by the wildfire ember misting controller 6 B, which is managed by the automated wildfire ember detection and notification network 4 , shown in FIG. 13A .
- misting-type sprinklers 6 O e.g. misting nozzles
- misting-type rotors 6 P connected to the piping 6 R
- valves 6 N connected to the underground piping 6 R, the local water supply 6 Q, and the liquid pumping system 6 F,
- the dual-mode lawn misting system 6 A shown in FIG. 6B has two modes of operation. During its first mode of operation, when no wildfire storm is detected, the lawn misting system 6 A automatically mists the lawn with water supplied from the local water supply 6 Q. During its second mode, when a wildfire storm is detected, the law misting system 6 A automatically mists the lawn with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid 6 E supplied from a local supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid pumped from a pumping system 6 F.
- AF environmentally anti-fire
- the hybrid wildfire misting system 6 also has at least two modes operation: (i) a manual mode where a building/home owner or manager can manually activate and operate the anti-fire chemical liquid misting system 6 to protect either the building 17 and/or the lawn and ground surfaces around the building 17 , as desired or required, based on intelligence in the possession of the human operator or manager; and (ii) an automated mode where the wildfire ember misting controller 6 B, in cooperation with the local electronic wildfire and ember detection module 4 A and associated wireless wildfire detection network 4 , shown in FIGS.
- modules 6 I, 6 K, 6 B, 6 C, 6 E and 6 F shown in FIG. 13A will be mounted and safely protected in the wildfire-protected shed or closet structure 50 , disclosed in great technical detail in Applicant's copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/925,796, incorporated herein by reference.
- a touch-screen or touch-type control panel associated with the controller 6 B is used by the operator to simply operate the system 6 in its manual mode, or automatically arm the system 6 to operate in its automated, artificial intelligence (AI) mode of operation.
- AI artificial intelligence
- the system 6 will be remotely controllable by the building manger/home-owner using a mobile computing system 11 running the mobile application 12 , as shown and described in FIGS. 22A and 22B .
- Suitable graphical user interfaces will be supported on the mobile application 12 to enable the user to monitor and control the system 6 locally, or from a remote location, in real-time, provided the wireless communication infrastructure is not disrupted by a wildfire.
- GUIs graphical user interfaces
- the wildfire detection and notification network 4 should be accessible by a remote user provided with the mobile application 12 .
- the system 4 will continuously collect, record and monitor intelligence about specific regions of land and any wildfires detected in such regions, and advise any specific home/building owner of the status of any specific building before, during and after a wildfire.
- the system 6 will include and supported automated mechanisms for remotely monitoring and reporting the amount of anti-fire chemical liquid 6 E available and remaining for use in supporting anti-fire misting operations, as illustrated in FIG. 15 , during an automatically detected wildfire ember storm.
- adequate reserves of anti-fire chemical liquid 6 E will be stored on each property before any given wildfire strike, to support several hours of wildfire ember suppression misting operations, which is typically expected during a wildfire storm before passes through and consumes the organic material that is urgent seeks to fuel its combustion process.
- the misting nozzles 64 will be mounted about the building 17 so as to provide adequate coverage over all air-inlet vents provided on the specific building being equipment with the wildfire misting system of the present invention, as well as on wood and other organic surfaces that might be vulnerable to hot wildfire embers during a wildfire ember storm, as illustrated in FIG. 6B .
- the misting or fog patterns of each misting nozzle 6 H being used in the misting system 6 will be considered and exploited to provide the adequate misting protection required by the wildfire protection application at hand.
- Computer software tools may be developed and distributed to installers to assist in the design and installation of a hybrid wildfire misting system in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
- the clean anti-fire (AF) liquid to be used for wildfire ember misting operations is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html. It is expected that service-oriented businesses will support the rapid design, installation and installation of the automated wildfire detection and misting suppression systems of the present invention, as well as the supplying and replenishing of clean anti-fire chemical liquid on each GPS—indexed property. It is expected that this can occur with the efficiency currently provided by conventional liquid propane supply companies around the country.
- FIG. 15 describes a method of suppressing combusting wildfire embers using a hydraulic misting nozzle supplied with a pressurized supply of anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so as to produce a cloud of microscopic droplets for suppressing flying wildfire embers, as described above.
- AF anti-fire
- the method comprises the steps of: (a) hydraulically pressurizing a supply of anti-fire chemical liquid 6 E (e.g. AF31 anti-fire liquid from Hartindo Chemical) through the orifice or opening of a low, medium or high pressure misting nozzle 6 H as shown, for example in FIGS. 16 through 19 , thereby forming a cloud of fine fog-like mist comprising billions of microscopic droplets generated each second, for real-time fire suppression in the vicinity of the cloud; (b) when the anti-fire chemical liquid droplets approach and encounter a burning wildfire ember, the anti-fire chemical liquid droplets flash evaporating, changing from a liquid to a gas state, causing the fire (i.e.
- anti-fire chemical liquid 6 E e.g. AF31 anti-fire liquid from Hartindo Chemical
- This method of wildfire ember suppression has the advantage of attacking flying wildfire embers in three different ways: (i) lowering the temperature of the burning ember; (ii) displacing O2 from the burning ember required during combustion; and (iii) breaking the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of each burning wildfire ember.
- This method ensures that embers during a wildfire storm are effectively extinguished within the cloud of microscopic anti-fire (AF) liquid droplets supported outside the air vents provided in the building 17 , and those embers that may pass through this cloud of mist, will be filtered out by the ember filter blocks 17 D mounted in each rafter bridge beam 17 B shown in FIGS. 8 and 8A .
- AF microscopic anti-fire
- misting nozzles 6 H can be used in the system and method of suppressing wildfire embers according to the principles of the present invention.
- FIGS. 16A through 19B several exemplary misting nozzle designs are shown and described. While these misting nozzles are implemented typically using stainless steel because this is a durable and rugged material capable of handling high pressured with corrosive effects, alternatively, these misting nozzle designs can be realized using plastic material as well, in a manner well known in the art.
- FIG. 16A shows an UltraMist® misting nozzle 6 H 1 commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 .
- the nozzle comprises: a stainless steel tip with a brass adapter body and 100 mess strainer for producing a very fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets under 60 microns over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.37 gallons per hour at 40 PSI to 16.4 gallons per hour at 1200 PSI, supplied using 1 ⁇ 8′′ and 1 ⁇ 4′′ pipe sizes.
- FIG. 16B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 16A .
- FIG. 17A shows a fine atomization misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 , comprising a stainless body producing a laminar jet that impinges on a target pin generating a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets under 60 microns over a cone shaped pattern, medium angle at flow rates between 0.034 gallons per hour at 10 PSI to 0.034 gallons per hour at 1200 PSI, supplied using 1 ⁇ 8′′ and 1 ⁇ 4′′ males pipe sizes.
- FIG. 17B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 17A .
- FIG. 18 shows a low flow misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel tip with small spiral nozzles orifice diameters of 0.04′′ to 0.12′′ for producing a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.14 gallons per minute at 10 PSI to 3.84 gallons per minute at 100 PSI, supplied using 1 ⁇ 8′′ male pipe sizes.
- FIG. 18B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 18A .
- FIG. 19A shows a MicroWhirl® fine atomization misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc., described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,198,201, incorporated herein by reference, that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated in FIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel for producing a very fine mist at low pressure or fog-like mist at high pressure, medium angle at flow rates between 0.009 gallons per minute at 100 PSI to 0.380 gallons per minute at 3000 PSI, supplied using 1 ⁇ 8′′ and 1 ⁇ 4′′ male pipe sizes.
- FIG. 19B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified in FIG. 19A .
- FIG. 20 is a schematic illustration of the wood-framed building shown in FIG. 10 , about which is installed the hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system 6 shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B , controlled by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system 4 .
- FIG. 20A shows a wood deck system 17 A associated with the rear portion of the wood-framed building 17 being protected by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention.
- FIG. 21A shows the mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system 5 supported on a set of wheels, with an integrated supply tank 20 B and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump 20 C, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for misting the same with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- FIG. 21B shows the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid misting system shown in FIG. 21A , comprising a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire (AF) liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the misting of anti-fire chemical liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and automatically logging and recording such clean AF misting application operations within the network database system 9 C 1 .
- AF mobile anti-fire
- FIG. 21A shows mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system 5 supported on a set of wheels 20 A, having an integrated supply tank 20 B and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump 20 C, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for spraying the same with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid using a spray nozzle assembly 20 D connected to the spray pump 20 C by way of a flexible 20 E.
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- FIG. 21B shows the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid spraying/misting system 5 of FIG. 6A as comprising a number of subcomponents, namely: a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem 20 F; a micro-computing platform or subsystem 20 G interfaced with the GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem 20 F by way of a system bus 201 ; and a wireless communication subsystem 20 H interfaced to the micro-computing platform 20 G via the system bus 201 .
- the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid misting system 20 enables and supports (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid from the system 5 when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a local database maintained within the micro-computing platform 20 G, as well as in the remote network database 9 C 1 maintained at the data center 8 of the system network 1 .
- AF anti-fire
- the micro-computing platform 20 G comprises: data storage memory 20 G 1 ; flash memory (firmware storage) 20 G 2 ; a programmable microprocessor 20 G 3 ; a general purpose I/O (GPIO) interface 20 G 4 ; a GPS transceiver circuit/chip with matched antenna structure 20 G 5 ; and the system bus 20 I which interfaces these components together and provides the necessary addressing, data and control signal pathways supported within the system 5 .
- GPIO general purpose I/O
- the wireless communication subsystem 20 H comprises: an RF-GSM modem transceiver 20 H 1 ; a T/X amplifier 20 H 2 interfaced with the RF-GSM modem transceiver 20 H 1 ; and a WIFI and Bluetooth wireless interfaces 20 H 3 .
- the GPS-tracked and remotely-controllable anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray control subsystem 20 F comprises: anti-fire chemical liquid supply sensor(s) 20 F 1 installed in or on the anti-fire chemical liquid supply tank 20 B to produce an electrical signal indicative of the volume or percentage of the AF liquid supply tank containing anti-fire chemical liquid at any instant in time, and providing such signals to the AF liquid misting system control interface 20 F 4 ; a power supply and controls 20 F 2 interfaced with the liquid pump spray subsystem 20 C, and also the AF liquid misting system control interface 20 F 4 ; manually-operated spray pump controls interface 20 F 3 , interfaced with the AF liquid misting system control interface 20 F 4 ; and the AF liquid misting system control interface 20 F 4 interfaced with the micro-computing subsystem 20 G, via the system bus 201 .
- the flash memory storage 20 G 2 contains microcode that represents a control program that runs on the microprocessor 20 G 3 and realizes the various GPS-specified anti-fire chemical liquid
- the environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN. BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html.
- AF environmentally-clean anti-fire
- M Newstar Chemicals
- the mobile liquid spraying system 5 described above can be filled with the environmentally clean anti-fire (AF) liquid 6 E (i.e. AF21 AF liquid from Hartindo Chemical) and used to spray clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid over the dried out lawn.
- the environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN.
- a bio-degradable, environmentally-clean (i.e. non-toxic) green-colored “grass paint” concentrate e.g. commercially available as EnviroColor (TM) grass paint from EnviroColor of Cumming, Ga.
- TM EnviroColor
- AF anti-fire
- This clean anti-fire chemical lawn spray treatment should provide a significant defense against wildfires (i.e.
- a chemical wildfire break by providing the dried grass with chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire.
- the clean green paint spray coating may need to be reapplied every 4-8 weeks depending on the weather and moisture conditions.
- Different mixing ratios of Hartindo AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid to EnviroColorTM green paint concentrate (other than 7/1) may be used to provide dried out grass, with a stronger or weaker defense to wildfires and flying wildfire embers, without significantly compromising color while reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
- Hartindo AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid can be mixed with EnviroColor brown mulch paint using similarly mixing ratios (e.g. 7/1) to provide mulch paint coverings that provide dried out grass with a stronger or weaker defense to wildfires and flying wildfire embers, and thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
- FIG. 22A shows an exemplary mobile computing device deployed on the system network of the present invention, supporting (i) the mobile anti-fire spray management application of the present invention deployed as a component of the system network of the present invention as shown in FIG. 9 , as well as (ii) conventional wildfire alert and notification systems as shown in FIGS. 10 through 12C .
- FIG. 22B shows a system diagram for an exemplary mobile client computer system 11 deployed on the system network 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 22B shows the system architecture of an exemplary mobile client computing system 11 that is deployed on the system network 1 and supporting the many services offered by system network servers 9 A, 9 B, 9 C, 9 D, 9 E.
- the mobile smartphone device 11 can include a memory interface 202 , one or more data processors, image processors and/or central processing units 204 , and a peripherals interface 206 .
- the memory interface 202 , the one or more processors 204 and/or the peripherals interface 206 can be separate components or can be integrated in one or more integrated circuits.
- the various components in the mobile device can be coupled by one or more communication buses or signal lines. Sensors, devices, and subsystems can be coupled to the peripherals interface 206 to facilitate multiple functionalities.
- a motion sensor 210 can be coupled to the peripherals interface 206 to facilitate the orientation, lighting, and proximity functions.
- Other sensors 216 can also be connected to the peripherals interface 206 , such as a positioning system (e.g. GPS receiver), a temperature sensor, a biometric sensor, a gyroscope, or other sensing device, to facilitate related functionalities.
- a camera subsystem 220 and an optical sensor 222 e.g. a charged coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) optical sensor, can be utilized to facilitate camera functions, such as recording photographs and video clips.
- CCD charged coupled device
- CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
- Communication functions can be facilitated through one or more wireless communication subsystems 224 , which can include radio frequency receivers and transmitters and/or optical (e.g. infrared) receivers and transmitters.
- the specific design and implementation of the communication subsystem 224 can depend on the communication network(s) over which the mobile device is intended to operate.
- the mobile device 11 may include communication subsystems 224 designed to operate over a GSM network, a GPRS network, an EDGE network, a Wi-Fi or WiMax network, and a BluetoothTM network.
- the wireless communication subsystems 224 may include hosting protocols such that the device 11 may be configured as a base station for other wireless devices.
- An audio subsystem 226 can be coupled to a speaker 228 and a microphone 230 to facilitate voice-enabled functions, such as voice recognition, voice replication, digital recording, and telephony functions.
- the I/O subsystem 240 can include a touch screen controller 242 and/or other input controller(s) 244 .
- the touch-screen controller 242 can be coupled to a touch screen 246 .
- the touch screen 246 and touch screen controller 242 can, for example, detect contact and movement or break thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensitivity technologies, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with the touch screen 246 .
- the other input controller(s) 244 can be coupled to other input/control devices 248 , such as one or more buttons, rocker switches, thumb-wheel, infrared port, USB port, and/or a pointer device such as a stylus.
- the one or more buttons can include an up/down button for volume control of the speaker 228 and/or the microphone 230 .
- Such buttons and controls can be implemented as a hardware objects, or touch-screen graphical interface objects, touched and controlled by the system user. Additional features of mobile smartphone device 11 can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 8,631,358 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- the enterprise-level system network is realized as a robust suite of hosted services delivered to Web-based client subsystems 1 using an application service provider (ASP) model.
- the Web-enabled mobile application 12 can be realized using a web-browser application running on the operating system (OS) (e.g. Linux, Application IOS, etc) of a mobile computing device 11 to support online modes of system operation, only.
- OS operating system
- the native mobile application 12 would have access to local memory (e.g.
- a local RDBMS on the client device 11 , accessible during off-line modes of operation to enable consumers to use certain or many of the system functions supported by the system network during off-line/off-network modes of operation. It is also possible to store in the local RDBMS of the mobile computing device 11 most if not all relevant data collected by the mobile application for any particular fire-protection spray project, and to automatically synchronize the dataset for user's projects against the master datasets maintained in the system network database 9 C 1 , within the data center 8 shown in FIG. 4 . This way, when using an native application, during off-line modes of operation, the user will be able to access and review relevant information regarding any building spray project, and make necessary decisions, even while off-line (i.e. not having access to the system network).
- the system network 1 has been designed for several different kinds of user roles including, for example, but not limited to: (i) public and private property owners, residents, fire departments, local, county, state and federal officials; and (ii) wildfire suppression administrators, contractors, technicians et al registered on the system network.
- the system network will request different sets of registration information, including name of user, address, contact information, etc.
- the system network will automatically serve a native client GUI, or an HTML5 GUI, adapted for the registered user. Thereafter, when the user logs into the system network, using his/her account name and password, the system network will automatically generate and serve GUI screens described below for the role that the user has been registered with the system network.
- the client-side of the system network 1 can be realized as mobile web-browser application, or as a native application, each having a “responsive-design” and adapted to run on any client computing device (e.g. iPhone, iPad, Android or other Web-enabled computing device) 11 and designed for use by anyone interested in managing, monitoring and working to defend against the threat of wildfires.
- client computing device e.g. iPhone, iPad, Android or other Web-enabled computing device
- the illustrative embodiments disclose the use of clean anti-fire chemicals from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, particular Hartindo AAF31, for clinging to the surfaces of wood, lumber, and timber, and other combustible matter, wherever wildfires may travel.
- Hartindo Chemicatama Industri particular Hartindo AAF31
- alternative clean anti-fire chemical liquids may be used to practice the various wildfire suppression methods according to the principles of the present invention.
- shed structure shown herein was of a general trapezoidal geometry, it is understood that the size and dimensions of the shed structure can be virtually any size that may fit on ones yard, and transported using conventional means and/or carriers.
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- The present Patent Application is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of: copending application Ser. No. 15/866,451 filed Jan. 9, 2018; co-pending application Ser. No. 16/039,291 filed Jul. 18, 2018 which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/874,874 filed Jan. 18, 2018, which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/866,454 filed Jan. 9, 2018 which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/829,914 filed Dec. 2, 2017; copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/925,793 filed Mar. 20, 2018; and copending patent application Ser. No. 15/866,456 filed Jan. 9, 2018 which is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of copending patent application Ser. No. 15/829,914 filed Dec. 2, 2017, each said Patent Application being commonly owned by M-Fire Suppression, Inc., and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
- The present invention is directed towards improvements in science and technology applied in the defense of private and public property, and human and animal life, against the ravaging and destructive forces of wildfires whether caused by lightening, accident, arson or terrorism.
- The US federal government is spending billions of US dollars annually on wildfire defense, only to lose record numbers of acreage and homes.
- In 2017, over 8 million acres were scorched by wildfires. The fires killed more than 40 people and destroyed 8000 structures. Some estimates of the property damage in Northern California fires exceed $3 billion. Governor Brown of California has asked President Trump for $7.5 billion dollars to rebuild Santa Rosa.
- Despite extensive news coverage, few recognize that wildfire embers fly long distances based on the relative humidity of the air. If there is low humidity, then these embers can fly from dry grass hillsides, like outside Santa Rosa, and ignite and destroy entire neighborhoods of homes. A primary reason this is possible is because most production houses have attic-ventilation screens, designed as illustrated in
FIGS. 2A and 2B , to allow wind-driven hot wildfire embers to fly into hot combustible attics, and burn the entire house down from the attic to the ground. - In recent years, some measures have been made to provide closable attic vents as shown in
FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C , and closable soffit air vents as shown inFIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C . Even attic and roof sprinkler systems as disclosed in US Patent Application Publication No. 2018/0078801, for example, are being proposed for buildings to provide defense against wildfires. - However, even with such measures, most homes and buildings are still very vulnerable to wildfire ember storms when they strike a neighborhood. This is especially true when wildfires are driven by strong prevailing winds, as illustrated in
FIG. 6A , attacking homes and buildings by radiant heat, direct flame contact, burning debris (e.g. wildfire embers) and wind. As illustrated inFIG. 6B , the energy and turbulence of a wildfire ember storm will rage furiously especially in very dry, low relative-humidly climates. - Various conventional methods have been used for fighting and defending against wildfires, namely: aerial water dropping; aerial fire retardant chemical (e.g. Phos-chek(R) Fire Retardant) dropping; physical fire break by bulldozing, to stall the advance of wildfire; physical fire break by pre-burning, to stall the advance of wildfire; and chemical fire break by dropping fire retardant chemical such as Phos-chek(R) chemical over land, to stall the advance of wildfire. While these methods are used, the results have not been adequate in most instances where wildfires are raging across land under strong winds. And millions of homes have been left completed undefended and vulnerable against wildfire ember storms.
- Recently, the State of California deployed its CAL FIRE™ mobile application for smartphones and other mobile computing devices. The purpose of this mobile application is to provide users with (i) notifications on where wildfires are burning at a given moment in time, (ii) notifications on the risks of wildfire in certain regions, (iii) helpful ways of preparing for wildfires, and (iv) other useful information to help people stay out of harms way during a wildfire. However, in its current state, this wildfire notification system does little to help home and business owners to proactively defend their homes and business against raging forces of wildfires and wildfire ember storms, in any meaningful way.
- Clearly, conventional fire suppression methods are not working as needed to protect neighborhoods, homes, businesses and human life from the raging forces of wildfires. While more money is being spent and more people are being deployed to fight wildfires using conventional methods and technologies, the benefits are not being realized.
- Therefore, there is a great need for new and improved methods of and apparatus for suppressing wildfires and providing improved defense and protection to property and life alike, while overcoming the shortcomings and drawbacks of prior art methods and apparatus.
- Accordingly, a primary object of the present is to provide a new and improved wildfire ember suppressing filter system adapted for refitting into the standard size holes formed in the air-flow board mounted between each set of rafter beams in the roof structure of a wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember suppressing filter comprises a filter fabric infused with a anti-fire (AF) liquid that breaks or interferes with the free-radical chemical reactions of the combustion phase of fire burning on the outer surface of a combusting wildfire ember.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel system and devices for filtering and extinguishing wildfire embers from entering into the attics of wood-framed buildings when exposed to ember storms generated during a wildfire, and a kit and method for installing the same.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for automatically producing a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist about or in the vicinity of air-inflow entry points in a wood-framed building during a wildfire storm, wherein the cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist consists of billions of wildfire ember suppressing microscopic droplets continuously generated by forcing environmentally clean aqueous-based anti-fire (AF) liquid through one or more misting nozzles under a predetermined hydraulic pressure so that clouds of wildfire ember suppressing mist are generated for suppressing and extinguishing wildfire embers flying about the building and into the air-inflow entry points, to reduce the risk that such flying wildfire embers do not enter the building and start a fire within the building during the wildfire storm, while avoiding the shortcomings and drawbacks of prior methods and apparatus.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire ember misting-type suppression system for installation about a wood-framed building so as to automatically detect when a wildfire is in the vicinity of the building and generate a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist about the building so as to suppress and/or extinguish flying wildfire embers seeking to find a point of entry into the building during an active wildfire storm.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire ember misting-type suppression system that employs an electronic wildfire ember detection device using infra-red (IR) and other thermal-imaging sensors, and relative humidity sensors, to automatically detect the presence of a wildfire in the vicinity of the wood-framed building and automatically generate a cloud of wildfire ember suppressing mist consisting of microscopic droplets of clean anti-fire (AF) liquid that (i) instantly evaporates into vapor when contacting a flying wildfire ember and (ii) breaks and/or interferes with free-radical chemical reactions supported on the surface of each combusting wildfire ember flying in the wildfire storm moving about the wood-framed building.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automated wildfire suppression system having a lawn misting subsystem that supports two modes of operation: wherein when no wildfire storm is detected, the lawn misting subsystem automatically mists the lawn with water supplied from a local water supply; and when a wildfire storm is detected, the lawn misting subsystem automatically mists the lawn with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid supplied from a local supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of suppressing hot combusting wildfire embers flying above ground in a wildfire ember storm encircling a wood-framed building, by automatically detecting the presence of a wildfire storm in the vicinity of the wood-framed building, and in response thereto, automatically generating clouds of wildfire ember suppressing mist about the an-inflow entry points of the wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember suppressing mist consists of billions of microscopic droplets of environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid, mixed with water, and forced through misting nozzles under hydraulic pressure to support suitable flow rates required to suppress and extinguish flying wildfire embers seeking to enter into the wood-framed building during the wildfire ember storm, by way of the microscopic misting droplets (i) instantly evaporating into vapor when contacting a flying wildfire ember and (ii) breaking and/or interferes with free-radical chemical reactions supported on the surface of each combusting wildfire ember flying in the wildfire storm moving about the wood-framed building.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire ember suppression and home defense system, wherein each home defense system includes a GPS-tracking and radio-controlled circuit to automatically monitor the anti-fire (AF) liquid level in its storage tank, and automatically generate electronic refill orders sent to a command center, so that a third-party service can automatically replenish the tanks of such home-based systems with anti-fire liquid when the fluid level falls below a certain level in the GPS-tracked tank.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide method of and system and network for managing the supply, delivery and spraying/misting of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid material on private and public properties to reduce the risks of damage and/or destruction to property and life caused by wildfires.
- Another object of the present is to provide method of reducing the risks of damage to private property due to wildfires by centrally managed application of anti-fire chemical liquid spray to ground cover and building surfaces prior to arrival of the wildfires.
- Another object of the present is to provide method of reducing the risks of damage to private property due to wildfires using a global positioning satellite (GPS) system and mobile communication messaging techniques, to direct the spray application of clean anti-fire chemical liquid prior to the arrival of a wildfire on a specific parcel of property, and the automated misting application of clean anti-fire chemical liquid during the presence of the wildfire storm on the property.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire suppression and home defense system, wherein each home defense spray system includes a GPS-tracking and radio-controlled circuit board to remotely monitor the location of each location-deployed home defense spray system and automatically monitor the anti-fire chemical liquid level in its storage tank, and automatically generate electronic refill orders sent to the command center, so that a third-party service can automatically replenish the tanks of such home-based systems with anti-fire liquid when the fluid level falls below a certain level in the GPS-tracked tank.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for wildfire suppression and home defense system, wherein the mobile application supporting the following functions: (i) sends automatic notifications from the command center to home owners with the mobile application, instructing them to spray their property and home at certain times with anti-fire chemical liquid in their tanks; (ii) the system will automatically monitor consumption of sprayed anti-fire chemical liquid and generate auto-replenish order via its onboard GSM-circuits so as to achieve compliance with the home spray-based wildfire-defense program, and report anti-fire liquid levels in each home-owner tank; and (iii) show status of wildfire risk in the region, and actions to the taken before wildfire outbreak.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic wildfire ember detection network comprising a wireless network of wildfire ember detectors mounted on a network of buildings covering a significantly large area, so that early detection of a GPS-specified wildfire can be transmitted to other electronic wirefire ember detectors on other houses to provide an awareness of a wirefire present in the vicinity and automated preparation for the wildfire, in terms of automated cloud misting operations of clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid to inhibit and suppress wildfire embers and fire when they arrived on the premises of the protected building.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless system for managing the supply, delivery, spraying/misting-application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid over the surfaces of private and public property to reduce the risks of damage and/or destruction caused by wildfires and wildfire embers.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system for spraying a defensive path around a wood-framed building out in front of wildfires 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 wildfires.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved system and method of mitigating the damaging effects of wildfires by spraying environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid in advance of wildfires, that do not depend on water to extinguish fire, such 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.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new wildfire-protected storage shed for installation near a building for storing and protecting the pumping system, CFIC liquid storage tank, and controller associated with the automatic wildfire ember suppression system of the present invention, during wildfire ember storms.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical lawn spray paint that provides a significant defense against wildfires (i.e. a chemical wildfire break) by providing the dried grass with clean chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire, thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical mulch or ground spray paint that provides a significant defense against wildfires (i.e. a chemical wildfire break) by providing the dried mulch and other organic material with clean chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire, thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
- These and other benefits and advantages to be gained by using the features of the present invention will become more apparent hereinafter and in the appended Claims to Invention.
- The following Objects of the Present Invention will become more fully understood when read in conjunction of the Detailed Description of the Illustrative Embodiments, and the appended Drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a graphical image showing a wood-framed house on a parcel of private property surrounded by brush and trees, and vulnerable to a wildfire outbreak; -
FIG. 2A is perspective view of a wood-framed house during construction showing the rafter beams, and the attic air-inflow baffle board with a set of drilled air holes covered by a mesh screen, and mounted between the rafter beams to prevent small animals from entering the attic area of the building, through the soffit region, after construction is completed; -
FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the attic air-inflow baffle board shown inFIG. 2A , showing its drilled air holes, covered by mesh screen on the rear surface of the board; -
FIG. 3A is a conventional closable attic louver vent system that can be opened and closed as required during a wildfire ember storm; -
FIG. 3B is a front view of the closable attic louver vent system shown inFIG. 3A ;FIG. 3C is a rear view of the closable attic louver vent system shown inFIGS. 3B and 3C ; -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional soffit provided with air vents for roof and attic ventilation; -
FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a conventional soffit structure on a wood-framed house, showing the installation of a closable soffit vent device; -
FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the conventional closable soffit vent ofFIG. 5A , shown arranged in its opened vent configuration; -
FIG. 5C is a perspective view of the conventional closable soffit vent ofFIG. 5A , shown arranged in its closed vent configuration; -
FIG. 6A is a graphical illustration showing the impact and dynamics of a wildfire being driven by prevailing wind, with radiant heat and direct flames coming into contact with a conventional wood-framed building, while burning debris including wildfire embers are flying all around and into the wood-frame building during a wildfire storm; -
FIG. 6B is a graphical illustration of a wildfire ember storm generated by a wildfire ranging across a wooded field, producing streams of burning/combusting embers of organic material that are flying through the air currents generated by the heat of the wildfire and prevailing winds; -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of the present invention shown being installed in the air-inflow baffle board mounted between each pair of roof rafter boards of a wood-framed building, wherein the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of the present invention comprises a thin cylindrical shaped piece of air-passing cloth, fabric or thermally-resistant material, infused with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid which when dried, provides a Class-A fire protective air filtering mechanism through which air can flow, but blocking and suppressing any combusting wildfire embers flowing into the air-vent filter during a wildfire storm; -
FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the wildfire ember filtering system installed in wood-framed roof rafter air-vent assembly of the building illustrated inFIG. 8 ; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic representation of the wireless automated wildfire detection and suppression system network of the present invention designed for managing the supply, delivery and misting-application of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on private and public property to reduce the risks of property damage and/or destruction and harm to life caused by wildfires as disclosed on copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,451 filed Jan. 9, 2018, incorporated herein by reference, in its entirety; -
FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of the automated wireless wildfire ember detection and suppression system of present invention, showing a wildfire ember detection module mounted on the top of each building in the wireless network receiving wirefire alerts and messages from neighboring modules which can scout for wildfires and alert other modules in the network in terms of GPS coordinates so that the individual properties can timely prepare for any such wildfire outbreaks in the vicinity, using the hybrid wildfire misting system of the present invention shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B ; -
FIG. 11 is a schematic representation of the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection and notification network of the present invention integrated with the automated wirefire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention depicted inFIGS. 9 and 10 ; -
FIG. 12A is a perspective view of a wireless automated GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module of the present invention, deployed in the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection and notification network of the present invention, shown inFIGS. 10 and 11 ; -
FIG. 12B is a perspective view of a wireless GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module ofFIG. 12A , with its fire-protective housing cover removed, showing its various sensors and signal and data processing and storage components represented inFIG. 12C ; -
FIG. 12C is a schematic block diagram showing the components used to construct the wireless GPS-tracked wildfire ember detection module of the present invention, shown inFIGS. 10, 11, 12A and 12B ; -
FIGS. 13A and 13B , taken together, set forth a schematic diagram showing automated hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system of the present invention, providing both an anti-fire chemical misting system for suppressing wildfire embers impacting a building as shown inFIG. 13A and a lawn and ground anti-fire chemical liquid misting system impacting the law and ground around the building as shown inFIG. 13A , both automatically controlled by an automated wildfire ember detection and notification network shown inFIGS. 10 through 12C , all being integrated into the system network shown inFIG. 9 ; -
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a section of piping and misting nozzles used in the automated hybrid wildfire inhibitor misting system shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B ; -
FIG. 15 is a schematic illustration describing a method of suppressing combusting wildfire embers using a hydraulic misting nozzle supplied with a pressurized supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid to produce a cloud of microscopic droplets for suppressing flying wildfire embers during a wildfire ember storm; -
FIG. 16A is a schematic diagram of an UltraMist(R) misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 ; -
FIG. 16B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 16A ; -
FIG. 17A is a schematic diagram of a fine atomization misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 ; -
FIG. 17B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 17A ; -
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a low flow misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel tip with small spiral nozzles orifice diameters of 0.04″ to 0.12″ for producing a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.14 gallons per minute at 10 PSI to 3.84 gallons per minute at 100 PSI, supplied using ⅛″ male pipe sizes; -
FIG. 18B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 18A ; -
FIG. 19A is a schematic diagram of a MicroWhirl® fine atomization misting nozzle from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc., described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,198,201, incorporated herein by reference, that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 ; -
FIG. 19B is a schematic representation of an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 19A ; -
FIG. 20 is a schematic illustration of the wood-framed building shown inFIG. 10 , about which is installed the hybrid clean wildfire misting system of the present invention shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B , controlled by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention; -
FIG. 20A is a schematic illustration of a wood deck system associated with the rear portion of the wood-framed building being protected by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention; -
FIG. 21A is a perspective view of a mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system supported on a set of wheels, with 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 in accordance with the principles of the present invention; -
FIG. 21B is a schematic representation of the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid misting system shown inFIG. 21A , comprising a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire (AF) liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the spraying of anti-fire chemical liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and automatically logging and recording such anti-fire liquid spraying application operations within the network database system; -
FIG. 22A is a perspective view of an exemplary mobile computing device deployed on the system network of the present invention, supporting (i) the mobile anti-fire spray management application of the present invention deployed as a component of the system network of the present invention as shown inFIG. 9 , as well as (ii) conventional wildfire alert and notification systems as shown inFIGS. 10 through 12C ; and -
FIG. 22B shows a system diagram for an exemplary mobile client computer system deployed on the system network of the present invention. - Referring to the accompanying Drawings, like structures and elements shown throughout the figures thereof shall be indicated with like reference numerals.
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FIGS. 8 and 8A show the wildfire ember filtering and suppression system of thepresent invention 17 shown being installed in the air-inflow board mounted between each pair of roof rafter boards 17A1 and 17A2 of a wood-framed building. As shown, the wildfire ember filtering andsuppression system 17 comprises: a thin cylindrical shaped piece of air-pervious cloth, fabric or thermally-resistant material 17C infused with a clean-environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid (i.e. Hartindo AF21 fire inhibitor chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical, Indonesia) that dries to provide a Class-A fire-protectiveair filtering mechanism 17D, through which air can freely flow through the filteredvent holes 17C, while blocking and suppressing any combusting/burning wildfire embers 17E during a wildfire storm. This wildfireember filtering block 17D can serve as a second tier of defense against a raging wildfire in the event that certain flying embers pass through anti-fire chemical misting clouds, as taught herein, without being adequately suppressed or extinguished, as the case may be. -
FIG. 9 describes the wireless system network of thepresent invention 1 designed for managing the supply, delivery and misting of environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid on private and public property to reduce the risks of property damage and/or destruction and harm to life caused by wildfires. As shown, thenetwork 1 comprises: GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquidspray ground vehicles 2; GPS-tracked anti-fire liquidspray air vehicles 3; GPS-tracked anti-fireliquid misting systems 5 for spraying private real property andbuildings 17; GPS-trackedliquid misting systems 5 for spraying public real property andbuildings 18;mobile computing systems 11 running the mobile application of the present invention and used by property owners, residents, fire departments, insurance underwriters, government officials, medical personal and others, remote data sensing and capturing systems for remotely monitoring land and wildfires wherever they may break out; aGPS system 100 for providing GPS-location services to each and every system components in the system network; and one ormore data centers 8 each containing clusters of web, application anddatabase servers -
FIG. 9 shows the wireless system network of thepresent invention 1 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 wildfires. As shown, the wireless system network 1 comprises a distribution of system components, namely: GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spray ground vehicles 2 (e.g. all terrain vehicles or ATVs) for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical from Hartindo Chemical, Indonesia) from the ground to ground surfaces, brush, and other forms of organic material; GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid misting and misting air-based vehicles 3 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid) from the air to ground surfaces, brush, bushes and other forms of organic material; GPS-tracked automated wildfire (and wildfire ember) detection and notification network 4 for automatically detecting wildfires and wildfire embers 17E in wildfire ember storms passing through a given surrounding vicinity, as shown inFIGS. 10, 11, 12A, 12B and 12C ; GPS-tracked/GSM-linked anti-fire liquid misting systems 5 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid) to private real property, buildings and surrounding areas; GPS-tracked/GSM-linked liquid misting systems 6 for applying anti-fire chemical liquid spray (e.g. Hartindo AF31 fire inhibitor chemical liquid) to public real property and buildings and surrounding properties; an automated wildfire ember misting suppression system 6 for protecting buildings from wildfire embers, as shown inFIGS. 13A, 13B, 14, 15, 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 19A and 19B ; a GPS-indexed real-property (land)database system 7 for storing the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all land parcels, including private property and building 17 and public property and building 18, situated in every town, county and state in the region over which thesystem network 1 is used to manage wildfires as they may occur; a cellular phone, GSM, and SMS messaging systems and email servers, collectively 16; and one ormore data centers 8 for monitoring and managing GPS-tracking/GSM-linked anti-fire (AF) liquid supply and spray systems, includingweb servers 9A, application servers 9B anddatabase servers 9C (e.g. RDBMS) operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of theInternet 10, and including a network database 9C1, for monitoring and managing the system and network of GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid misting systems and various functions supported by thecommand center 19, including the management of wildfire suppression and the GPS-guided application of anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid over public and private property, as will be described in greater technical detail hereinafter. As shown, eachdata center 8 also includes anSMS server 9D and anemail message server 9E for communicating with registered users on thesystem network 1 who use a mobile computing device (e.g. an Apple® iPhone or iPad tablet) 11 with themobile application 12 installed thereon and configured for the purposes described herein. Such communication services will include SMS/text, email and push-notification services known in the mobile communications arts. - As shown in
FIG. 9 , the GPS-indexed real-property (land)database system 7 will store the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all land parcels contained in every town, county and state of the region over which the system network is deployed and used to manage wildfires as they may occur. Typically, databases and data processing methods, equipment and services known in the GPS mapping art, will be used to construct and maintain such GPS-indexeddatabases 7 for use by the system network of the present invention, when managing GPS-controlled application of clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray and mist over GPS-specified parcels of land, at any given time and date, under the management of the system network of the present invention. Examples of such GPS-indexed maps of land parcels are reflected by the task report shown inFIG. 16 , and examples of GPS-indexed maps are shown in the schematic illustrations depicted inFIGS. 18, 20, 22 and 24 . - As shown in
FIG. 9 , thesystem network 1 also includes aGPS system 100 for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to GPS transceivers installed aboard each GPS-tracking ground-based or air-based anti-fire (AF) liquid misting system of the present invention, as part of the illustrative embodiments. From the GPS signals it receives, each GPS transceiver aboard such AF liquid misting/misting systems is capable of computing in real-time the GPS location of its host system, in terms of longitude and latitude. In the case of the Empire State Building in NYC, NY, its GPS location is specified as: N40° 44.9064′, W073° 59.0735′; and in number only format, as: 40.748440, −73.984559, with the first number indicating latitude, and the second number representing longitude (the minus sign indicates “west”). - As shown, the
system network 1 further includes multi-spectral imaging (MSI) systems and/or hyper-spectral-imaging (HSI) systems 14 for remotely data sensing and gathering data about wildfires, their location and progress. Such MSI and HSI systems may be space/satellite-based and/or drone-based (supported on an unmanned airborne vehicle or UAV). Drone-based systems 14 can be deployed and remotely-controlled by a human operator, or guided under an artificial intelligence (AI) navigation system. Such AI-based navigation systems may be deployed anywhere, provided access is given to such remote navigation system the system network and its various systems. Typically, the flight time will be limited to under 1 hour using currently available battery technology, so there will be a need to provide provisions for recharging the batteries of such drones/UASs in the field, necessitating the presence of human field personnel to support the flight and remote data sensing and mapping missions of each such deployed drone, flying about raging wildfires, in connection with the system network of the present invention. - During each wildfire data sensing and mapping mission, carried out by such UAS, a series of MSI images and HSI images can be captured during a wildfire, and mapped to GPS-specific coordinates, and this mapped data can be transmitted back to the system network for storage, analysis and generation of GPS-specified flight plans for anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spray and misting operations to stall and suppress such wildfires, and mitigate risk of damage to property and harm to human and animal life.
- A suite of MSI and HSI remote sensing and mapping instruments and technology 14, currently being used by the US Geological Survey (USGS) Agency, can be used to collect, monitor, analyze, and provide science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems on Earth. It is an object of the present invention to exploit such instruments and technology when carrying out and practicing the various methods of the present invention disclosed herein. These MSI/HSI remote sensing technologies 14 include: MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer) satellite system for generating MODIS imagery subsets from MODIS direct readout data acquired by the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, to produce satellite fire detection data maps and the like https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/afm/activefiremaps.php; the
World View 2 Satellite System manufacture from the Ball Aerospace & Technologies and operated by DigitalGlobe, for providing commercially available panchromatic (B/W) imagery of 0.46 meter resolution, and eight-band multi-spectral imagery with 1.84 meter resolution; Octocopter UAS (e.g. OnyxStar Hyra-12 heavy lifting drone) supporting MSI and HSI camera systems for spectral imaging applications, http://www.onyxstar.net and http://www.genidrone.com; and SenseFly eBee SQ UAS for capturing and mapping high-resolution aerial multi-spectral images https://www.sensefly.com/drones/ebee-sq.html. - Any one or more of these types of remote data sensing and capture instruments, tools and technologies can be integrated into and used by the
system network 1 for the purpose of (i) determining GPS-specified flight/navigation plans for GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying and misting aircraft, and ground-based spraying vehicle systems, and (ii) practicing the various GPS-guided methods of wildfire suppression described in detail in pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/866,451, incorporated herein by reference. - Spatial intelligence captured using these remote data capture systems can be transmitted back to the automated wireless wildfire detection and
notification network 4 shown inFIGS. 10 and 11 so that each automated wildfireember detection module 4A is informed, and armed to control local anti-fire chemical misting equipment provided to the building on which the wildfireember detection module 4A is mounted. In turn, each wildfireember detection module 4A in the network illustrated inFIG. 11 is readily adapted to generate and transmit electronic control signals to activate the automatedhybrid misting system 6 to begin (i) automatically misting the lawn and surround ground cover with anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid if and as needed, and/or (ii) automatically misting anti-fire chemical liquid about all airflow entry points of the building (e.g. gables, soffits, rafters, turbines on roof etc), and all other building surfaces as may required or desired to adequately protect the building during a raging wildfire ember storm. - During such wildfire storms, it is expected that electrical power will be disrupted in the neighborhood, as will telecommunication network services, but that the automatic wildfire
ember detection module 4A will have received notifications from the surrounding network about the presence of a raging wildfire, and in response, themodule 4A will automatically command the local AF chemical liquid misting equipment to operate based on locally detected wildfire ember conditions, to dispense AF chemical liquid in a strategic manner so that misting clouds are generated when wildfire embers are flying through the air about themodule 4A, striking the building and trying to find a way into the interior space of the wood framed building, via air vents and other passageways, to ignite a fire inside the building and burn it down to the ground. - The
wildfire defense system 6 of the present invention will be programmed with artificial intelligence (AI) programs running inside the wildfire ember misting controller 6B, safely mounted within the wildfire-protected shed 50 or inside the building in a safe location. - One control strategy might involve the wildfire ember misting controller 6B working in conjunction with the automated wildfire
ember detection module 4A automatically monitor and confirm that wildfire embers 17E are flying through the air around the building (e.g. date-stamped local wildfire ember alert) before it automatically commands theliquid pump system 6F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid fromsupply tank 6E into thepipe manifold 6G and to the mistingnozzles 6H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the building as it is actually being attacked by a fierce and energetic wildfire ember storm. - Another control strategy might involve the wildfire ember misting controller 6B working in conjunction with the automated wildfire
ember detection module 4A automatically monitor and confirm that flying wildfire embers have been detected by a neighboring wildfireember detection module 4A, on a neighboring building located some predetermined distance away and occurring some time ago (e.g. date-stamped neighboring wildfire ember alert or event), before it automatically commands theliquid pump system 6F to hydraulically pump anti-fire chemical liquid fromsupply tank 6E into thepipe manifold 6G and to the mistingnozzles 6H located all about the building for generating a fog-like misting cloud, thereby providing unprecedented wildfire protection to the building before it is actually attached by a fierce and energetic wildfire ember storm moving in the direction of the building under protection. - Regardless of AI control strategy running on the wildfire ember misting controller 6B, each automated wildfire
ember detection module 4A (encased in a fire-protected housing) will support (i) real-time digital IR, thermal, and pyrometric image capture from its 360 degrees of viewing optics (i.e. 360 fields of view) supported by its image formation optics within its fire-protected housing 4A1, and (ii) real-time pixel processing of these digital (multi-spectral/color) images so as to automatically recognize the presence of fire, wildfire, and flying wild-fire ember using various image processing techniques performed inmodule 4A in a manner known in the image-processing based fire recognition arts. Upon such automated recognition of a “wildfire” or “flying wildfire ember” event, themodule 4A will automatically generate and transmit a GPS-indexed message and command to the local wildfire ember misting controller 6B, as well as to otherneighboring modules 4A active and operating on the wireless wildfire ember detection network 4 (provided it has not been disrupted by the wildfire storm) so as to assist other automated wildfireember detection modules 4A in the neighboring region, in efforts to protect their designated properties against any particular wildfire storm moving through their regions. - It is also understood that the lithium-ion battery pack and
controller 6C will have adequate charge to operate thesystem 6 for at least 24 hours without interruption, or recharging by its PVsolar panel 6D, or external power supply, as the case may be. This way thesystem 6 of the present invention will be prepared to operate under very dangerous conditions created by a wildfire storming through a specified region, and provide the required degree of protection to save the building from the wildfire. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the network architecture of thesystem network 1 implemented as a stand-alone platform deployed on the Internet. As shown, the Internet-basedsystem network 1 comprises: cellular phone and SMS messaging systems andemail servers 16 operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of theInternet 10; a network ofmobile computing systems 11 running enterprise-levelmobile application software 12, operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of theInternet 10; an array of mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying/misting, each provided with GPS-tracking and having wireless internet connectivity with the TCP/IP infrastructure of theInternet 10, using various communication technologies (e.g. GSM, BlueTooth, WIFI, and other wireless networking protocols well known in the wireless communications arts); and one or more industrial-strength data center(s) 8, preferably mirrored with each other and running Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between its router gateways, and operably connected to the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet. - As shown in
FIG. 9 , eachdata center 8 comprises: the cluster ofcommunication servers 9A for supporting http and other TCP/IP based communication protocols on the Internet (and hosting Web sites); a cluster of application servers 9B; the cluster ofRDBMS servers 9C configured within a distributed file storage and retrieval ecosystem/system, and interfaced around the TCP/IP infrastructure of the Internet well known in the art; theSMS gateway server 9D supporting integrated email and SMS messaging, handling and processing services that enable flexible messaging across the system network, supporting push notifications; and the cluster ofemail processing servers 9E. - Referring to
FIG. 9 , the cluster ofcommunication servers 9A is accessed by web-enabled mobile computing clients 11 (e.g. smart phones, wireless tablet computers, desktop computers, computer workstations, etc) used by many stakeholders accessing services supported by thesystem network 1. The cluster ofapplication servers 9A implement many core and compositional object-oriented software modules supporting thesystem network 1. Typically, the cluster ofRDBMS servers 9C use SQL to query and manage datasets residing in its distributed data storage environment, although non-relational data storage methods and technologies such as Apache's HaDoop non-relational distributed data storage system may be used as well. - As shown in
FIG. 9 , the system network architecture shows many different kinds of users supported bymobile computing devices 11 running themobile application 12 of the present invention, namely: the plurality ofmobile computing devices 11 running themobile application 12, used by fire departments and firemen to access services supported by thesystem network 1; the plurality ofmobile computing systems 11 runningmobile application 12, used by insurance underwriters and agents to access services on thesystem network 1; the plurality ofmobile computing systems 11 runningmobile application 12, used by building architects and their firms to access the services supported by thesystem network 1; the plurality of mobile client systems 11 (e.g. mobile computers such as iPad, and other Internet-enabled computing devices with graphics display capabilities, etc) used by spray-project technicians and administrators, and running a nativemobile application 12 supported by server-side modules, and various GUIs, supporting client-side and server-side processes on the system network of the present invention; and a GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF)liquid misting systems 5 for spraying buildings and ground cover to provide protection and defense against wildfires. - In general, the
system network 1 will be realized as an industrial-strength, carrier-class Internet-based network of object-oriented system design, deployed over a global data packet-switched communication network comprising numerous computing systems and networking components, as shown. As such, the information network of the present invention is often referred to herein as the “system” or “system network”. The Internet-based system network can be implemented using any object-oriented integrated development environment (IDE) such as for example: the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, or Java EE (formerly J2EE); Websphere IDE by IBM; Weblogic IDE by BEA; a non-Java IDE such as Microsoft's .NET IDE; or other suitably configured development and deployment environment well known in the art. Preferably, although not necessary, the entire system of the present invention would be designed according to object-oriented systems engineering (DOSE) methods using UML-based modeling tools such as ROSE by Rational Software, Inc. using an industry-standard Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), both well known in the art. Implementation programming languages can include C, Objective C, C, Java, PHP, Python, Google's GO, and other computer programming languages known in the art. Preferably, the system network is deployed as a three-tier server architecture with a double-firewall, and appropriate network switching and routing technologies well known in the art. In some deployments, private/public/hybrid cloud service providers, such Amazon Web Services (AWS), may be used to deploy Kubernetes, an open-source software container/cluster management/orchestration system, for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized software applications, such as the mobile enterprise-level application 12 of the present invention, described above. -
FIG. 10 shows a wildfireember detection module 4A mounted on the top of eachbuilding 300. Each wildfireember detection module 4A is configured in the wireless wildfire ember detection andnotification network 4, for (i) receiving wirefire alerts and messages from neighboringmodules 4A, (ii) sensing and processing IR thermal images for automated detection of wildfires and wildfire embers in the field of views (FOVs) of the module, (iii) sending and recording the CO2 levels in the ambient air, (iv) measuring and recording the relative humidity (%) in the ambient air, (v) measuring and recording the temperature of the ambient air, and measuring and recording other parameters relating to the ambient environment which may be helpful in automated detection of wildfires and wildfire ember storms, so the anti-fire misting systems installed on property can be timely triggered to protect the building and property when a wildfire storm rages across the property. The advantage of being part of this network is that eachmodule 4A can scout for wildfires and alert other modules in the network in terms of GPS coordinates so that the specific properties can timely prepare for any such wildfire outbreaks in the vicinity. -
FIG. 11 shows the wireless GPS-tracked wirefire ember detection andnotification network 4 employing with the wirefire ember detection andsuppression systems 4A depicted inFIGS. 9 and 10 . As shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B , each wireless GPS-tracked wildfireember detection module 4A, deployed in the wireless wirefire ember detection andnotification network 4, shown inFIGS. 10 and 11 , comprises: a fire-protective housing cover 4A1; and various sensors and signal and data processing and storage components 4A2 through 4A19, shown in schematic block diagram ofFIG. 12C . - As shown in
FIG. 12C , the sensors and signal and data processing and storage components arranged and configured about a microprocessor 4A20 and flash memory (i.e. control subsystem) 4A21 include: one or more passive infra-red (PIR) thermal-imaging sensors 4A2 connected together with suitable IR optics to project IR signal reception field of view (FOV) before the IR receiving array; multiple pyrometric sensors 4A3 for detecting the spectral radiation of burning, organic substances such as wood, natural gas, gasoline and various plastics; a GPS antenna 4A4; a GPS signal receiver 4A5; voltage regulator 4A6; an Xbee antenna 4A7; an Xbee radio transceiver 4A8; a voltage regulator 4A9; an external power connector 4A10; a charge controller 4A11; a battery 4Al2; thermistors 4A13; a power switch 4A14; a voltage regulator 4A15; external and internal temperature sensors 4A16; power and status indicator LEDs 4A17; programming ports 4A18; a digital/video camera 4A19; and other environment sensors adapted for collecting and assessing building intelligence, in accordance with the spirit of the present invention. Alternatively, thewildfire detection module 4A and wirelesswildfire intelligence network 4 can be realized using the technical disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 8,907,799, incorporated herein by reference. - In the illustrative embodiment, the wildfire
ember detection system 4A supports a computing platform, network-connectivity (i.e. IP Address), and is provided with native application software installed on the system as client application software designed to communicate over the system network and cooperate with application server software running on the application servers of the system network, thereby fully enabling the functions and services supported by the system, as described above. In the illustrative embodiment, a wireless mess network is implemented using conventional IEEE 802.15.4-based networking technologies to interconnect these wireless subsystems into subnetworks and connect these subnetworks to the internet infrastructure of the system of the present invention. - Preferably, the optical bandwidth of the IR sensing arrays 4A2 used in the thermal sensors will be adequate to perform 360 degrees thermal-activity analysis operations, and automated detection of wildfire and wildfire embers. Specifically, thermal sensing in the range of the sensor can be similar to the array sensors installed in forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, as well as those of other thermal imaging cameras, use detection of infrared radiation, typically emitted from a heat source (thermal radiation) such as fire, to create an image assembled for video output and other image processing operations to generate signals for use in early fire detection and elimination system of the present invention.
- Pixel processing algorithms known to those skilled in the art will be used to automatically process captured and buffered pixels from different color channels and automatically determine the presence of fire, wildfire and flying embers within the field of view (FOV) of the wildfire
ember detection module 4A. Reference can be made to “Automatic Fire Pixel Detection Using Image Processing: A Comparative Analysis of Rule-based and Machine Learning Methods” by Tom Loulouse et al, 2015, University of Corsica, France; and “Fast Detection of Deflagrations Using Image Processing” by Thomas Schroeder et al, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany, 2014. - The pyroelectric detectors 4A3 detect the typical spectral radiation of burning, organic substances such as wood, natural gas, gasoline and various plastics. To distinguish a flame from the sun or other intense light source such as light emissions from arc welding, and thus exclude a false alarm, the following independent criteria are considered: a typical flame has a flicker frequency of (1 . . . 5) Hz; a hydrocarbon flame produces the combustion gases carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2); and in addition, burning produces water which can also be detected in the infrared range. Each pyroelectric detector 4A3 is an infrared sensitive optoelectronic component specifically used for detecting electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range from (2 to 14) μm. A receiver chip of a pyroelectric infrared detector consists of single-crystalline lithium tantalite. On the upper electrode of the crystal, an absorbing layer (black layer) is applied. When this layer interacts with infrared radiation, the pyroelectric layer heats up and surface charge arises. If the radiation is switched off, a charge of the opposite polarity originates. However, the charge is very low. Before the finite internal resistance of the crystal can equalize the charges, extremely low-noise and low leakage current field-effect transistors (JFET) or operational amplifier (Pomp) convert the charges into a signal voltage.
- In general, most streams of digital intelligence captured by the
wireless network 4 will be time and data stamped, as well as GPS-indexed by a local GPS receiver within the sensing module, so that the time and source of origin of each data package is recorded within the system database. The GPS referencing system supporting the system transmits GPS signals from satellites to the Earth's surface, and local GPS receivers located on each networked device or machine on the system network receive the GPS signals and compute locally GPS coordinates indicating the location of the networked device within the GPS referencing system. - When practicing the wireless network of the present invention, any low power wireless networking protocol of sufficient bandwidth can be used. In one illustrative embodiment, a Zigbee® wireless network would be deployed inside the wood-framed or mass timber building under construction, so as to build a wireless internetwork of a set of wireless PIR thermal-imaging fire outbreak detection systems deployed as a wireless subnetwork deployed within the building under construction. While Zigbee® technology, using the IEEE 802.15.1 standard, is illustrated in this schematic drawing, it is understood that any variety of wireless networking protocols including Zigbee®, WIFI and other wireless protocols can be used to practice various aspects of the present invention. Notably, Zigbee® offers low-power, redundancy and low cost which will be preferred in many, but certainly not all applications of the present invention. In connection therewith, it is understood that those skilled in the art will know how to make use of various conventional networking technologies to interconnect the various wireless subsystems and systems of the present invention, with the internet infrastructure employed by the system of the present invention.
- As disclosed in Applicant's prior US Patent Applications, when treating combustible organic materials so they will not burn in the presence of a wildfire, it will be helpful in many instances to spray clean anti-fire chemical liquid over the target surfaces so that the droplets are relatively large and an adequate coating of anti-fire chemical dries over the treated surface. This way, when the chemically treated organic material is exposed to fire, the treated surface has adequate chemicals to break the free-radical chain reactions of the fire and thereby quickly suppress and/or extinguish the fire.
- However, during wildfire storms, producing burning wildfire embers flying through dried heated air, driven by strong prevailing winds, it has been discovered that clean aqueous-based anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid, such as Hartindo AF31 clean anti-fire liquid, will perform as a more effective fire suppressant if provided to the burning fire in the form of a mist cloud, so that it can work on a wildfire and its embers, as described in the wildfire ember suppression process described in
FIG. 15 . - While most mist producing apparatus disclosed herein operates on the principle of transmitting an anti-fire chemical liquid through a misting nozzle under low, medium or high hydraulic pressure, it is understood that when spraying anti-fire chemical liquids over the surfaces of organic material during fire-protection treating operations, then spray-type nozzles will be often used as provided on the
mobile spraying apparatus 5 shown inFIGS. 21A and 21B . Using spray-type nozzles, it is possible to quickly deposit and form sufficient coatings of anti-fire chemical material on the treated surfaces, because spray-type nozzles produce liquid drops substantially larger in size than microscopic droplets formed by misting nozzles during misting operations, illustrated inFIGS. 15 through 19B . -
FIGS. 13A and 13B shows automated hybrid clean wildfire inhibitor misting system of thepresent invention 6, providing both an anti-fire chemical misting system for suppressing wildfire embers impacting a building as shown inFIG. 13A and a lawn and ground anti-fire chemical liquid misting system impacting the law and ground around the building as shown inFIG. 13A , both automatically controlled by an automated wildfire ember detection and notification network shown inFIGS. 10 through 12C . All of these system components are integrated into the system network shown inFIG. 9 . -
FIG. 14 shows apiping manifold 6G, a network of piping, and a set of mistingnozzles 6H used to supply and produce anti-fire chemical misting droplets from the automated hybrid cleanwildfire misting system 6 shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B . - As shown in
FIG. 13A , automated multi-mode hybrid clean wildfireinhibitor misting system 6 comprises: an dual-mode anti-fire lawn andground misting system 6A shown inFIG. 13B for either misting water from a main water supply, or misting environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid (e.g. AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical) over lawns (e.g. dried out grass) and ground surfaces covered with organic material; a wildfire ember misting controller 6B (e.g. programmable microcontroller supported by a memory architecture) for controlling the various modes of the system 6; lithium battery pack and controller 6C for supplying electrical power to the electronic components in the system 6 including the DC or AC electric motor of hydraulic (e.g. diaphragm-type) liquid pumping system 6F; a photovoltaic solar cell panel 6D for recharging the lithium-ion battery back 6C while collecting sunlight with the PV solar panel 6D as solar conditions allow; a supply tank containing an adequate supply (e.g. 100 gallons) of a liquid anti-fire chemical liquid realizable using AF21 anti-fire chemical liquid from Hartindo Chemical; a liquid spray misting pump system 6F (e.g. self-priming DC or AC electrical-motor powered diaphragm liquid pump) for hydraulically pumping the anti-fire chemical liquid 6E from its supply tank (e.g. 50-100 gallons) to a plurality of misting nozzles 6H mounted all around a building being protected, and connected through adequate heat-resistant piping (e.g. ⅛″, ¼″ or ½″ metal tubing, or high-heat resistant plastic tubing such as PET) extending over relatively short distances under adequate hydraulic pressure, to support sufficient flow rates of anti-fire chemical liquid during a wildfire ember storm, determined in a manner well known in the fluid hydraulic arts; a piping manifold 6G and piping network including a set of misting nozzles 6H as shown inFIGS. 14 through 19B for producing clean anti-fire (AF) chemical mist according to the method described inFIG. 15 ; a GPRS/GSM transceiver 6I with suitable antennas 6J, connected to the controller 6B, and adapted for transmitting and receiving digital data packets using GPRS and GSM communication protocols, over the system network 1 shown inFIG. 9 , to support a suite of digital communication services and protocols specified herein; a suite of communication services and protocols 6L (e.g. email, SMS alert, PUSH protocol, XML, PDMS, and CALL alert) supported by GSM, for sending and receiving messages; and at least one electronic wirefire ember detection module 4A, with 360 degrees of sensing and associated field of views (FOVs), and in wireless communication with the wireless wildfire ember detection and notification network 4 of the present invention shown inFIGS. 1 -, 11, 12A, 12B, and 12C. - As shown in
FIG. 13B , thelawn misting system 6A comprises: awater supply 6Q connected to a network ofunderground piping 6R; misting-type sprinklers 6O (e.g. misting nozzles) connected to theunderground piping 6R; misting-type rotors 6P connected to the piping 6R;valves 6N connected to theunderground piping 6R, thelocal water supply 6Q, and theliquid pumping system 6F, which is operably connected to the supply of cleanwildfire inhibitor liquid 6E using piping; and a timer/controller 6M connected to thecontrollable valves 6N, and controlled by the wildfire ember misting controller 6B, which is managed by the automated wildfire ember detection andnotification network 4, shown inFIG. 13A . - The dual-mode
lawn misting system 6A shown inFIG. 6B has two modes of operation. During its first mode of operation, when no wildfire storm is detected, thelawn misting system 6A automatically mists the lawn with water supplied from thelocal water supply 6Q. During its second mode, when a wildfire storm is detected, thelaw misting system 6A automatically mists the lawn with an environmentally anti-fire (AF) liquid 6E supplied from a local supply of anti-fire (AF) liquid pumped from apumping system 6F. - In the preferred embodiment the hybrid
wildfire misting system 6 also has at least two modes operation: (i) a manual mode where a building/home owner or manager can manually activate and operate the anti-fire chemicalliquid misting system 6 to protect either thebuilding 17 and/or the lawn and ground surfaces around thebuilding 17, as desired or required, based on intelligence in the possession of the human operator or manager; and (ii) an automated mode where the wildfire ember misting controller 6B, in cooperation with the local electronic wildfire andember detection module 4A and associated wirelesswildfire detection network 4, shown inFIGS. 10, 11, 12A, 12B and 12C , automatically activate and operate the anti-fire chemicalliquid misting system 6 to protect both thebuilding 17 and/or the lawn and ground surfaces around thebuilding 17, as required, based on intelligence automatically collected by the wireless wildfire detection andnotification network 4. - Preferably,
modules FIG. 13A will be mounted and safely protected in the wildfire-protected shed orcloset structure 50, disclosed in great technical detail in Applicant's copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/925,796, incorporated herein by reference. In the manual mode, a touch-screen or touch-type control panel associated with the controller 6B is used by the operator to simply operate thesystem 6 in its manual mode, or automatically arm thesystem 6 to operate in its automated, artificial intelligence (AI) mode of operation. - The
system 6 will be remotely controllable by the building manger/home-owner using amobile computing system 11 running themobile application 12, as shown and described inFIGS. 22A and 22B . Suitable graphical user interfaces (GUIs) will be supported on themobile application 12 to enable the user to monitor and control thesystem 6 locally, or from a remote location, in real-time, provided the wireless communication infrastructure is not disrupted by a wildfire. In the case of active wildfires, the wildfire detection andnotification network 4 should be accessible by a remote user provided with themobile application 12. As thesystem 4 will continuously collect, record and monitor intelligence about specific regions of land and any wildfires detected in such regions, and advise any specific home/building owner of the status of any specific building before, during and after a wildfire. - The
system 6 will include and supported automated mechanisms for remotely monitoring and reporting the amount ofanti-fire chemical liquid 6E available and remaining for use in supporting anti-fire misting operations, as illustrated inFIG. 15 , during an automatically detected wildfire ember storm. Preferably, adequate reserves ofanti-fire chemical liquid 6E will be stored on each property before any given wildfire strike, to support several hours of wildfire ember suppression misting operations, which is typically expected during a wildfire storm before passes through and consumes the organic material that is desperately seeks to fuel its combustion process. - To provide adequate protection against flying wildfire embers combusting in a low humidity environment, the misting nozzles 64 will be mounted about the
building 17 so as to provide adequate coverage over all air-inlet vents provided on the specific building being equipment with the wildfire misting system of the present invention, as well as on wood and other organic surfaces that might be vulnerable to hot wildfire embers during a wildfire ember storm, as illustrated inFIG. 6B . The misting or fog patterns of each mistingnozzle 6H being used in the mistingsystem 6 will be considered and exploited to provide the adequate misting protection required by the wildfire protection application at hand. Computer software tools may be developed and distributed to installers to assist in the design and installation of a hybrid wildfire misting system in accordance with the principles of the present invention. - In the illustrative embodiment, the clean anti-fire (AF) liquid to be used for wildfire ember misting operations is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html. It is expected that service-oriented businesses will support the rapid design, installation and installation of the automated wildfire detection and misting suppression systems of the present invention, as well as the supplying and replenishing of clean anti-fire chemical liquid on each GPS—indexed property. It is expected that this can occur with the efficiency currently provided by conventional liquid propane supply companies around the country. Because of the reduced risk of loss of wood-framed or other buildings to wildfire, which the systems and method of the present invention will provide, while advancing the best practices for home and building property protection against wildfires, it is expected that fire insurance companies will embrace the best practices represented by the present invention, for reason of the great benefits such inventions will provide, predicted by Benjamin Franklin's time-honored principle of fire protection: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
- When encountering the cloud of anti-fire liquid droplets, combustible wildfire embers will be suppressed or readily extinguished. The chemical molecules in the droplets formed with Hartindo AF31 liquid will interfere with the free radicals (H+, OH—, O) involved in the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of a fire, or wildfire embers, breaking these free-radical chemical reactions and extinguishing the fire's flames. Also, the droplets will vaporize when absorbing the radiant heat energy of the hot wildfire ember(s), rapidly expanding into a vapor, cooling down the embers, and displaying oxygen, causing the combustion phase of the embers to be suppressed if not extinguished, as illustrated in
FIG. 15 . -
FIG. 15 describes a method of suppressing combusting wildfire embers using a hydraulic misting nozzle supplied with a pressurized supply of anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so as to produce a cloud of microscopic droplets for suppressing flying wildfire embers, as described above. - As described in
FIG. 15 , the method comprises the steps of: (a) hydraulically pressurizing a supply ofanti-fire chemical liquid 6E (e.g. AF31 anti-fire liquid from Hartindo Chemical) through the orifice or opening of a low, medium or highpressure misting nozzle 6H as shown, for example inFIGS. 16 through 19 , thereby forming a cloud of fine fog-like mist comprising billions of microscopic droplets generated each second, for real-time fire suppression in the vicinity of the cloud; (b) when the anti-fire chemical liquid droplets approach and encounter a burning wildfire ember, the anti-fire chemical liquid droplets flash evaporating, changing from a liquid to a gas state, causing the fire (i.e. combustion phase) of the burning embers to flash cool, and displacing oxygen around the burning ember as the vapor rapidly expands near the burning ember; and (c) the anti-fire (AF) chemical vapor breaking (i.e. inhibiting) the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of each burning wildfire ember entering the cloud during a wildfire storm. - This method of wildfire ember suppression has the advantage of attacking flying wildfire embers in three different ways: (i) lowering the temperature of the burning ember; (ii) displacing O2 from the burning ember required during combustion; and (iii) breaking the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of each burning wildfire ember. This method ensures that embers during a wildfire storm are effectively extinguished within the cloud of microscopic anti-fire (AF) liquid droplets supported outside the air vents provided in the
building 17, and those embers that may pass through this cloud of mist, will be filtered out by the ember filter blocks 17D mounted in each rafter bridge beam 17B shown inFIGS. 8 and 8A . - Many different types of misting
nozzles 6H can be used in the system and method of suppressing wildfire embers according to the principles of the present invention. InFIGS. 16A through 19B , several exemplary misting nozzle designs are shown and described. While these misting nozzles are implemented typically using stainless steel because this is a durable and rugged material capable of handling high pressured with corrosive effects, alternatively, these misting nozzle designs can be realized using plastic material as well, in a manner well known in the art. -
FIG. 16A shows an UltraMist® misting nozzle 6H1 commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 . As shown, the nozzle comprises: a stainless steel tip with a brass adapter body and 100 mess strainer for producing a very fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets under 60 microns over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.37 gallons per hour at 40 PSI to 16.4 gallons per hour at 1200 PSI, supplied using ⅛″ and ¼″ pipe sizes.FIG. 16B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 16A . -
FIG. 17A shows a fine atomization misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 , comprising a stainless body producing a laminar jet that impinges on a target pin generating a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets under 60 microns over a cone shaped pattern, medium angle at flow rates between 0.034 gallons per hour at 10 PSI to 0.034 gallons per hour at 1200 PSI, supplied using ⅛″ and ¼″ males pipe sizes.FIG. 17B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 17A . -
FIG. 18 shows a low flow misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc. that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel tip with small spiral nozzles orifice diameters of 0.04″ to 0.12″ for producing a fine fog-like mist consisting of droplets over a hollow cone, medium angle at flow rates between 0.14 gallons per minute at 10 PSI to 3.84 gallons per minute at 100 PSI, supplied using ⅛″ male pipe sizes.FIG. 18B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 18A . -
FIG. 19A shows a MicroWhirl® fine atomization misting nozzle commercially available from Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc., described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,198,201, incorporated herein by reference, that can be used to practice the method of wildfire ember suppression illustrated inFIG. 15 , comprising a stainless steel for producing a very fine mist at low pressure or fog-like mist at high pressure, medium angle at flow rates between 0.009 gallons per minute at 100 PSI to 0.380 gallons per minute at 3000 PSI, supplied using ⅛″ and ¼″ male pipe sizes.FIG. 19B illustrates an exemplary misting pattern produced from the nozzle specified inFIG. 19A . -
FIG. 20 is a schematic illustration of the wood-framed building shown inFIG. 10 , about which is installed the hybrid clean wildfireinhibitor misting system 6 shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B , controlled by the automated wildfire ember detection andsuppression system 4.FIG. 20A shows awood deck system 17A associated with the rear portion of the wood-framedbuilding 17 being protected by the automated wildfire ember detection and suppression system of the present invention. -
FIG. 21A shows the mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF)liquid misting system 5 supported on a set of wheels, with anintegrated supply tank 20B and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump 20C, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for misting the same with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid in accordance with the principles of the present invention. -
FIG. 21B shows the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid misting system shown inFIG. 21A , comprising a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire (AF) liquid spray control subsystem interfaced with a micro-computing platform for monitoring the misting of anti-fire chemical liquid from the system when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and automatically logging and recording such clean AF misting application operations within the network database system 9C1. -
FIG. 21A shows mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF)liquid misting system 5 supported on a set of wheels 20A, having an integratedsupply tank 20B and rechargeable-battery operated electric spray pump 20C, for deployment at private and public properties having building structures, for spraying the same with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid using aspray nozzle assembly 20D connected to the spray pump 20C by way of a flexible 20E. -
FIG. 21B shows the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fire liquid spraying/mistingsystem 5 ofFIG. 6A as comprising a number of subcomponents, namely: a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquidspray control subsystem 20F; a micro-computing platform orsubsystem 20G interfaced with the GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquidspray control subsystem 20F by way of asystem bus 201; and awireless communication subsystem 20H interfaced to themicro-computing platform 20G via thesystem bus 201. As configured, the GPS-tracked mobile anti-fireliquid misting system 20 enables and supports (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid from thesystem 5 when located at specific GPS-indexed location coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a local database maintained within themicro-computing platform 20G, as well as in the remote network database 9C1 maintained at thedata center 8 of thesystem network 1. - As shown in
FIG. 21B , themicro-computing platform 20G comprises: data storage memory 20G1; flash memory (firmware storage) 20G2; a programmable microprocessor 20G3; a general purpose I/O (GPIO) interface 20G4; a GPS transceiver circuit/chip with matched antenna structure 20G5; and the system bus 20I which interfaces these components together and provides the necessary addressing, data and control signal pathways supported within thesystem 5. - As shown in
FIG. 21B , thewireless communication subsystem 20H comprises: an RF-GSM modem transceiver 20H1; a T/X amplifier 20H2 interfaced with the RF-GSM modem transceiver 20H1; and a WIFI and Bluetooth wireless interfaces 20H3. - As shown in
FIG. 13 , the GPS-tracked and remotely-controllable anti-fire (AF) chemical liquidspray control subsystem 20F comprises: anti-fire chemical liquid supply sensor(s) 20F1 installed in or on the anti-fire chemicalliquid supply tank 20B to produce an electrical signal indicative of the volume or percentage of the AF liquid supply tank containing anti-fire chemical liquid at any instant in time, and providing such signals to the AF liquid misting system control interface 20F4; a power supply and controls 20F2 interfaced with the liquid pump spray subsystem 20C, and also the AF liquid misting system control interface 20F4; manually-operated spray pump controls interface 20F3, interfaced with the AF liquid misting system control interface 20F4; and the AF liquid misting system control interface 20F4 interfaced with themicro-computing subsystem 20G, via thesystem bus 201. The flash memory storage 20G2 contains microcode that represents a control program that runs on the microprocessor 20G3 and realizes the various GPS-specified anti-fire chemical liquid spray control, monitoring, data logging and management functions supported by thesystem 5. - In the preferred embodiment, the environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN. BHD of Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, http://newstarchemicals.com/products.html. When so treated, combustible products will prevent flames from spreading, and confine fire to the ignition source which can be readily extinguished, or go out by itself. In the presence of a flame, the chemical molecules in both dry and wet coatings, formed with Hartindo AF31 liquid, interferes with the free radicals (H+, OH—, O) involved in the free-radical chemical reactions within the combustion phase of a fire, and breaks these free-radical chemical reactions and extinguishes the fire's flames.
- To prevent a burned-out/dried-out lawn from combusting during an approaching wildfire, the mobile
liquid spraying system 5 described above can be filled with the environmentally clean anti-fire (AF) liquid 6E (i.e. AF21 AF liquid from Hartindo Chemical) and used to spray clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid over the dried out lawn. In the preferred embodiment, the environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid is preferably Hartindo AF31 Total Fire Inhibitor, developed by Hartindo Chemicatama Industri of Jakarta, Indonesia, and commercially-available from Newstar Chemicals (M) SDN. - Alternatively, a bio-degradable, environmentally-clean (i.e. non-toxic) green-colored “grass paint” concentrate (e.g. commercially available as EnviroColor (TM) grass paint from EnviroColor of Cumming, Ga.) can be used to make an anti-fire (AF) green spray paint by adding 7 gallons of Hartindo AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid to 1 gallon of green-colored non-toxic biodegradable lawn paint concentrate, to produce a green-colored liquid formulation that can then be sprayed on the a dried-out lawn using the portable
liquid spraying system 5 or like system. This clean anti-fire chemical lawn spray treatment should provide a significant defense against wildfires (i.e. a chemical wildfire break) by providing the dried grass with chemicals that break the free-radical chemical reactions in the combustion phase of a burning wildfire. The clean green paint spray coating may need to be reapplied every 4-8 weeks depending on the weather and moisture conditions. Different mixing ratios of Hartindo AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid to EnviroColor™ green paint concentrate (other than 7/1) may be used to provide dried out grass, with a stronger or weaker defense to wildfires and flying wildfire embers, without significantly compromising color while reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings. - Similarly, Hartindo AF31 anti-fire chemical liquid can be mixed with EnviroColor brown mulch paint using similarly mixing ratios (e.g. 7/1) to provide mulch paint coverings that provide dried out grass with a stronger or weaker defense to wildfires and flying wildfire embers, and thereby reducing the risks of wildfires to neighboring homes and buildings.
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FIG. 22A shows an exemplary mobile computing device deployed on the system network of the present invention, supporting (i) the mobile anti-fire spray management application of the present invention deployed as a component of the system network of the present invention as shown inFIG. 9 , as well as (ii) conventional wildfire alert and notification systems as shown inFIGS. 10 through 12C .FIG. 22B shows a system diagram for an exemplary mobileclient computer system 11 deployed on thesystem network 1 of the present invention. -
FIG. 22B shows the system architecture of an exemplary mobileclient computing system 11 that is deployed on thesystem network 1 and supporting the many services offered bysystem network servers mobile smartphone device 11 can include amemory interface 202, one or more data processors, image processors and/orcentral processing units 204, and aperipherals interface 206. Thememory interface 202, the one ormore processors 204 and/or the peripherals interface 206 can be separate components or can be integrated in one or more integrated circuits. The various components in the mobile device can be coupled by one or more communication buses or signal lines. Sensors, devices, and subsystems can be coupled to the peripherals interface 206 to facilitate multiple functionalities. For example, amotion sensor 210, alight sensor 212, and aproximity sensor 214 can be coupled to the peripherals interface 206 to facilitate the orientation, lighting, and proximity functions.Other sensors 216 can also be connected to theperipherals interface 206, such as a positioning system (e.g. GPS receiver), a temperature sensor, a biometric sensor, a gyroscope, or other sensing device, to facilitate related functionalities. Acamera subsystem 220 and anoptical sensor 222, e.g. a charged coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) optical sensor, can be utilized to facilitate camera functions, such as recording photographs and video clips. Communication functions can be facilitated through one or morewireless communication subsystems 224, which can include radio frequency receivers and transmitters and/or optical (e.g. infrared) receivers and transmitters. The specific design and implementation of thecommunication subsystem 224 can depend on the communication network(s) over which the mobile device is intended to operate. For example, themobile device 11 may includecommunication subsystems 224 designed to operate over a GSM network, a GPRS network, an EDGE network, a Wi-Fi or WiMax network, and a Bluetooth™ network. In particular, thewireless communication subsystems 224 may include hosting protocols such that thedevice 11 may be configured as a base station for other wireless devices. An audio subsystem 226 can be coupled to aspeaker 228 and amicrophone 230 to facilitate voice-enabled functions, such as voice recognition, voice replication, digital recording, and telephony functions. The I/O subsystem 240 can include atouch screen controller 242 and/or other input controller(s) 244. The touch-screen controller 242 can be coupled to atouch screen 246. Thetouch screen 246 andtouch screen controller 242 can, for example, detect contact and movement or break thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensitivity technologies, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with thetouch screen 246. The other input controller(s) 244 can be coupled to other input/control devices 248, such as one or more buttons, rocker switches, thumb-wheel, infrared port, USB port, and/or a pointer device such as a stylus. The one or more buttons (not shown) can include an up/down button for volume control of thespeaker 228 and/or themicrophone 230. Such buttons and controls can be implemented as a hardware objects, or touch-screen graphical interface objects, touched and controlled by the system user. Additional features ofmobile smartphone device 11 can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 8,631,358 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. - In one illustrative embodiment, the enterprise-level system network is realized as a robust suite of hosted services delivered to Web-based
client subsystems 1 using an application service provider (ASP) model. In this embodiment, the Web-enabledmobile application 12 can be realized using a web-browser application running on the operating system (OS) (e.g. Linux, Application IOS, etc) of amobile computing device 11 to support online modes of system operation, only. However, it is understood that some or all of the services provided by thesystem network 1 can be accessed using Java clients, or a native client application, running on the operating system of a client computing device, to support both online and limited off-line modes of system operation. In such embodiments, the nativemobile application 12 would have access to local memory (e.g. a local RDBMS) on theclient device 11, accessible during off-line modes of operation to enable consumers to use certain or many of the system functions supported by the system network during off-line/off-network modes of operation. It is also possible to store in the local RDBMS of themobile computing device 11 most if not all relevant data collected by the mobile application for any particular fire-protection spray project, and to automatically synchronize the dataset for user's projects against the master datasets maintained in the system network database 9C1, within thedata center 8 shown inFIG. 4 . This way, when using an native application, during off-line modes of operation, the user will be able to access and review relevant information regarding any building spray project, and make necessary decisions, even while off-line (i.e. not having access to the system network). - As shown and described herein, the
system network 1 has been designed for several different kinds of user roles including, for example, but not limited to: (i) public and private property owners, residents, fire departments, local, county, state and federal officials; and (ii) wildfire suppression administrators, contractors, technicians et al registered on the system network. Depending on which role, for which the user requests registration, the system network will request different sets of registration information, including name of user, address, contact information, etc. In the case of a web-based responsive application on themobile computing device 11, once a user has successfully registered with the system network, the system network will automatically serve a native client GUI, or an HTML5 GUI, adapted for the registered user. Thereafter, when the user logs into the system network, using his/her account name and password, the system network will automatically generate and serve GUI screens described below for the role that the user has been registered with the system network. - In the illustrative embodiment, the client-side of the
system network 1 can be realized as mobile web-browser application, or as a native application, each having a “responsive-design” and adapted to run on any client computing device (e.g. iPhone, iPad, Android or other Web-enabled computing device) 11 and designed for use by anyone interested in managing, monitoring and working to defend against the threat of wildfires. - The illustrative embodiments disclose the use of clean anti-fire chemicals from Hartindo Chemicatama Industri, particular Hartindo AAF31, for clinging to the surfaces of wood, lumber, and timber, and other combustible matter, wherever wildfires may travel. However, it is understood that alternative clean anti-fire chemical liquids may be used to practice the various wildfire suppression methods according to the principles of the present invention.
- While the shed structure shown herein was of a general trapezoidal geometry, it is understood that the size and dimensions of the shed structure can be virtually any size that may fit on ones yard, and transported using conventional means and/or carriers.
- These and other variations and modifications will come to mind in view of the present invention disclosure.
- While several modifications to the illustrative embodiments have been described above, it is understood that various other modifications to the illustrative embodiment of the present invention will readily occur to persons with ordinary skill in the art. All such modifications and variations are deemed to be within the scope and spirit of the present invention as defined by the accompanying Claims to Invention.
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