External Fire Management System with Three Suppression Mediums
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack effective mechanisms for integrating and controlling external and internal fire management systems during wildfires, leading to inefficiencies in wildfire mitigation, management, and suppression.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising an external fire management system (EFMS) with three fire suppression medium sub-systems, a graphic user interface (GUI) device, and a control system that performs an operation control command plan, including auto-activation notices and lockout plans, to manage and coordinate fire suppression efforts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate agencies manage wildfire response independently, then each agency can maintain its own operational procedures and resources, but integration and coordination between agencies deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple agency fire management systems into a single integrated external fire management system that coordinates water supply, foam application, and retardant deployment across different jurisdictions and resource types, resolving the contradiction by unified control while maintaining agency-specific capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal fire management platform that handles multiple functions (water management, foam systems, retardant application, coordination) and multiple agency types through a common interface and control architecture, allowing independent agencies to operate within a unified framework
2Ease of operation
If fire management systems operate without automated coordination, then manual control allows flexible decision-making, but response time and operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures fire management plans, resource allocation strategies, and coordination protocols before wildfires occur, allowing automated execution during emergencies while maintaining the ability for manual adjustment, thus achieving both efficiency and flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The fire management system dynamically adjusts between automated and manual control modes based on situation complexity, resource availability, and decision-criticality, enabling flexible decision-making for strategic decisions while maintaining automated coordination for routine operational efficiency
3Device complexity
If fire suppression systems lack predictive capabilities, then simple control logic reduces system complexity, but adaptability to changing fire conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback loops that monitor fire behavior, weather conditions, and resource status, using this data to dynamically adjust suppression strategies and predict fire progression, achieving adaptability while managing complexity through structured feedback mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The fire management system automatically monitors its own operational status, resource levels, and coordination effectiveness, making self-adjustments within predefined parameters without requiring constant external input, thus improving adaptability while minimizing the complexity of external control
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided networks, systems and displays for providing derived data and predictive information for use in emergencies; and in particular for use in wildfire emergencies for a EFMS having three fire suppression medium sub-systems. More particularly, there is provided systems, equipment and networks having a control system having an operation control command plan for performing an operation plan. in embodiments the operation plan can be a hydration plan, a lockout plan, a low line pressure plan, an adjacent structure based plan, an auto-activation notice with default activation plan for use with EFMS having three fire suppression medium sub-systems. In embodiments there is provided a fire retardant fire suppression medium sub-system. In embodiments there is provided three fire suppression medium sub-systems including a foam fire suppression medium sub-system, a water fire suppression medium sub-system and a fire retardant fire suppression medium sub-system. In an embodiment there is provided a parcel by parcel control and optimization of the EFMS having three fire suppression medium sub-systems for a particular area.