Fire Hose Deployment Device
A fire hose deployment device for a firefighting robotic vehicle comprises a wagon body having a bottom and two generally vertical sides, a front tongue coupled to the wagon body and hitched to a rear hitch of the robotic vehicle. The wagon body has left and right wheels coupled to the wagon near the rear of the wagon body, and the wagon body carries a fire hose with a first end coupled to a nozzle on the robotic vehicle and a second end coupled to a fluid source.
1 . A fire hose deployment device for a firefighting robotic vehicle comprising:
a wagon body having a bottom and two generally vertical sides;
a front tongue coupled to the wagon body and hitched to a rear hitch of the robotic vehicle;
left and right wheels coupled to the wagon near the rear of the wagon body; and
the wagon body carrying a fire hose with a first end coupled to a nozzle on the robotic vehicle and a second end coupled to a fluid source.
2 . The hose deployment device of claim 1 wherein the wagon body comprises open front and back ends.
3 . The hose deployment device of claim 1 wherein the wagon body comprises a lid covering the top of the wagon body.
4 . A fire hose deployment wagon comprising:
a body;
a front tongue hitched to a rear hitch of a firefighting robotic vehicle;
left and right wheels coupled to the body near the rear of the body;
the body accommodating a fire hose arranged orderly therein having a first end coupled to a master stream nozzle coupled to the firefighting robotic vehicle and a second end coupled to a fluid source.
5 . The fire hose deployment wagon of claim 4 , wherein the body further comprises left and right generally vertical sides.
6 . A remote firefighting device, comprising:
a remotely-controllable robotic vehicle comprising:
a master stream nozzle;
a rear hitch;
a wagon comprising:
a body;
a front tongue coupled to the body and hitched to the rear hitch of the robotic vehicle;
left and right wheels coupled to the body near the rear of the body;
the body accommodating a fire hose arranged orderly therein having a first end coupled to the master stream nozzle of the robotic vehicle and a second end coupled to a fluid source.
7 . The remote firefighting device of claim 6 , wherein the body further comprises left and right generally vertical sides, and open front and back ends.
8 . The remote firefighting device of claim 6 , wherein the body further comprises a lid covering the top of the body.