IP Library Granted Patent US 11,794,044
Granted Patent B2
US 11,794,044 · App. 17/497,955 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Method of proactively forming and maintaining GPS-tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical firebreaks and fire protection zones that inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire

Inventor: Stephen Conboy (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee: MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC
A62C3/00A62C3/0214A62C3/0228A62C3/0271A62C31/005G06Q10/06311H04W4/12
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Patent No.
US 11,794,044
App. No.
17/497,955
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based firebreaks and fire protection zones on, over and/or about property surfaces that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire. The method involves wirelessly connecting a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system to a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system is used to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so to form an environmentally-clean chemical firebreak over the GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of the environmentally-clean chemical firebreak or fire protection zone. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A mobile computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, relating to the formation of the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak or fire protection zone, so as to verify that the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak was formed at the GPS-specified property surfaces on the particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

Claims (24)

1. A method of forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based firebreaks on ground surfaces that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) wirelessly connecting a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system to a wireless communication network supporting a network database;

(b) using said GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces with an environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so to form a GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak over said GPS-specified ground surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of said environmentally-clean chemical firebreak;

(b) transmitting said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records over said wireless communication network for storage in said network database; and

(c) using a computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, relating to the formation of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak, so as to verify that said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak was formed at said GPS-specified ground surfaces on said particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (c) comprises generating and displaying a map of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak on said mobile computing system, for review and analysis.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein step (c) further comprises generating a historical weather record for said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak since the time said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak was formed.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein if the weather reflects rainfall in excess of a predetermined threshold, then generate a notification to reapply said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid to said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak, and update the maintenance record in said network database.

5. The method of claim 1 , which further comprises:

(d) prior to or during the outbreak of a wild fire about said GPS-specified parcel of property, a fire department officer using a mobile computing system to access said network database over said wireless communication network, and review said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records maintained therein, so as to quickly determine the fire-protection status of said GPS-specified parcel of property and any buildings constructed thereon, and confirm whether or not that said GPS-specified parcel of property has a reduced risk of ignition and flame spread when exposed to the presence of said wild fire.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) comprises deploying said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray having a clinging agent which, when dried on the sprayed surface of property, enables its chemical molecules to cling to the surface of combustible materials, including vegetation, so that interferes with the combustion phase of an incident wild fire.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (c) comprises using a mobile computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, relating to the formation of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak, so as to verify that said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak was formed at said GPS-specified ground surfaces on said particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

8. A method of forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based fire protection zone on property surfaces that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) wirelessly connecting a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system to a wireless communication network supporting a network database;

(b) using said GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system to spray particular GPS-specified property surfaces with an environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid so to form a GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone about and over said GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of said environmentally-clean chemical protection zone;

(b) transmitting said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records over said wireless communication network for storage in said network database; and

(c) using a computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, relating to the formation of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical protection zone, so as to verify that said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone was formed at said GPS-specified property surfaces on said particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein step (c) comprises generating and displaying a map of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone on said mobile computing system, for review and analysis.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein step (c) further comprises generating a historical weather record for said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone since the time said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical firebreak was formed.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein if the weather reflects rainfall in excess of a predetermined threshold, then generate a notification to reapply said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid to said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone, and update the maintenance record in said network database.

12. The method of claim 8 , which further comprises:

(d) prior to or during the outbreak of a wild fire about said GPS-specified parcel of property, a fire department officer using a mobile computing system to access said network database over said wireless communication network, and review said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records maintained therein, so as to quickly determine the fire-protection status of said GPS-specified parcel of property and any buildings constructed thereon, and confirm whether or not that said GPS-specified parcel of property has a reduced risk of ignition and flame spread when exposed to the presence of said wild fire.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein step (a) comprises deploying said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray having a clinging agent which, when dried on the sprayed surface of property, enables its chemical molecules to cling to the surface of combustible materials, including vegetation, so that interferes with the combustion phase of an incident wild fire.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein step (c) comprises using a mobile computing system to access said GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from said network database, relating to the formation of said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone, so as to verify that said GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zone was formed at said GPS-specified ground surfaces on said particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2023
From: M-FIRE HOLDINGS LLC
To: MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC
Reel/Frame 065842/0512 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2022
From: M-FIRE HOLDINGS LLC
To: MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC
Reel/Frame 061462/0649 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: M-FIRE HOLDINGS LLC
To: MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC
Reel/Frame 059825/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2021
From: CONBOY, STEPHEN
To: M-FIRE SUPPRESSION, INC.
Reel/Frame 058365/0674 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2021
From: M-FIRE SUPPRESSION, INC.
To: M-FIRE HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 058365/0683 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16805811 · Mar 1, 2020
Continuation 15866451 · Jan 9, 2018
Continuation In Part 15829914 · Dec 2, 2017
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