Fire fighter trainer having personal tracking and constructive injury determination and methods of training
First Claim
1. A fire fighter trainer comprising:
- a burner assembly for providing fire, said burner assembly simulating a burning object;
means for detecting application of fire suppressing agent, said detecting means disposed adjacent to said burner assembly;
a control system for controlling the burner depending on a signal from the detecting means, said control system comprising parameters defining the simulated burning object, means for determining if the burning object simulated by the burner assembly would reignite based on application of fire suppressing agent and the parameters defining the simulated burning object, said control system in electrical communication with the detecting means and the burner assembly, said control system also comprises;
means for reigniting the burner assembly, said reigniting means in electrical communication with said determining means; and
a personal tracking device for determining a fire fighter trainee'"'"'s location in relation to the burner assembly.
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Abstract
The present invention is a fire fighter trainer. The fire fighter trainer is used to train fire fighters to extinguish a simulated fire scenario. The fire fighter trainer includes a burner assembly for providing fire and a mechanism for detecting application of fire suppressant, suppressing agent or surrogate suppressing agent. The detecting mechanism is disposed adjacent to the burner assembly, such as below it. The fire fighter trainer also includes a control system for controlling the burner depending on a signal from the detecting mechanism. The control system also comprises a mechanism for determining if a burning object simulated by the burner assembly would reignite based on application of fire suppressing agent and parameters defining a simulated burning object. The control system is in communication with the detecting mechanism and the burner assembly. Preferably, there is a mechanism for reigniting the burner assembly based on an output of the determining mechanism. The fire fighter trainer can also have a personal tracking device for determining a fire fighter trainer'"'"'s position in the fire scenario. The tracking device can communicate with the control system to determine if the fire fighter would have been in danger due to the fire and smoke.
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28 Claims
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1. A fire fighter trainer comprising:
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a burner assembly for providing fire, said burner assembly simulating a burning object; means for detecting application of fire suppressing agent, said detecting means disposed adjacent to said burner assembly; a control system for controlling the burner depending on a signal from the detecting means, said control system comprising parameters defining the simulated burning object, means for determining if the burning object simulated by the burner assembly would reignite based on application of fire suppressing agent and the parameters defining the simulated burning object, said control system in electrical communication with the detecting means and the burner assembly, said control system also comprises; means for reigniting the burner assembly, said reigniting means in electrical communication with said determining means; and a personal tracking device for determining a fire fighter trainee'"'"'s location in relation to the burner assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of training fire fighters comprising the steps of:
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inputting into a computer heat content parameters of a simulated burning object and fire extinguishing properties of specific fire suppressants; applying a fire suppressing agent to a burner assembly, said burner assembly simulating a burning object; determining a fire fighter trainee'"'"'s location with a personal tracking device; automatically determining if the burning object simulated by the burner assembly would reignite based on measuring application of fire suppressing agent and heat content parameters defining the simulated burning object, said burner having a fire output dependent on a type of suppressant, a detected amount of suppressant and a calculated value of the heat content of the object; and reigniting the burner assembly.
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19. A fire fighter training system comprising:
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a fire simulator; and means for determining constructive injury to a fire fighter trainee from the fire simulator during training, said determining means in electrical communication with said fire simulator. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for a trainee to learn how to fight fires comprising the steps of:
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having the trainee enter a fire simulator; igniting a flame from an object in the fire simulator; sensing where the trainee is located relative to the fire; placing a fire suppressant on the flame by the trainee; and identifying whether the trainee has been injured by the flame. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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