Emergency station and method of use

• US 10,722,740 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2019
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FFP2018, Inc.
• Original Assignee: FFP2018, Inc.
• Inventors: Flaster, Michael Leonard
• Primary Examiner(s): Huntley, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US16/552,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20190381343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 27/00 Fire-fighting land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 3/0292 by spraying extinguishants directly into the fire A62C3/0242 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station a chassis; an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis; one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures; one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage; wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions.

Claims

1. An integrated, portable, battery-powered, variable-pressure electric liquid pump and power emergency station for notification and fighting of a fire, comprising:

a chassis;

an electrically powered, variable-pressure liquid pump carried by the chassis;

one or more rechargeable batteries powering the variable-pressure liquid pump to transfer liquid at variable pressures;

one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage;

wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and

one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions;

wherein the at least one hardware processor; and

the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

receive incoming signals from an emergency agency, a television station, or a radio station representative of emergency alert communication signals;

determine if the received incoming signals meet predetermined criteria indicative of a fire, and

at least one of cause actuation of onboard electrical equipment and cause actuation of ancillary electrical equipment upon determination that the received incoming signals meet the predetermined criteria.

2. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the emergency station includes one or more wireless communication components that receive wireless signals and the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

enable continuously monitoring, verifying, authenticating, and correcting of the received wireless signals in order to modify, error correct, and update station actions and protocols.

3. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the chassis includes a sled to enhance portability of the emergency station.

4. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the chassis includes one or more eyelets to facilitate movement of station by crane, chain or rope.

5. The emergency station of claim 1, further including outboard sensors, and the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, enable continuously monitoring, verifying, authenticating, and correcting of incoming signals in order to modify, error correct, and update station actions and protocols in combination with the outboard sensors and remote user input.

6. The emergency station of claim 1, further including a transmitter, and wherein the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor

initiates the transmitter to cause at least one of real-time wired and wireless signaling to at least one of an owner, home or business automation systems, emergency services, and insurance company or alarm company interfaces to continuously update data on status of emergency.

7. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, enables ongoing, two-way communication with at least one of an owner and a designee to at least one of monitor and control activities of the emergency station.

8. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the emergency station includes a plurality of the emergency stations wirelessly connected to form a data and mitigation network.

9. The plurality of emergency stations of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of emergency stations include the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, enable continuously monitoring, verifying, authenticating, and correcting of incoming signals in order to modify, error correct, and update station actions and protocols.

10. The plurality of emergency stations of claim 8, wherein the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, continuously monitor verify, authenticate and correct incoming signals in order to modify, error correct and update actions and protocols of the plurality of emergency stations.

11. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the emergency station includes memory that stores data related to at least one of insight into emergency progress and situation status data, which could be used as a research tool.

12. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

receive incoming signals representative of emergency alert communication signals from one or more of FEMA, NOAA, fire services, police services, military services, and local emergency services;

determine if the received incoming signals meet predetermined criteria indicative of an emergency;

initiate at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions.

13. The emergency station of claim 1, further including at least one of one or more wired sensors and one or more wireless sensors that provide real-time data indicative of a fire, and the at least one hardware processor;

and the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, provide at least one of the emergency station, one or more users, and one or more ancillary devices with the real-time data indicative of a fire from at least one of the one or more wired sensors and the one or more wireless sensors.

14. The emergency station of claim 1, wherein the user-determined outboard equipment is at least one of transponders, one or more transmitters, one or more generators, and one or more alarms.

15. An integrated, portable, battery-powered power emergency station, comprising:

a chassis;

one or more rechargeable batteries;

one or more AC outlets carried by the chassis and powered by the one or more rechargeable batteries to provide emergency back-up power during power outage;

wherein the emergency station includes at least one hardware processor; and

one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

initiates at least one of wireless signaling and wire-based signaling to user-determined outboard equipment to activate user pre-selected functions,

wherein the at least one hardware processor; and

the one or more software modules that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor,

receive incoming signals representative of emergency alert communication signals from one or more of FEMA, NOAA, fire services, police services, military services, and local emergency services;

determine if the received incoming signals meet predetermined criteria indicative of an emergency;

cause actuation of one or more of onboard electrical equipment and ancillary electrical equipment upon determination that the received incoming signals meet the predetermined criteria,

wherein one or more of onboard electrical equipment and ancillary electrical equipment includes one or more of causing the one or more rechargeable batteries to be fully charged, and power the one or more AC outlets.