Innovative fire-fighting technologies: patentological prospects

Introduction. Currently, there are increasing threats of wildfires that destroy landscapes, economic objects and human lives.

Problem Statement. The purpose of this study was to compare some innovative technologies for extinguishing wildfires and study the prospects for research in this direction.

Theoretical Part. Technologies for extinguishing wildfires are being developed in several empirical directions. We use aerosols of metal-containing compounds and dispersed liquids with gas, as well as unmanned remotely controlled aircraft for extinguishing forest fires. For crown forest fires, a fire barrier is used. To extinguish peat fires in hard-toreach places, a helicopter equipped with fire-fighting missiles is used. Peat fires are also extinguished by creating a vertical curtain using fast-hardening foam based on a solution of carbamide-formaldehyde resin. According to the concept of patentology, technology is considered as a set of functionally related technical objects and methods protected by patents, based on their innovative significance. System-forming elements in this case are concepts based on the characteristics of both technical objects and technologies, and patent objects.

Conclusion. It is advisable to build long-term plans for creating patent objects in the field of extinguishing natural fires. It is necessary to consider the scope of the patent results and outcomes of patentological analysis in accordance with the basic criteria of achieving a technical result of design technology, degree of innovation and empirical orientation.

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