Fire extinguishers – Processes – Of extinguishing fire
Patent
1997-11-28
2000-11-07
Brinson, Patrick F.
Fire extinguishers
Processes
Of extinguishing fire
169 24, 169 52, 169 45, 239172, A62C 200, A62C 2700
Patent
active
06142238&
ABSTRACT:
A method for fighting wildland and forest fire and a hitch assembly is described that allows a tank of fluid to be towed by a fire tractor to a fire location especially for the purpose of spraying and creating a foam fire break line. The hitch assembly attaches to a fire tractor and uses fifth wheel plate and kingpin coupling to releasably lockingly connect a continuous track vehicle to a tank in the configuration of an over-the-road semi trailer or to the drawbar eye of a tank in the configuration of an over-the-road A-train trailer.
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Advertisement Jan. 1997 Fire Engineering Magazine p. 77.
Catalog p. 39 May 1993 Wajax-Pacific Fire Equipment.
Holt Andrew Charles
Holt Anthony James
Brinson Patrick F.
Ganey Steven J.
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