Fire extinguishing system to eliminate smoldering/smoking of decomposed dried, former marshland, now peat, surrounded by water

摘要

A firefighting method and apparatus are described for suppressing fires in remote dried out former wetlands/marsh areas. A water pump is positioned upon a floating platform maneuverable in adjacent shallow marsh waters that are not navigable by conventional watercraft. Said pump has an intake port for drawing water from nearby marsh waters and ponds through a hose, said hose having a filtering screen for preventing the pickup of solid materials. The pump has a discharge hose connected to the outflow connection, said discharge hose connected on the distal end to a piping extension projecting away from the hull and over the nearby burning peat lands. Said pump is operated to discharge water over and into the adjacent burning marsh as the platform is maneuvered within the surrounding marsh canals and waterways.