ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,739, issued on Feb. 17.
"Ice slurry firefighting system" was invented by Herman Peoples (Longwood, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice slurry firefighting system includes a water tank for receiving and storing water from a water source. A water pump is connected to the tank and pumps water to a valve. The valve selectively directs the pumped water to one or both of a slurry generation unit and a pump panel. The slurry generation unit includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor that remove heat from water supplied by the tank passing over evaporator coils to produce an ice slurry mixture. The pump panel houses a syste...