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A Fire Fighting System includes a vehicle with one or more mounted motors, a fire shield system, and an emergency fire retardant discharge system. The motors are equipped with cutting elements including cutting teeth, paddle teeth, and severe duty fire whips. The fire shield system may include a ser

A Fire Fighting System includes a vehicle with one or more mounted motors, a fire shield system, and an emergency fire retardant discharge system. The motors are equipped with cutting elements including cutting teeth, paddle teeth, and severe duty fire whips. The fire shield system may include a series of flame and heat retardant coverings placed on all exposed parts of the system to prevent damage from exposure to extreme heat. The emergency fire retardant discharge system distributes chemical fire retardant in the event the fire comes too close to the system. In operation, the vehicle operator positions the system at the edge of a fire line and energizes the motors causing the cutting elements and whips to begin rotating. Once rotating at full speed, the vehicle is advanced along the fire line with the cutting elements cutting and slashing the burning vegetation. Once cut, the burning vegetation is thrown aside by the severe-duty fire whips that rotate to throw the debris back towards the fire. Thus, as the Fire Fighting System advances along the fire line, a fire break is created which is devoid of any combustible material.

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A fire fighting system comprising: a base comprising a construction equipment-type vehicle with a substantially enclosed operator compartment and at least one hydraulic take-off, a hydraulically controlled arm extensible outwardly from said vehicle to at least a distance from said vehicle equal to i

A fire fighting system comprising: a base comprising a construction equipment-type vehicle with a substantially enclosed operator compartment and at least one hydraulic take-off, a hydraulically controlled arm extensible outwardly from said vehicle to at least a distance from said vehicle equal to its own length, a support bar mounted at the distal end of said arm, a plurality of motorized rotary cutting devices mounted along the length of said bar, control means to orient said bar and cutters relative to the ground and the advancement path of said vehicle in motion, and means to control and drive operation of said motorized cutters, and means for heat deflection and fire retardation mounted on said vehicle, operator compartment, arm and cutting devices whereby said vehicle may safely advance into a burning fire front and clear a path through the burning material by operation of said cutters.