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A method and system for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms through evaporative and conductive cooling is provided, and, more particularly, involves a rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms, including a mobile platform for transporting the ra

A method and system for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms through evaporative and conductive cooling is provided, and, more particularly, involves a rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms, including a mobile platform for transporting the rapidly deployable mobile fogging system to locations where relief of heat exhaustion symptoms is needed, one or more fogging nozzles disposed on the mobile platform and oriented for dispensing a cooling pocket area of fog adjacent to the mobile platform, a coolant delivery system fluidly connected to the one or more fogging nozzles, and one or more controls for regulating the dispensing of the cooling pocket area of fog. In one embodiment, the rapidly deployable mobile fogging system comprises an emergency response vehicle. In one embodiment, the emergency response vehicle comprises a fire truck.

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What is claimed is: 1. A rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms, comprising: a mobile platform for transporting said rapidly deployable mobile fogging system to locations where relief of heat exhaustion symptoms is needed; one or more foggi

What is claimed is: 1. A rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms, comprising: a mobile platform for transporting said rapidly deployable mobile fogging system to locations where relief of heat exhaustion symptoms is needed; one or more fogging nozzles disposed on said mobile platform and oriented for dispensing a cooling pocket area of fog adjacent to said mobile platform; a coolant delivery system fluidly connected to said one or more fogging nozzles, said coolant delivery system having a source of coolant liquid, a coolant delivery pump receiving the coolant liquid from said source of coolant liquid and delivering the coolant liquid at a suitable pressure for dispersion of the coolant liquid from said one or more fogging nozzles to create said cooling pocket area of fog, and one or more coolant fluid lines receiving the coolant liquid from said coolant delivery pump and delivering the coolant liquid to said one or more fogging nozzles; one or more controls for regulating the dispensing of said cooling pocket area of fog; a source of coolant gas; and one or more coolant gas lines receiving the coolant gas from said source of coolant gas and delivering the coolant gas to said one or more fogging nozzles, wherein the coolant gas comprises air and said source of coolant gas comprises compressed air from an air brakes system disposed on said mobile platform. 2. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said source of coolant liquid comprises a refillable reservoir. 3. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said one or more coolant fluid lines comprise: one or more controllable valves for regulating the flow of coolant liquid to said one or more fogging nozzles, and one or more fog manifolds fluidly connected to said one or more controllable valves, wherein said one or more controllable valves are fluidly connected to said coolant delivery pump, and said one or more fog manifolds are fluidly connected to said one or more fogging nozzles. 4. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, further comprising one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages receiving the coolant liquid from said source of coolant liquid and delivering the coolant liquid to said coolant delivery pump. 5. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 4, wherein said one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages comprise one or more particulate or ultraviolet (UV) liquid conditioning filters. 6. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 4, wherein said one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages comprise one or more liquid chillers for lowering the temperature of the coolant liquid. 7. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, further comprising one or more coolant gas conditioning stages receiving the coolant gas from said source of coolant gas and delivering the coolant gas to said coolant gas lines. 8. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 7, wherein said one or more coolant gas conditioning stages comprises one or more particulate or ultraviolet (UV) gas conditioning filters. 9. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said mobile platform comprises an emergency response vehicle. 10. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said mobile platform comprises an all-terrain type vehicle. 11. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said mobile platform comprises a commercial vehicle. 12. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said mobile platform comprises a recreational vehicle. 13. The rapidly deployable mobile fogging system of claim 1, wherein said mobile platform comprises a vehicle trailer. 14. A method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms using a suitably designed rapidly deployable mobile fogging system, comprising: transporting a mobile platform to locations where relief of heat exhaustion symptoms is needed, said mobile platform having said rapidly deployable mobile fogging system disposed thereon; dispensing a cooling pocket area of fog adjacent to said mobile platform using one or more fogging nozzles suitably oriented and disposed on said mobile platform for creating said cooling pocket area of fog, wherein creating said cooling pocket area of fog comprises the one or more fogging nozzles receiving coolant from a coolant delivery system disposed on said mobile platform, and wherein said rapidly deployable mobile fogging system comprises one or more controls for regulating the dispensing of said cooling pocket area of fog, wherein receiving coolant from said coolant delivery system comprises: receiving coolant liquid from a source of coolant liquid, pumping the coolant liquid from said source of coolant liquid to one or more coolant fluid lines using a coolant delivery pump for delivery of the coolant liquid at a suitable pressure for dispersion from said one or more fogging nozzles to create said cooling pocket area of fog, and delivering the coolant liquid through one or more coolant fluid lines to said one or more fogging nozzles; receiving coolant gas from a source of coolant gas; and delivering the coolant gas through one or more coolant gas lines to said one or more fogging nozzles, wherein the coolant gas comprises air and said source of coolant gas comprises compressed air from an air brakes system disposed on said mobile platform. 15. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 14, wherein said source of coolant liquid comprises a refillable reservoir. 16. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 14, wherein delivering the coolant liquid to said one or more fogging nozzles comprises: regulating the flow of coolant liquid to said one or more fogging nozzles using one or more controllable valves, and delivering coolant liquid to one or more fog manifolds fluidly connected to said one or more controllable valves, wherein said one or more controllable valves are fluidly connected to said coolant delivery pump, and said one or more fog manifolds are fluidly connected to said one or more fogging nozzles. 17. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 14, further comprising one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages receiving the coolant liquid from said source of coolant liquid and delivering the coolant liquid to said coolant delivery pump. 18. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 17, wherein said one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages comprise particulate or ultraviolet (UV) liquid conditioning filters. 19. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 17, wherein said one or more coolant liquid conditioning stages comprise one or more liquid chillers for lowering the temperature of the coolant liquid. 20. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 14, further comprising one or more coolant gas conditioning stages receiving the coolant gas from said source of coolant gas and delivering the coolant gas to said coolant gas lines. 21. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said one or more coolant gas conditioning stages comprises one or more particulate or ultraviolet (UV) gas conditioning filters. 22. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said mobile platform comprises an emergency response vehicle. 23. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said mobile platform comprises an all-terrain type vehicle. 24. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said mobile platform comprises a commercial vehicle. 25. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said mobile platform comprises a recreational vehicle. 26. The method of providing relief of heat exhaustion symptoms of claim 20, wherein said mobile platform comprises a vehicle trailer.