RU2580592C2 - Rescue unit - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: rescue equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a rescue technique. Rescue module includes a rigid body with fore and aft parts, inner camera mounted on a rigid housing interior with a lifting device. It is equipped with a fold-out legs for installation on land. Hard case is made in the form of a pontoon to be separated from the passenger compartment. Hard case hinged on the sides of the beam with the floats installed. Smooth shell are put on the hard shell and beams with floats. In the inner chamber a water jet engine is installed with the thrust vector control device. In fore and aft cabin controls are mounted. There are doors in the form of a tip-up ramps. Between each edge of the hull and the float a net is attached.

EFFECT: invention is directed to the delivery of life-saving equipment in difficult terrain.

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Description

The invention relates to rescue equipment intended, for example, to provide medical care and evacuation of people in an emergency on the water surface, on land in hard-to-reach wooded or marshy areas, and can also be involved in search and rescue operations to ensure space launches and landings manned ships.

It is known that a rescue device on the external suspension of a helicopter is used to evacuate people in distress on torn ice floes, in mountains, uninhabited areas, on the roofs of high-rise buildings covered by fire, on islands of solid land during mudflows and floods, etc. (Patent RU No. 2224692 C2, B64D 47/00, B64D 5/00, B64D 1/22, B63C 9/26, B62B 1/00, 18. 05. 2002).

The rescue device on the external suspension of the helicopter is installed on the bottom of a solid surface. When the lines are weakened, the side wall under the influence of its weight drops, forming a passage on all sides for the evacuation of people. The support frame with the casing fixed on it protects people in the rescue device from the air flow from the side of the helicopter propeller. When the helicopter rises, the slings stretch and raise the side wall until its upper contour closes with the casing, forming with it a closed volume protected from external influences (wind, fire, smoke, etc.). After lifting the side wall, the helicopter lifts the rescue device behind the cargo line connecting the flexible element of the external suspension of the helicopter with the supporting frame. After transporting the rescue device on the external suspension of the helicopter, it is installed on a hard surface at the landing site of the evacuated people. At the same time, the sling and the flexible element are weakened at first, and only after that the sling begins to lower, and with them under the influence of its weight, the side wall is folded, opening the exit from the rescue device.

Known remotely controlled rescue device, taken as a prototype, including a rigid body with bow and stern, at least one internal camera mounted on a rigid body cabin with a lifting device [patent CA No. 2240734 C1, B63C 9/01 , B63C 9/06, B63C 9/02, 18. 10. 1995].

This design of a remotely controlled rescue device does not allow it to be used for a particular emergency on land in hard-to-reach wooded and wetlands, as well as for the delivery of rescue equipment, equipment and evacuation of rescuers.

The objective of the proposed rescue module is to realize the possibility of its use not only as a rescue craft in open water, but also as a base shelter for rescuers and victims in hard-to-reach wooded and wetlands, as well as for the delivery of rescue equipment, equipment and evacuation of rescuers.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the rescue module, which includes a rigid body, with bow and stern parts, at least one internal camera, a salon with a rigging device mounted on a rigid body, is equipped with folding supports for installation on land, and a hard body made in the form of a pontoon with the possibility of separation from the passenger compartment, while the beams with installed floats are pivotally mounted on the rigid body. As well as the use of a smooth shell worn on a rigid body, and beams with floats of the rescue module, with devices for dropping it from the hard case and beams with floats. At least one water-jet engine is installed in the inner chamber, with a thrust vector distribution and control device, while controls in the bow and stern are installed in the salvage module compartment. The doors of the rescue module are made in the form of reclining ramps, and a grid is fixed between each side of the hull and the float.

The essence of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 1, 2, 3 and 4, which show:

in FIG. 1 - main view with supports in the working position;

in FIG. 2 - main view with floats in the unfolded position;

in FIG. 3 - installation of a rescue module in a wooded area;

in FIG. 4 - installation of the rescue module on the water surface.

The rescue module includes a hard hull 1, with fore and aft parts, with at least one inner chamber 2. A saloon 3 with a lifting device 4 is mounted on the hard hull 1. The rescue module is equipped with expandable supports 5 for installation on solid ground, and the rigid body 1 is made in the form of a pontoon with the possibility of separation from the passenger compartment 3 in case of an emergency during evacuation, while the rigid body 1 is pivotally mounted along the sides of the beam 6 with installed floats 7, necessary to ensure stability rescue module on the water surface. A smooth shell 8 is put on the rigid body 1 and the beams with floats with devices for dropping it from the rigid body and the beams with floats, which reduces the load on the lifting device 4 in case the rescue module gets into viscous soil (during a rescue operation in the swamp). At least one water-jet engine is installed in the inner chamber 2, with a thrust vector distribution and control device, while in the cabin 3 of the rescue module controls are installed in the bow and stern, doors 9 are made in the form of folding ramps, and between each side hull 1 and float 7 fixed grid 10, which with little excitement on the water can serve as an open deck.

The organization of rescue operations on water, in hard-to-reach wooded and wetlands, at a considerable distance from settlements, the accurate delivery of rescue equipment and equipment are associated with a number of problems, a comprehensive solution of which would provide a universal tool for helping people in the event of a traffic accident or other emergency developments.

The limited amount of primary information from the scene of an emergency event located in a remote area at a considerable distance from the settlements does not allow to make the right decision regarding the composition of the equipment and equipment necessary for the implementation of rescue operations in full, and the expectation of more complete information can lead to deaths who did not receive timely medical attention.

Technical means capable of delivering the necessary equipment, equipment and rescuers to the place of an emergency in the shortest possible time require special prepared landing strips and platforms for landing. The landing of the necessary equipment, equipment and rescue workers from airplanes is associated with a number of difficulties associated with insufficient landing accuracy, a great risk to the life of rescuers, and the difficulty of quickly organizing rescue operations in the dark and on water.

Landing of rescuers and unloading of equipment and equipment from a hovering helicopter to the surface of the water or swamps also pose a risk to the life of the rescuers, since there is no solid soil, and inflatable craft are difficult to anchor under a strong stream of air cast by the rotor of the helicopter.

To reduce the risk during the landing of rescuers and speed up loading and unloading, it is advisable to use a set of tools, the advantages of each of which would compensate for each other's shortcomings and allow to perform tasks to assist in any climatic and geographical conditions.

A prerequisite for the successful implementation of the rescue operation is the delivery to the emergency zone of a mobile prefabricated shelter that provides protection from atmospheric precipitation and heat on land, watercraft for rescue on water, rescue equipment and equipment for working on land, on water, as well as the necessary set medical equipment and drugs. The rescue module is able to combine the functions of a watercraft and shelter, as well as include rescue equipment and equipment, medical equipment and medicines. Delivery of the rescue module to the emergency zone will allow unloading without landing, and therefore, without spending time on clearing the landing site for the helicopter.

Thus, it is advisable to use a search and rescue complex based on two all-weather transport helicopters and one rescue module, which is capable of receiving accurate information while in the air and arriving at the scene of an emergency event at any time of the day, in difficult weather conditions, landing rescuers and installation of the rescue module on land or water.

The dimensions of the rescue module should provide for its transportation by air, rail and road to the place of deployment (storage). From the place of deployment to the area of a traffic accident or other emergency event, the rescue module is transported on the external sling of an all-weather transport helicopter. In the interest of safety, the rescue module is transported to the scene of the emergency without rescuers. Rescuers must be delivered by an additional transport helicopter equipped with a winch to lift the injured on board from the ground or water.

The speed of the helicopter is three times lower than the speed of the aircraft, but rescuers will not need time to search for equipment and equipment, as well as deploy shelters. A group of rescuers landed on a selected, in the process of flying around the terrain, section of the solid surface on a rope, which finally determines the suitability of the site for installing the rescue module or takes measures to install the rescue module in the selected place.

In order to prevent injuries to victims in the emergency zone, elements caught by the air flow discarded by the rotor of an all-weather transport helicopter, the rescue module must be installed at a certain distance (100 ÷ 150 meters) from the place of the emergency event.

Before installing on solid ground, the expandable supports 5 are transferred to the working position. After installation, the rescue module is disconnected from the external sling, the rescuers open the ramps 9 and begin to dismantle the equipment and equipment fixed in the saloon 3 of the rescue module for the rescue operation, and medical personnel from the rescue team are preparing Salon 3 to receive the victims for first aid. Equipment and equipment are transported to the place of the emergency by rescuers in their arms or on special small vehicles delivered in the rescue module.

In the event of an emergency on the water, on a command from the board of an all-weather transport helicopter, beams 6 with floats 7 installed are put into the unfolded position. The rescue module descends to the water surface, remotely detaches from the external suspension and anchors, and after landing 11 rescuers on its upper deck and starting the jet engine installed in the inner chamber 2, it follows the emergency event area on its own. Between each side of the hull 1 and the float 7, a grid 10 is fixed, which performs the function of an open deck. For such cases, the rescue module should be equipped with diving equipment, a compressor station and life jackets.

The rescue module can also be used to assist on land with excessive stagnant soil moisture (swamps). To minimize the specific pressure of the rescue module on the ground, the floats 7 are transferred to a position similar to that used when installing the rescue module in water. When choosing a place, preference should be given to those where the wetland does not contain any irregularities, snags and dead trees, and the distance from the disaster site is not significant. After installing the rescue module on the surface of the swamp, landing the rescuers on its upper deck 11, dismantling the rescue equipment and equipment from the standard places of fastening, to cross the dangerous marshy places, decking (gati) of poles and branches is constructed, which allows you to safely and repeatedly overcome the path from rescue module to the scene of an emergency event.

Upon completion of the rescue operations and the fixing of equipment and equipment at the storage sites, the rescue module is evacuated by the same transport helicopter. To exclude a possible increase in the load on the external suspension of the helicopter, due to the hull 1 and beams 6 with floats 7 getting into the viscous soil (during a rescue operation in the swamp), the smooth shell 8 is reset after the operation of special devices holding it on the hard case 1, beams 6 and floats 7.

In a more difficult situation, when the dumping of the smooth shell 8 does not allow the rescue module to be released from fixation on the surface of the swamp, it is possible to free the cabin 3 by separating it from the hard body 1, which will allow to save the equipment and equipment located in the cabin of the rescue module and deliver it to the base.

The rescue module can be transported by helicopters of civilian or military purposes, possessing the necessary carrying capacity and equipped with a device that ensures the transportation of goods on an external sling, and its design and equipment should ensure its successful operation in any latitude.

A search and rescue complex equipped with rescue modules can be involved in search and rescue support for launches and landings of manned spacecraft.

Thus, the task has been solved: the rescue module can be used not only as a rescue craft in open water, but also as a base shelter for victims and rescuers in hard-to-reach wooded and wetlands, as well as for the delivery of rescue equipment, equipment and evacuation of rescuers .

Claims (5)

1. The rescue module, which includes a rigid body with a bow and aft parts with at least one inner chamber, a cabin with a lifting device mounted on a rigid body, characterized in that the rescue module is equipped with folding supports for installation on land, and the hard body is made in the form of a pontoon with the possibility of separation from the passenger compartment, while beams with installed floats are pivotally mounted on the rigid body. 2. The rescue module according to claim 1, characterized in that the hard shell and the beams with floats are equipped with a smooth shell with devices for dropping it from the rigid shell and the beams with floats. 3. The rescue module according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one water-jet engine with a thrust vector distribution and control device is installed in the inner chamber, while controls in the bow and stern are installed in the cabin of the rescue module. 4. The rescue module according to claim 1, characterized in that the doors of the rescue module are made in the form of reclining ramps. 5. The rescue module according to claim 1, characterized in that a grid is fixed between each side of the hull and the float.

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