METHOD OF DETECTION OF PEAT FIRE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A62C3/00 

FIELD: fire safety.

SUBSTANCE: method of detection of peat fire comprises identification of the most fire-hazardous parts of peatlands and placement in the part area of vertical wells. The perforated tubes are mounted in the wells, the tubes are filled with smoke-generating pyrotechnic composition and the wellheads are covered with granulometric material. The coordinates of the wells are recorded on the forest fire map. The boundaries of the fire are determined by the smoke location over the wells and its coordinates are recorded on the map. In the well cavity simultaneously with feeding the exhaust gases of internal combustion engine the fine powder of calcium carbonate is fed.

EFFECT: in comparison with the analogue, the method provides the ability of use of signal wells on peatlands with high content of ferrous iron due to feeding into the well cavity of exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine and powder of calcium carbonate that suppress the vital activity of iron bacteria.