With a demonstration site at Yuba County, CA, Airport as its focal point, FireDome announced the start of its U.S. operations. As the company gets ready for commercial deployment, the location provides FireDome with a dedicated environment in a wildfire-prone area with real-world conditions to validate its system.  

With the FireDome system at its core, the company has discreetly set up a fully functional site with offices, a control room and a specialized display area during the last few months. The location has been a focal point for continuous testing and demonstrations, such as capsule launches and assessments of the system's detection, targeting and suppression capabilities in practical settings.

The demand is changing from reactive response to continuous, proactive protection and risk reduction since wildfires are a year-round hazard to communities, vital infrastructure and businesses, as well as a major problem for the insurance industry. With a system intended to identify and put out flames before they spread, FireDome is advancing wildfire intervention upstream. The company will initially concentrate its expansion from its new California footprint on high-risk areas of the state, collaborating with businesses, municipalities, fire-service groups, property owners and insurance to promote innovative methods of wildfire protection.

“When extreme winds move embers and firefighting resources are stretched thin, communities and properties need multiple layers of protection that can pinpoint threats early and create an immediate barrier in the critical moments before crews arrive,” said Gadi Benjamini, co-founder and CEO of FireDome. “Our focus is on creating a holistic wildfire defense platform that strengthens the traditional tools and strategies communities already rely on. By combining data, early detection and autonomous suppression, FireDome gives incident commanders greater visibility and adds a critical layer of security when every second matters. The new test site allows us to put that approach to work in a real-world environment and refine how it can serve as a force multiplier for those on the front lines.”

FireDome is an automated wildfire defense systems that combines real-time suppression, precision targeting, proactive protection and round-the-clock detection. By launching intelligent capsules packed with environmentally friendly retardant up to 1,000 feet, its stationary launchers can detect and react to new threats, establishing defensive firebreaks and putting out spot fires before they have a chance to develop. Each device adds a continuous layer of defense that enhances communities' overall wildfire readiness and supplements conventional firefighting techniques, protecting up to 70 acres.
 
“Wildfire is a dynamic threat, so the system has to continuously assess what’s happening, prioritize and respond as conditions change,” said Adi Naor Pomerantz, Co-Founder and CTO of FireDome. “By integrating detection, targeting and suppression into one autonomous architecture, we’ve built a system that provides a new layer of protection for our customers. It acts within seconds during the most consequential first few minutes and continues to operate in high winds and when power, water or communications are limited.”

The Yuba County site, which is situated in a wildfire-prone area of California, gives FireDome a field application to test and showcase its system while investigating how autonomous wildfire defense might assist safeguard vital assets and nearby residents.

“We’re proud to see Yuba County Airport serve as a place where emerging technologies can be put to work in real-world conditions,” said Jason Kopping, deputy director of the Yuba County Airport. “It’s especially exciting to be a noteworthy part of a company’s U.S. launch, and we’re looking forward to seeing FireDome demonstrate its technology here.”

FireDome’s operational model has been shaped through input from California fire-service leaders, including chiefs and senior leaders in San Bernardino, Orange County and Los Angeles, as well as guidance from Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, former U.S. Fire Administrator with more than 30 years of fire-service experience. In order to improve wildfire readiness throughout California's communities, vital infrastructure and valuable assets, FireDome will keep expanding on these collaborations.