Protect Your Home
Private Property
Your home is usually your greatest asset and fire protection is paramount to reduce financial hardship.
100% of homes in the Flagstaff, AZ area are in danger of a forest fire.
Our team has witnessed the devastation of wildfires firsthand, responding to the Pipeline and Tunnel fires that destroyed over 30 homes in our community. We’re not just service providers—we’re community members committed to protecting our neighbors. As the exclusive distributors and applicators of Komodo retardant in Northern Arizona, we bring proven technology (with documented success protecting homes during California wildfires) to our vulnerable community.
Inspect
To start the process, we survey your entire property and then provide a detailed assessment listing all findings and recommendations.
The reason why we say “to start” is because we will not require an inspection for re-sprays in the future; however you will receive a “report card” for each spray to bring to attention things that we noticed that could use some attention.
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We provide NFPA wildfire mitigation inspections with recommendations, such as specific actions to increase your home’s fire resistance.
We provide a preferred contractor’s list of local contractors who can implement the recommended changes
Lastly, we provide a Komodo product information and treatment estimate (the cost of Komodo spray is estimated at 1-2$ a square foot), along with a pamphlet explaining the fire retardant spray and its benefits. Once mitigation recommendations are accomplished, our team can come back and treat your property, if requested by the client.
The base price for an inspection is $500 for an average home.
Protection Plan
Next step is the protection plan: a mitigation plan to increase your home or business’s fire resistance.
Research on why homes survive or are destroyed in wildfires shows that embers and small flames are the primary causes of home ignition. Embers—burning pieces of airborne wood or vegetation—can travel over a mile in the wind, starting spot fires and igniting homes, debris, and other materials.
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Experiments, modeling, and post-fire studies have shown that a home’s ignition risk depends on its condition and the state of everything within 200 feet of its foundation.
We take into consideration the Home Ignition Zone (developed by retired USDA Forest Service fire scientist Jack Cohen in the late 1990s) as we analyze your home and the potential dangers.
The HIZ (Home Ignition Zone) is comprized of three zones.
- The Immediate Zone is the area within 0–5 feet of the home. It is the most critical to protect, as it is highly vulnerable to embers. General aspects of the plan that are recommended is to start by hardening the home itself—clean roofs and gutters, repair or replace damaged roofing, screen vents with 1/8-inch metal mesh, and fix windows and screens. Then the property owner should address the surrounding area by removing flammable materials near walls and under decks, such as mulch, firewood, and dry vegetation.
- The Intermediate Zone is the zone 5–30 feet from the home, strategic landscaping and hardscaping can slow fire spread and protect the structure. Key actions include clearing vegetation under propane tanks, creating fuel breaks with driveways and patios, mowing grasses to four inches, removing ladder fuels, and properly spacing and pruning trees. Trees and shrubs should be planted in small clusters, ensuring mature canopies stay at least ten feet from the home and crowns are spaced at least eighteen feet apart, with wider spacing on slopes.
- Lastly, the Extended Zone is from 30 to 200 feet around the home. Here, the focus is on slowing fire spread by keeping flames small and close to the ground. This includes clearing heavy ground debris, removing dead plants, thinning small conifers between mature trees, and clearing vegetation near outbuildings. Trees should be spaced with at least 12 feet between canopies from 30–60 feet out, and at least 6 feet between canopies from 60–100 feet.
Contact us for more information and to get your personalized protection plan.
Treatment
Komodo is a game-changer for fire readiness — a safe, non-toxic, non-hazardous, biodegradable, and environmentally friendly fire protection agent. It helps prevent destructive fires from starting and is proven to reduce wildfire spread and potential property damage.
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1. What is Komodo made of?
- Komodo is an eco-friendly “benign by design” compound comprised of food-safe ingredients and earth minerals that work together in a proprietary formula to produce a powerful fire protectant, retardant, and suppressant completely free of PBDEs (Polybrominated Diphenyl Esters) and other restricted or harmful chemicals.
2. How does Komodo work?
- As a fire prevention and protection agent, Komodo prevents fires from igniting in the first place and prevents structures from being engulfed in wildfire flames. The simple application of Komodo on any combustible material, including structures and vegetation, will significantly reduce the possibility of large fire propagation. Komodo forms a uniform conformal coating that releases a combination of micro fire suppressants activated when exposed to heat. It creates a powerful shield that prevents materials from igniting or burning.
3. Is Komodo safe for wildlife, plants, pets, and children?
- Yes, when used as directed, Komodo is completely safe for application on trees, shrubs, plants, grasses, and other vegetation. Komodo was tested to be five times less toxic compared to existing federal guidelines from US Forestry and USDA. It was determined to be essentially non–toxic to fish and mammals as tested by federal government labs.
4. Once applied, how effective is Komodo is preventing fires?
- KOMODO is effective immediately upon application and is formulated to resist weathering, winds, and rain to maintain optimum exterior fire protection on all treated vegetation and infrastructure throughout the peak fire season. KOMODO will resist weather, wind, and moisture before requiring reapplication. If there is any significant new vegetation growth that occurs, it will need to be retreated (grasses shrubs, etc.).
5. What color is Komodo and what does it smell like?
- Komodo is colorless and odorless. In some cases, a chalky white residue may be visible.
6. Is Komodo effective in establishing a “defense space” around my property?
- Yes, KOMODO is extremely effective in creating an impenetrable firebreak and defensible space around homes, businesses, and other vulnerable structures by treating the surrounding vegetation, fences, decks, sheds, and all exterior surfaces with its powerful fire protection formula. In addition to management of excessive vegetation, treating the areas surrounding your property with KOMODO will provide the necessary “defensible space” in compliance with California AB38 and other wildfire mitigation mandates currently enforced across the USA in high-risk fire hazard severity zones.
7. Is Komodo a certified and validated fire protection and prevention product?
- KOMODO has passed all USDA / U.S. Forest Service tests for burn performance; toxicity (mammals and salt / freshwater fish); corrosion and abrasion; non-metallics compatibility; and stability testing, with full certification and QPL (Qualified Products List) status pending. KOMODO also holds QAI (Quality Assurance International) and CAL Fire certifications for fire retardant efficacy.
8. Is Komodo patented?
- Yes, KOMODO fire prevention and protection; fire retardant; and fire suppression technologies are proprietary and protected by both USA and World Organization patents filed and pending
9. When Komodo is applied to protect trees, shrubs, and landscaping, will our plants be harmed and damaged by the solution?
- No, the KOMODO fire protection treatment will not harm your plants and landscaping when used as directed.
10. When Komodo is applied to protect trees, shrubs and landscaping will the effectiveness of the solution be diminished if we use our sprinkler system to irrigate Komodo treated plants?
- The KOMODO fire protection solution is designed and formulated to resist weather, wind, and up to three (3) inches of rainfall before requiring reapplication. However, because the KOMODO fire protection solution is water soluble and biodegradable, if it is subjected to repeated saturation by water sprinklers or other irrigation systems, the efficacy of the product will be reduced accordingly. We recommend that you irrigate your trees, shrubs, plants, and other landscaping vegetation at the base of the plants to avoid continued saturation of the KOMODO treated and protected foliage.
11. Does Komodo come with warranties or guarantees?
- Due to the fact that KOMODO Fire Systems is unable to control DIY end-user’s preparation and application of the KOMODO DIY products, KOMODO Fire Systems, Inc. provides no express or implied warranties surrounding any KOMODO DIY product and/or equipment. DIY end-users are solely responsible for the use and application of the KOMODO DIY products. KOMODO Fire Systems, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for damage to property and/or materials where KOMODO DIY products are applied. All KOMODO products and form factors are guaranteed to function and perform as advertised if prepared, applied, and deployed correctly in strict accordance with all related product instructions, user guides, product manuals, and SDS (Safety Data Sheet) directives.
12. Is Komodo available for commercial, industrial and enterprise applications to cover large areas of property and infrastructure in high risk fire areas?
- Yes, KOMODO Fire Systems, Inc. is equipped with adequate manufacturing capacity and distribution networks to address large scale fire prevention / protection needs, including utility companies with critical infrastructure assets (utility poles; substations; communication towers; and related buildings), state / municipal transportation department applications with easements and rights-of-ways; railroad lines and railway systems; ingress and egress paths in high-risk fire areas; parks, campgrounds, and recreational areas; and all related areas within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) requiring enterprise level fire protection and prevention.
13. Is Komodo a government approved product?
- Komodo products are approved for ground application on federal, state, and private lands by USDA and the U.S. Forest Service. The State Fire Marshal of CAL FIRE has also certified Komodo as an approved Christmas tree fire retardant.
Features of Our Private Property Service:
Designed to help prevent destructive fires from starting, Komodo is proven to reduce wildfire spread and minimize potential property damage. Certified by the U.S. Forest Service, it is more effective than water, eco-safe, and biodegradable, making it an ideal solution for proactive fire defense without harming the environment.
Non-Toxic
U.S. Forest Service Certified
more effective than water
Eco-safe and biodegradable
Komodo was put down on the ground around our rock. We’re burning at 6,000-11,000 degrees Celsius; it’s like the surface of the sun. Komodo’s product kept all the ground from catching fire. For fire suppression in California, this is critical.