Innovative Wildfire Defense Sprinkler System For Homes Can Detect Flames And Lowers Insurance

Innovative Wildfire Defense Sprinkler System For Homes Can Detect Flames And Lowers Insurance

Innovative Wildfire Defense Sprinkler System For Homes Can Detect Flames And Lowers Insurance Defense Delivered’s sprinklers in action – credit, retrieved from Defense Delivered A pair of Colorado innovators have designed an autonomous sprinkler system to hose down a home if it detects an approaching wildfire. With both men having experienced the threat of wildfires first hand, each said they were driven to try and do something about it. Owners of a firm called Defense Delivered, their system uses thermal imaging cameras to detect when flames or sparks might be entering the immediate zone of the house. If the camera sensor is triggered, the sprinklers automatically hose down the house to ideally keep it from burning, and will eventually deploy firefighting foam as a last resort if the threat persists. Founder and CEO Duston Dolamore told CBS News Colorado that the idea was spawned in the wake of the Ptarmigan Fire in 2021, which burned more than 100 acres near Silverthorne in Summit County…