Wildfire Defense System

Defend your home.
Then evacuate.

Professional-grade fire retardant, staged at your property, ready to deploy in minutes. Protect your home's most vulnerable surfaces — then leave knowing your defense is in place.

Get Protected — $1,800/yr Watch how it works
432 Homes Treated in 2025
100% Structural Survival Rate
EPA IV Lowest Toxicity Rating
Cal Fire Title 19 Certified
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Leaving your home shouldn't mean
leaving it defenseless.

Most homeowners face a gut-wrenching choice: stay and fight, or evacuate with nothing but hope. Matador Fire gives you a third option — a meaningful, lasting defense you deploy before you leave.

The garden hose problem

Water only works while you're spraying it — and evaporates within minutes in wildfire conditions. Staying behind to fight puts your life at risk and diverts first responders from saving structures to saving you.

The $100,000+ barrier

Professional roof sprinkler systems cost six figures and take months to install. They're designed to save one home on the block. At that price, your neighbors are still unprotected — and wildfire doesn't stop at property lines.

Is your home at risk?

Enter your address to check your property's CAL FIRE hazard zone and see how your risk compares.

We check your exact location against CAL FIRE's official Fire Hazard Severity Zone map.

Zone Severity 5-Year Risk 30-Year Risk
Moderate 0.5% – 2.0% 3.0% – 11.3%
High 2.5% – 4.4% 14.0% – 23.8%
Very High 4.9% – 16.3% 26.0% – 65.7%

Source: CAL FIRE OSFM Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ), 2025

From assessment to defense
in three steps.

The easiest wildfire protection setup you'll ever experience.

01
Matador Fire property assessment

We Assess Your Property

A Matador Fire specialist visits, identifies vulnerabilities, and determines optimal unit placement for your home.

02
Matador Fire system installation

We Install & Stage

We place each unit, verify retardant coverage, and test the full system on-site. Completed in a single visit.

03
Spraying home with fire retardant

You Spray & Evacuate

When evacuation orders come, unroll the hose, spray your most vulnerable surfaces, and leave knowing your defense is in place.

Start Your Defense Plan

What's the real cost
of doing nothing?

Adjust the sliders for your home. We'll show you the math.

Annual Wildfire Insurance Premium
$5,000/yr
$1,000$100,000
Home Size
2,500 sq ft — 1 unit
500 sq ft10,000 sq ft
Estimated Rebuild Cost
$1,500,000
$250K$10M
Estimated Annual Wildfire Probability
3%
0.5%15%

Why Matador Fire.

We designed the system we wished existed when our founder watched his friends' community burn in the Palisades Fire.

Deploy in minutes

Deployed in Minutes

No professionals needed on the day. Remove the cover, unroll 100 feet of hose, turn the pump on, and spray. Each unit can be fully emptied in under 10 minutes.

Outlasts water

Outlasts Water

Water evaporates in minutes. Our professional-grade fire retardant stays active on treated surfaces until 3 cumulative inches of rainfall — working through the entire fire season.

Built for your whole block

Built for Your Whole Block

At $1,800/year vs. $100,000+ for a roof sprinkler system, Matador Fire is designed so that every home on the street can be defended. Your home is safer when your neighbor's is too.

Matador Fire Wildfire Defense System

Professional-Grade Equipment,
Always Ready.

Each unit is a self-contained 50-gallon barrel of non-toxic fire retardant, equipped with a pump and 100-foot hose with adjustable nozzle. Strategically placed to cover your property's most vulnerable surfaces.

  • 7,500 sq ft coverage per barrel
  • 130 ft total spray reach per unit
  • 50 gallons of professional-grade retardant
  • EPA Category IV — non-toxic to people, pets, and plants
  • Cal Fire Title 19 certified
  • Retardant active until 3 inches cumulative rainfall
Get Your System — $1,800/yr
7,500 sq ft
Coverage per barrel
130 ft
Total spray reach
50 gal
Fire retardant per unit
$1,800
Per year, all in

Defend Your Home.
Then Evacuate.

Prioritize high-risk ignition points first. As time permits, expand coverage to coat the entire property.

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Eaves & Overhangs

Where heat and embers most commonly gather. A key ignition point on any home.

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Base Perimeter

Where walls meet the ground, embers settle and can cause structure ignition.

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Decking & Surfaces

Flat, flammable surfaces where ember accumulation and ignition risk are highest.

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Adjacent Vegetation

Plants closest to structures ignite first and can spread fire directly to your home.

How Matador Fire compares.

We didn't build the most expensive system on the market. We built the one your whole neighborhood can afford.

Garden Hose Roof Sprinklers Matador Fire
Cost Free (your time) $100,000+ $1,800/yr
Requires you to stay Yes — dangerous No No — spray & leave
Protection duration Minutes While water flows Full fire season
Professional install No Months of work Single visit
Neighbor-friendly price N/A No Yes
2025 survival rate Unknown Unknown 100% (432 homes)
Start Saving with Matador Fire
★★★★★ Trusted by 400+ homeowners

What our clients say.

★★★★★
"The right tool for communities"
"Public and private crews are most effective when properties are prepared before the first ember lands. Matador Fire gives families an easy way to coat their home with long-term retardant, then evacuate, so we're not starting from zero when we get there."
JT
Joe Torres
20-Year Veteran Firefighter
Verified Professional
★★★★★
"You need a plan"
"It's just better than running with nothing. You have no plan, you need a plan. Matador Fire gave us that plan — something we could actually do before we left. The peace of mind alone is worth it."
WS
Woolsey Fire Survivor
Malibu, CA
Verified Customer
★★★★★
"Everything I possibly can"
"I feel like I've done everything I possibly can to empower myself. When the evacuation order came, I sprayed the house, loaded the car, and drove away knowing I'd actually done something. My home survived."
PF
Palisades Fire Survivor
Pacific Palisades, CA
Verified Customer
★★★★★
"My whole street signed up"
"After I got my system, I hosted a block party and had Matador Fire come present. Four of my neighbors signed up that week. Wildfire doesn't stop at property lines — so our defense shouldn't either."
DM
David M.
Topanga, CA
Verified Customer
★★★★★
"Better than insurance"
"Insurance pays out after your home is destroyed. Matador Fire works before the fire arrives. For a fraction of what I pay in premiums, I have something that actually fights to save my house."
RL
Rachel L.
Calabasas, CA
Verified Customer
★★★★★
"Setup was a breeze"
"The team came out, walked the property, placed the barrel, tested everything, and walked me through the whole process in about an hour. I went from anxious about fire season to feeling genuinely prepared."
SK
Sandra K.
Altadena, CA
Verified Customer

Frequently asked questions.

Residential sprinkler systems can cost more than $100,000 and require an extensive planning and installation process. At that price point, they're designed to save one home on the block. The Matador Fire system is $1,800/year and was designed to be affordable for all your neighbors on the street. Saving one home is not the answer — we designed a system to defend your whole neighborhood.
Water only works while it's being applied and evaporates within minutes, providing no lasting protection. More importantly, staying behind to fight a wildfire with a hose puts you at serious risk. When civilians remain on scene, first responders have to shift from defending structures to protecting people. Matador Fire's system is designed for the opposite: spray your most vulnerable surfaces with retardant that stays active long after you evacuate, and leave knowing your defense is in place.
Matador Fire's retardant has been protecting properties from wildfire for over 4 years. Of the 432 homes treated in 2025, 100% remain standing. The product was tested in the "red zone" of 4 active wildfires (including the Palisades and Eaton fires). Of the treated properties, 68 faced a direct threat and 13 were in the direct fire line — all survived. It is currently used by private firefighting crews for large-scale residential protection.
Yes. The retardant carries an EPA Category IV rating — the lowest hazard classification, "practically non-toxic." It's independently tested by StillMeadow, Inc., non-toxic to people, pets, and plants, and dries clear on most surfaces. It's on client properties across Los Angeles year-round.
The system is designed for manual deployment and can be fully emptied in less than 10 minutes. If you aren't home, consider a trusted neighbor who knows your plan. During onboarding, we'll walk through your specific situation and contingencies so you're covered either way.
No — and nothing can. The Matador Fire Wildfire Defense System gives you an effective action that adds resilience to your home's most vulnerable surfaces. It empowers homeowners with the ability to contribute to the defense of their home rather than just evacuate. Our clients tell us that matters.
Everything. Setup and installation (no upfront fee), two maintenance visits per year, retardant refill after use preceding a mandatory evacuation, and retardant refill when it expires. Lifetime warranty on all parts. $1,800/year per unit — no surprise charges for standard service.

Get protected
before fire season.

A Matador Fire specialist will assess your property, identify vulnerabilities, and install your system — all included in your subscription.

Starting at $1,800/year
Per unit. Setup, maintenance, and retardant refills included.
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Lifetime warranty • EPA Category IV safe • 100% survival rate in 2025