Our Highly Effective, Eco-Friendly Fire Retardant Is the Safest Choice
Matador Fire exclusively uses eco-friendly, plant-safe fire retardant in both our professional spray services and DIY wildfire defense systems. Ideal for both individual home and neighborhood wildfire protection, this plant-based fire retardant is non-toxic and free of chemicals. It is a biodegradable, water-soluble compound made from food-safe ingredients and earth minerals, so it’s completely safe for pets, plants and people, and meets California flame retardant regulations.
- Free of harmful chemicals and carcinogens
- Less toxic than federal guidelines
- Proven non-toxic to fish and mammals by government labs
- Complies with wildfire mitigation mandates, such as California AB38, offering property owners both protection and peace of mind in high-risk wildfire zones
In comparison, typical chemical-based fire-retardant gels/foams can contaminate soil and water sources; often require reapplication for prolonged wildfire events; are difficult to apply and remove; and can leave behind residue that can corrode, stain or damage surfaces.
Why not just use water instead of fire retardant for residential wildfire protection?
While water may be easily accessible at your property – especially if you have a pool – the heat from a wildfire quickly evaporates droplets sprayed on vegetation or structures. In the event of an active wildfire nearby, homeowners must continuously deploy a high volume of water to exposed surfaces and vegetation. Water can cool and extinguish small fires, but is no match for an intense wildfire approaching your home.
The biggest disadvantage of spraying with water is that the homeowner must often risk their life to deploy it. Too many people choose to ignore evacuation orders so that they can attempt to continuously douse their homes with water from a hose or pool – only to discover that they are fighting a losing battle against impossible levels of heat and flame as the water simply evaporates away.
Our eco-friendly fire retardant coats and dries on surfaces wherever it’s sprayed, creating a powerful, long-lasting firebreak. Forming a uniform coating, the product releases micro fire suppressants when exposed to heat, preventing ignition and halting fire spread on materials such as wood, metal and glass, as well as on organic substrates such as trees, shrubs and grasses.
Our systems help ensure that just the right amount of retardant is deployed for effective residential wildfire protection. Because the product is heat-activated, it doesn’t require reapplication before fire exposure. It will be there to defend your property when you can’t be, allowing you and your family to retreat to safety, and it simply washes away with water, making cleanup simple.