FireRoofs Completes Fortress-Level Wildfire Defense Installation at Saratoga Hilltop Estate

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA, April 21, 2026 – FireRoofs Wildfire Defense Systems, the Bay Area's only dual-detection automated wildfire defense company, today announced the successful completion of a Fortress-tier installation at a private hilltop estate in Saratoga, California. The system represents the company's highest level of exterior wildfire protection, combining automated roof and eave sprinklers, perimeter sprinklers for the surrounding hillside, Class A foam injection, and a 20,000-gallon pool-integrated backup water supply on an 8,900 square foot estate with approximately 6,000 square feet of roof surface.

Saratoga is designated a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Properties in the area face elevated exposure to radiant heat, ember attack, and rapid fire spread driven by the terrain and vegetation of the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills. FireRoofs maintains a dedicated Saratoga Wildfire Defense System overview for local homeowners, covering CAL FIRE hazard zone data, the town's updated tree ordinance, and the specific fire exposures facing estates in the foothills.

System Overview

The Fortress installation at the Saratoga estate includes commercial-grade roof and eave sprinklers plumbed with copper piping throughout, a FireRoofs smart controller, and the FireRoofs mobile app for iOS and Android. The homeowner retains full manual control from anywhere in the world, while the system continues to run fully automated detection and response in the background.

At the top tier of protection, the system adds optional Class A firefighting foam injection. Class A foam is the same concentrate used by wildland firefighting agencies. The FireRoofs foam is 100% biodegradable, non-toxic to plants, pets, and wildlife, and rinses off through the sprinklers after deployment. At the Saratoga estate, foam is injected automatically at the highest threat level.

In addition to the roof and eave sprinklers, the Saratoga installation includes perimeter sprinklers designed to soak the hillside vegetation surrounding the property. This creates a wet buffer zone that reduces the ability of a ground fire to approach the structure. The perimeter zone works in tandem with the roof system, activating automatically at the same threat level.

The system is also integrated with the property's 20,000-gallon swimming pool as a dedicated backup water source. If regional water supply is compromised during a fire event, a common failure mode observed in recent California wildfires, the system automatically switches to pool water. A 20,000-gallon pool provides extended continuous runtime at the Fortress system's sustained flow profile, which is more than enough to cover the critical window during an ember storm and fire front passage.

Dual Wildfire Detection

The Fortress system uses FireRoofs' dual wildfire detection architecture, two independent layers working together to identify threats and trigger an automated response.

The first layer is regional satellite wildfire monitoring. The system pulls fire activity feeds from GOES-18, NOAA, and CAL FIRE sources inside a five-mile radius of the property. When a fire is detected in the region, the system pre-arms and begins automated preparation, including pre-wetting the roof and eaves to reduce ember ignition risk.

The second layer is on-property cameras and intelligent fire detection sensors. Cameras and sensors mounted around the property continuously monitor the surrounding landscape. When a threat is detected at the property itself, the system escalates its response automatically.

Response is organized into three escalating threat levels. Each level includes a cancel window, during which the homeowner can override the system through the FireRoofs app before the next stage engages. The homeowner also retains full manual control at every stage, including the ability to activate sprinkler zones individually, deploy foam on demand, and switch water sources on demand.

Commissioning and Client Orientation

The Saratoga installation was commissioned on site with the homeowner present. The FireRoofs team walked through the three-level threat activation sequence, demonstrated app functionality on the customer's iPhone, and confirmed manual control of individual sprinkler zones, foam deployment, and the automatic pool switchover. The test threat buttons visible in the commissioning photo above are used to verify end-to-end system response at each level before the system is left in fully automated mode.

About FireRoofs Wildfire Defense Systems

FireRoofs Wildfire Defense Systems designs and installs automated exterior wildfire defense systems for homes in the Bay Area Wildland-Urban Interface. The company serves communities across the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, spanning Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties.

FireRoofs offers four protection tiers, from the entry-level Keystone configuration up to the Fortress tier installed at the Saratoga estate. Every system is designed and installed under the supervision of a licensed California General Contractor, backed by more than 50 years of combined experience in irrigation design, arboriculture, and custom construction.

Bay Area homeowners can request a free on-site property evaluation at fireroofs.com. A full system proposal is delivered within one to three business days of the site visit.

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