Sonic Fire Tech rolls out fire suppression system for residential wildfire defence

Fire suppression for homes without water

Sonic Fire Tech has announced the commercial rollout of its Sonic Home Defense system, a residential wildfire defence solution that uses infrasound technology and is designed to prevent ignition without water, chemicals or delay.

The company said the system is intended to detect and neutralise embers before they spark.

Sonic Fire Tech said the system uses low-frequency, inaudible sound waves.

The company said it has been named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree by the Consumer Technology Association for the system in the Smart Home product category.

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Fire suppression approach focused on embers

Sonic Fire Tech said embers are the cause of over 90% of wildfire-related home ignitions.

The company said its Sonic Home Defense system provides protection “inside and out” without water, flooding or foam.

Sonic Fire Tech said the system aligns with Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) and California State Zone Zero Perimeter Defense guidelines for wildfire-prepared homes.

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Installations underway in California communities

Sonic Fire Tech said its first installations are underway in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Lake Tahoe.

The company said it has received hundreds of homeowner requests for demonstrations.

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Personal experience and commercialisation plans

Remington Hotchkis, Chief Commercialization Officer, said: “Wildfire danger isn’t abstract for me, it’s personal.

“When my former home in Altadena burned in the Los Angeles fires earlier this year, I saw firsthand that it wasn’t the wall of flame that destroyed homes, it was the embers.

“In that moment I realized that this part of the global wildfire crisis is solvable.”

Sonic Fire Tech said Hotchkis developed a commercialisation plan through an MIT entrepreneurship competition and later joined forces with Geoff Bruder and Sonic Fire Tech to bring the technology to homeowners in California.