Brian Palazzo has spent the last 10 years serving as a firefighter with the Oakland Fire Department. Throughout his career, he has been deployed on strike teams to some of the most devastating wildfires in California’s history, including the Camp Fire, Eaton Fire, and Tubbs Fire. Over the years, he has heard countless stories of neighbors who stayed behind armed only with a garden hose (including his own father) and managed to save their homes—and sometimes their entire communities.

Inspired by these stories, he founded California Wildfire Sprinklers, a system designed to protect homes without putting lives at risk. Drawing on his firsthand knowledge of fire behavior and prevention, he developed an easy-to-use, effective solution to help homeowners safeguard their property before disaster strikes.