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According to the report, Israeli startup Fire Dome has developed a wildfire defense system. In the midst of war, as sirens were blaring almost every day to signal barrages of incoming rockets, Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system tracked and intercepted missiles to help protect and save lives. For Gadi Benjamini, the Iron Dome in January last year inspired the idea behind the development of a system to fight wildfires and prevent them from spreading.
The report said that it is similar to a war to fight wildfires, there are the firefighters, which are the infantry. There are airplanes, but darkness makes it harder to fly during the night and also during strong winds, and what we develop is a kind of artillery support,” FireDome co-founder and CEO Gadi Benjamini told The Times of Israel. “The biggest challenge in the climate tech area are wildfires, and more specifically, the reaction to wildfires, because many companies focus on detection.”
The report added that what they develop is a system to enhance firefighters’ abilities and capabilities to address more fires simultaneously, like spot fires and embers and to reach places where sometimes they can’t, due to different logistics constraints that they have,” they added.
The Iron Dome plans to have the first system ready for testing in Israel will be around May, in areas, such as Jerusalem or the Carmel forest in the North, that are prone to wildfires. In 2026, the Tel Aviv-based startup aims to start pilot sites of the system in the US, targeting the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
Report Source: Times of Israel
The report said that it is similar to a war to fight wildfires, there are the firefighters, which are the infantry. There are airplanes, but darkness makes it harder to fly during the night and also during strong winds, and what we develop is a kind of artillery support,” FireDome co-founder and CEO Gadi Benjamini told The Times of Israel. “The biggest challenge in the climate tech area are wildfires, and more specifically, the reaction to wildfires, because many companies focus on detection.”
The report added that what they develop is a system to enhance firefighters’ abilities and capabilities to address more fires simultaneously, like spot fires and embers and to reach places where sometimes they can’t, due to different logistics constraints that they have,” they added.
The Iron Dome plans to have the first system ready for testing in Israel will be around May, in areas, such as Jerusalem or the Carmel forest in the North, that are prone to wildfires. In 2026, the Tel Aviv-based startup aims to start pilot sites of the system in the US, targeting the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
Report Source: Times of Israel
