Safety and Sustainability: Preventing Wildfires with Safe Chemistry

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Wildfires are becoming more common and severe, posing a significant threat to communities worldwide. Architects and the building industry must adopt a proactive approach to address this issue. In this course, we explore innovative and eco-friendly wildfire defense systems, which can play a vital role in protecting our communities and the environment from the harmful effects of wildfires and addressing the current home insurance crisis.

Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:

Discuss the alarming rise in wildfires and their harmful impact on the environment nationally and globally.
Recognize an architect’s role in sustainably safeguarding local communities and proactively addressing the home insurance crisis using eco-friendly systems.
Summarize the various factors related to wildfires that contribute to increased risk to communities.
Enumerate the programs and initiatives that are aimed at sustainably protecting and increasing the safety of vulnerable communities.
Expand on the attributes and benefits of new, nontoxic, environmentally friendly fire-inhibiting products and wildfire defense systems compared to traditional products and methods.

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered online, at your own pace.

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Presenter Information

Name: Steve Conboy

Title: Founder Chief Technoligist, Mighty Fire Breaker

Background:

Steve Conboy is the founder and president of Mighty Fire Breaker, LLC, and the inventor of MFB-31-Citrotech, a patented, nontoxic fire inhibitor. In April 2022, he coordinated the grand opening of his company’s first store to serve the public, the Wildfire Depot. At that event, he conducted tests in the presence of Rohnert Park fire officials that proved the efficacy of Citrotech.

Steve began his career as a union carpenter with Local 940 in Brooklyn, and he transferred to California in 1975 where he has lived ever since. Steve left the building trade in 1998 to become an engineering technical representative for the largest engineered wood company in the world. In 2005, he began his career in fire chemistry, and he invented the most cost-effective fire protection program for 5-story, high-density, wood-framed buildings to defend them from arson activity. By the time he sold that patent and program, he had defended over 20 million square feet of living space throughout the US.

Ever since California’s 2017 Tubbs fire, Steve’s focus has been on developing proactive solutions to save homes from wildfire and defending our environment with safer, nontoxic chemistry. In this regard, Steve has developed 18 products, most of which are patented and some of which are patent pending.

In 2022, Steve worked with the EPA on their Safer Choice Program, and MFB-31-Citrotech received the EPA’s Safer Choice designation. That same year, Steve also worked with UL, which granted MFB-31-Citrotech GREENGUARD Gold Certification and inclusion in the Product Lens™ program. Steve has also been working with the USDA for aerial delivery of MFB-31-Citrotech to fight wildfires.

In October 2023, the EPA chose Mighty Fire Breaker as a Safer Choice Product Partner of the Year Award Winner. This EPA link gives further information. Steve is also active with carbon engineers in the mass timber movement. He is working to create a carbon trade for having completed nature’s carbon sequestration, in that wood that has been treated to be fire resistant will not release its CO2 back into the environment.

Steve authored the book Nature Is Screaming! Are We Ready to Listen? He is now writing a children’s book about two characters, Big Wood and Little Wood, who are having a conversation about nature and science.