City of San Diego Expands Wildfire Prevention Program With CitroTech Following Pilot That Reduced Encampment Fires by 39%
A new state grant will help more than double deployment of CitroTech’s environmentally friendly fire inhibitor to protect high-risk sites and critical evacuation corridors
CitroTech (NYSE AM: CITR), a specialty chemical company developing environmentally responsible fire retardant solutions, and the City of San Diego announced funding to expand their wildfire prevention and mitigation programs, building on a first-of-its-kind pilot that reduced encampment-related fires by 39% and recorded zero reignitions in treated areas.
Supported by the new $1.5 million state-funded grant from California District 76, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will more than double its deployment of CitroTech's EPA-recognized long-term fire inhibitor, extending coverage to additional high-risk communities, former encampment sites, and critical evacuation corridors.
The state funds will be used to purchase $200,000 worth of CitroTech’s product. The expansion builds on a 2025 pilot — funded through a $367,000 grant from the San Diego River Conservancy — that treated 467 acres throughout the San Diego River watershed, prioritizing known wildfire evacuation corridors and documented encampment locations. As part of a broader wildfire prevention initiative that also included targeted brush management and weed abatement, the pilot treated over thirty-six former encampment sites and demonstrated measurable public safety benefits by reducing wildfire risk in environmentally sensitive areas where traditional fuel reduction methods were too difficult or risky to deploy.
