About Us

Cedar Shingle Roofing

ProWildfireDefense is a wildfire home-defense service provider provider mainly serving the Bay Area and other locations throughout California. Founded in 2024 by Bart Kimber, a retired firefighter and disabled Veteran with over 22 years of fire service and has worked for the last 5 years in home wildfire defense. The ProWildfireDefense company was built from Bart’s drive to protect homes from the increasing threat of wildfires, using modern prevention technologies and proven mitigation techniques. 

After five years specializing in home hardening and wildfire mitigation across Southern and Northern California, Bart launched Pro Wildfire Defense.

Pro Wildfire Defense offers a wide range of professional services, including: 

Comprehensive home assessments to identify fire risks and implement safety improvements.
Official IBHS home inspections by Madronas for Wildfire Prepared Home designation.
Strategic planning for wildfire prevention, including ground-applied Phos-Chek.
Implementation of home-hardening measures to comply with IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home standards.
Private fire-suppression options for qualified homes in certain geographical areas.
Sales and servicing of fire equipment for homeowners.
Cedar Shingle Roofing
House Wildfire

Additionally, as a mobile service provider, we deliver custom wildfire protection solutions on-site, tailored to the unique needs of each property we serve. 

At Pro Wildfire Defense, protecting homes isn’t just a service—it’s a personal commitment grounded in experience, service, and sacrifice.

Our Mission

We provide a knowledge base and tailored preventative services to home and business owners to prevent destruction of property by wildfires.
 
We employ Wildfire Prepared Home systematic home-hardening processes, engineered for the IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home designation, to lessen the very real threat that your business or home will be affected by wildfire.
 
Long-Term Fire-Retardant (LTFR), 
ProWildfireDefense uses a proprietary process includes pre-treating Cedar Shingle roofing, fences, and decks, to inhibit combustion, and coating property’s vegetation with ground-applied Phos-Chek to slow the effects of embers or fire brands blown by vegetation fires before they can start a fire.
California