Two graduates from Colorado's Summit High School who grew up watching wildfires threaten their mountain hometowns are now leading the charge to help homeowners protect their properties, even when they are miles away.

Their company, Defense Delivered , builds fully autonomous wildfire sprinkler systems that can detect heat from approaching flames and sparks and automatically hose down a home in targeted areas to ideally prevent it from burning.

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Founder and CEO Duston Dolamore says the idea came after the 2021 Ptarmigan Fire came uncomfortably close to his family's home in Silverthorne.

"When we experienced that fire, the feeling of helplessness, that really nothing could be done, it drove us to make a working solution," Dolamore said. "We've essentially returned to the c

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