{"id":13024,"date":"2026-04-30T20:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/nasa-engineers-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:44:41","slug":"nasa-engineers-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/nasa-engineers-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA engineers create ingenious way to save homes from wildfires using noise – New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Switch between CA and NY editions here.
Scientists have created a miraculous new way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound<\/a>.
Former NASA engineers with California-based Sonic Fire Tech found that using sound waves can snuff out <\/a>blazes and potentially be used to stop another Pacific Palisades inferno<\/a>.
In order for flames to burn it needs three things, oxygen, fuel, and heat. The technology works by targeting oxygen molecules using low-frequency sound waves that vibrate them, stopping the fire from growing.
\u201cSound waves vibrate the oxygen faster than the fuel can use it, and break the chemical reaction of the flame,” Remington Hotchkis, Chief Commercialization Officer at Sonic Fire Tech told The Post.
The San Bernardino County Fire Department<\/a> recently tested out the equipment using a backpack version and the results were incredible.
San Bernardino County Fire Highlights Innovation in Fire Technology Using Sound Waves<\/p>\n

San Bernardino County Fire is always looking ahead, and this week we had the opportunity to see what the future of fire protection could look like.<\/p>\n

We hosted a live demonstration with Sonic\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Mxa3dZiVzz<\/a>
Video shows firefighters fighting small blazes on a shrub and a stove top fire with the technology putting it out.
\u201cOur focus is fire. It\u2019s the most destructive element that we\u2019ve seen in California,\u201d Hotchkis told KMPH<\/a>. \u201cOur former NASA engineers are rocket scientists, and they say it seems like magic, but it\u2019s just physics.\u201d
\u201cThey\u2019ve been spending 15 to 20 years of their careers focused on outer-worldly problems. And it\u2019s amazing that we get to bring those solutions to Earth.\u201d
In the home application, the system would be alerted\/activated if there was a fire, sending the sound waves through a home duct system, essentially snuffing out the blaze.
The sound waves can reach as far as 30ft from a home, the report noted. The sound is also harmless to pets and humans.
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Hotchkis said it was after his former Altadena home burned down<\/a> last year in the massive wildfires that swept across southern California, that he realized there needed to be a better way to fight fires.
\u201cJust to see the devastation that occurred on that community level while transformers were exploding and hoses were running out of water pressure, in that moment I was realizing there needs to be a different way we approach this.\u201d Hotchkis said. 
He said this technology could then be applied to help stop the spread of wildfires<\/a> in the future.
\u201cWe are really excited about the new tech being presented to us,\u201d San Bernardino PIO officer Christoper Prater told The Post. \u201cWe see this could really make a difference in both wildfire safety and home fire protection.\u201d 
The CA state insurance commissioner’s office sounded hopeful about the futuristic way to battle fire too.
\u201cTechnology and innovation have an absolutely critical part to play in protecting people from wildfires,\u201d one insurance official told the outlet. 
The cost for this technology is steeper than your run of the mill kitchen fire extinguisher, running about 1-2% of the home’s value for installation. But hard to put a value on something that could prevent you from ever losing all your precious belongings in a fire.
The Post reached out to the company and the state insurance office for further comment. <\/p>\n

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