From union carpenter to fire-tech inventor
Steve Conboy started his career swinging a hammer as a union carpenter in New York. More than four decades in the lumber and building industry followed — and with them, a front-row seat to what fire does to wood, homes, and the people in them.
The last chapter of that career became its purpose. Steve turned to fire science, convinced that the industry's toxic retardants were a problem masquerading as a solution. His answer was a new kind of chemistry: food-grade, plant-based, and safe enough to earn the EPA's Safer Choice label — while still stopping flame in its tracks.
Through Wildfire Pro Shop, Mighty Fire Breaker, and CitroTech, that chemistry now protects homes, communities, vineyards, and job sites across wildfire country — deployed through on-property spray systems, mobile tankers, and a growing network of wildfire defense professionals.
