Certified Partner Program
A selective, in-person program for professional operators ready to install CitroSafe™ Systems, add proactive spray services, and represent a science-forward wildfire-prevention brand.
The CitroTech Certified Partner Network
The program
Build your wildfire-defense service line with CitroTech certification.
The Certified Partner Program trains established service businesses to install CitroSafe™ Systems and deliver proactive spray services with CitroTech chemistry: contractors, builders, fire-protection providers, mitigation firms, and exterior-service companies. Two days, hands-on, at CitroTech headquarters in Oceanside, California.
Certified partners leave with the playbooks, documentation, and support contacts to launch in their market, and join a network of operators already bringing the program to homeowners, builders, agencies, and utilities. Cohort 05 trains this October. Applications are reviewed in the order they arrive.
Why now
Wildfire prevention is becoming an operator-led market.
Homeowners, agencies, utilities, builders, and insurers increasingly look for proactive protection before fire season escalates.
- 44M
U.S. homes in the wildland-urban interface, about one-third of all housing.
U.S. Forest Service
- $250B+
Estimated total damage and economic loss, January 2025 L.A. fires.
AccuWeather
- +300%
Growth in California FAIR Plan policies since 2021.
Industry reporting
- +47%
Increase in WUI homes 1990–2020, with 2.6M added in the last decade.
U.S. Forest Service
The format
A condensed systems day.
A dedicated spray-services day.
Day one concentrates CitroSafe™ Systems; day two adds the spray-service model for a broader, recurring offering.
Systems Foundation & Install
- Product platform, handling, certification standards, and wildfire-defense positioning.
- Residential and commercial design logic, site assessment, and planning.
- Hands-on install demo, activation, troubleshooting, warranty documentation, and customer handoff.
Spray Service & Certification
- Spray rig setup: tanks, pumps, hoses, equipment workflow, and field safety.
- Vegetation, defensible-space, corridor, and structure use cases.
- Certification assessment, partner readiness review, and go-to-market next steps.
Inside the cohort: this is what training looks like
What you’ll learn
The science, the products, and
the business of wildfire defense.
The curriculum covers fire-chemical solutions broadly: what is on the market, how products are tested, and how they compare on toxicity and effectiveness. Then the hands-on work with CitroTech systems and spray services. Partners leave able to advise a customer with authority, not just apply a product.
How wildfire reaches a structure
Embers, radiant heat, and direct flame. The home-ignition zone, defensible space, and where prevention actually happens.
The fire-chemical landscape
Long-term retardants, short-term suppressants, gels, foams, and coatings: what each is designed to do and where each falls short.
How inhibitor chemistry works
How fire inhibitors interrupt combustion, how long a treatment lasts and why, and what weather and time do to it.
Toxicity and environmental profile
How products are evaluated for human, aquatic, and environmental impact, what recognitions like EPA Safer Choice and UL GREENGUARD Gold actually certify, and how to read a safety data sheet.
Effectiveness and testing standards
ASTM E84, ASTM E2768, and independent-lab verification: what the tests measure, what they don’t, and how to compare products on evidence.
CitroSafe™ Systems design and install
Site assessment, residential and commercial design logic, install, activation, troubleshooting, and warranty documentation.
Spray-service operations
Rig setup (tanks, pumps, hoses), equipment workflow, application and reapplication timing, and field safety.
Use cases and coverage planning
Vegetation, defensible space, corridors, and structures. Matching the treatment to the asset for homeowners, HOAs, builders, agencies, and utilities.
Insurance, code, and the WUI context
Why insurers and agencies are asking for proactive mitigation, what defensible-space requirements demand, and how to document work so it counts.
Selling and delivering the service
Positioning, customer communication, QA and handoff standards, seasonal reapplication as recurring revenue, and the go-to-market plan you leave with.
Topics reflect the current curriculum and are refined with each cohort.
The ecosystem
Certified, equipped, and connected.
Certification is the start. Partners leave Oceanside with the products, standards, and support to sell and deliver wildfire defense, and they join a network that grows with every cohort.
- Certification to install CitroSafe™ Systems and apply CitroTech-31 and CitroTech-34
- Playbooks, documentation, and the QA, safety, and customer-handoff standards behind the brand
- Direct support contacts at CitroTech and access to the Partner Hub
- A listing in the Certified Partner Network on citrotech.com, searchable by region
- A network of certified operators across five regions, growing with every cohort
- Independently tested, recognized chemistry from a publicly traded company (NYSE American: CITR)
Partner network
Operators already bringing the program to market.
Four cohorts trained and counting: a growing network of serious regional service businesses ready to represent the standard.
Cohorts 01–04 · certified at CitroTech headquarters, Oceanside, CA
30 certified operators across 5 regions, and growing.
Who should apply
Built for operators who can protect the standard.
For partners prepared to execute in the field, communicate clearly with customers, and keep the documentation discipline a wildfire-defense brand requires.
- You operate an established service, construction, fire-protection, mitigation, or exterior-services business.
- You can send a serious owner, manager, or field lead to in-person training in Oceanside, California.
- You have a defined territory, customer base, or channel where wildfire defense is a practical opportunity.
- You’ll follow CitroTech documentation, QA, safety, and customer-handoff standards.
The path
A reviewed path from interest to launch.
Submit profile
Share your company, territory, services, team capacity, and why you’re pursuing certification.
Fit review
We review operational readiness, market fit, brand alignment, and cohort availability. Specifics, pricing, and margin are covered on the fit call.
Attend training
Accepted partners join the two-day Oceanside cohort for systems, spray, and certification.
Launch locally
Leave with playbooks, documentation, support contacts, and clear next steps for your market.
Apply
Apply for Cohort 05.
Applications submitted now are reviewed for Cohort 05, training this October in Oceanside. It’s a short application, enough for us to evaluate market, capability, and readiness, and we respond to every applicant.
Leave your name and email and we’ll notify you the moment the exact Cohort 05 dates are announced.
Questions
Frequently asked
Cohort 05 trains in October 2026 at CitroTech headquarters in Oceanside. Exact dates are announced soon. Cohort 04 filled ahead of its September training, so apply now, or join the notify list and we’ll email you the moment the dates are set.
Cohort 05 trains in October. Apply now.
Applications are reviewed in the order they arrive, and seats in every cohort are limited. Cohort 04 filled well before its training dates. If wildfire defense is going to be part of your business, apply for Cohort 05 now.