Why aren’t homes in wildfire prone areas protected by a sprinkler system?

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Is there anything stopping me from an engineering standpoint installing a water tower on my property and making sprinklers around a radius of my home to drench the area in case of wildfire?

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There are whole-home fire retardant systems (using Phos-Check or similar), but they are of course quite expensive, and still are not guaranteed to work. Fire weather can be insane, and if a large chunk of burning tree gets blown into your house…

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