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1. I hope that there is an effort to deal with fire-fighting and solar buildings
Fri May 9, 2014, 09:42 AM
May 2014

There was a huge fire that gutted a large modern Dietz & Watson warehouse over in Jersey that had a massive solar array, and the area fire departments had no training on how to proceed with fighting it while there were some 7000 energized solar panels covering the roof... I.e., the "traditional" techniques could not be used without putting the fire crews in a position of extreme risk.


http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Alarm-Fire-Rips-Through-Dietz--Watson-Building-222001371.html

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Solar-Panels-Growing-Hazard-for-Firefighters-222085811.html

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