How PV systems can influence firefighting operations may be an essential input during the ongoing development of standards. Standards provide information on safety consideration, however, at present there is a lack of coverage of fire safety issues, including firefighting response.
The public project description:
The project team has completed the following work:
• a literature review
• a review of standards
• a review of available PV installer training and PV training for firefighters
• a database of PV fire incidents
• a series of on-site investigations and desk studies of contemporary incidents
• disseminated the findings and recommendations of the research to the fire sector, including
presenting at BRE’s Fire Research Conference and the UK Association of Fire Investigators
Annual Training Conference
• disseminated the findings and recommendations of the research to the relevant national and
international standards committees, including BSi, IEC and MCS
• disseminated the findings and recommendations of the research to the UK solar industry through
a PV Fire Workshop
• disseminated the findings and recommendations of the research to solar installation training
providers through a Train the Trainer event
The attached file is just ONE report. There are and will be other more current reports as the Industrial Solar Industry grows and as the number of fires increase. View this entire report at: government file on Fires and solar PV system
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