EcoRenovator - View Single Post - Rooftop solar panels become new enemy of U.S. firefighters

Robaroni · 09-17-13, 04:40 PM

A new technology comes along and that industry has to educate the Fire Department?

OK, let's go back a hundred years when George Westinghouse was running wires across this country for the NEW electric grid. The individuals fighting the fire had to LEARN how to address electricity the same way they had to learn how to address, new chemicals, new building materials, new house designs, high rise building, etc., etc. It's the job of the fire departments to train their FF for new technologies, not the PV industry to train them. Did the automobile companies teach fire fighters how to fight auto fires? No, so why should the PV industry have the responsibility for teaching the fire departments a new technology?

They shouldn't!

More rubbish, probably from people who would love to dump on Alternate Energy.

That's my 4 cents. (adjusted for inflation)

Rob

09-17-13, 04:40 PM	#10
Robaroni Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Delhi, NY Posts: 332 Thanks: 20 Thanked 53 Times in 40 Posts	Rubbish! A new technology comes along and that industry has to educate the Fire Department? OK, let's go back a hundred years when George Westinghouse was running wires across this country for the NEW electric grid. The individuals fighting the fire had to LEARN how to address electricity the same way they had to learn how to address, new chemicals, new building materials, new house designs, high rise building, etc., etc. It's the job of the fire departments to train their FF for new technologies, not the PV industry to train them. Did the automobile companies teach fire fighters how to fight auto fires? No, so why should the PV industry have the responsibility for teaching the fire departments a new technology? They shouldn't! More rubbish, probably from people who would love to dump on Alternate Energy. That's my 4 cents. (adjusted for inflation) Rob Last edited by Robaroni; 09-17-13 at 05:51 PM..