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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joel
Davidson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] fire safety vs. fire hysteria?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It is good to see several people are trying to put out
this fire (pun). Unfortunately, the internet's memory is almost
impossible to purge. I think that the best corrective action is
to ask fire safety people to speak up and say "No, that's not
true" each time any incorrect info pops up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Joel Davidson<o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> "Jeff Clearwater, Village Power
Design" <jeffc@villagepower.com><br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:44:25 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] fire safety vs. fire hysteria?<br>
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Nicely done Bill and Matt P !<br>
<br>
Hopefully that'll set a good precedent for future discussions and <br>
guidelines on this!<br>
<br>
Jeff<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
>William and all,<br>
><br>
>I notified a friend of mine in the fire service about this, and he has<br>
>followed up with the website to have the article removed. Here is the
thread<br>
>with me and the website:<br>
><br>
><br>
>Note to me:<br>
><br>
>This article is exactly the same as one I received from a young firefighter<br>
>from Orange County, CA a few months ago. I made numerous comments on
it,<br>
>and sent him our video. Curiously, I just emailed him yesterday
inquiring<br>
>as to the status of his interest in publishing an <br>
>article, and heard back that he had not taken any action on it. It <br>
>appears the original "Author" got this posted. I will
attempt to have this<br>
>article removed from this site, for correction.<br>
><br>
>FE Matthew Paiss, T13B<br>
>San Jose Fire Department<br>
>San Jose, CA<br>
><br>
><br>
>Note from Matt to website administrator:<br>
><br>
>Billy,<br>
><br>
>By way of introduction, my name is Matt Paiss. I am a Fire Engineer
for the<br>
>San Jose Fire Department. Additionally, I am a subject matter expert
in the<br>
>area of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Firefighter Safety, have a degree in Solar<br>
>Technology, and am a member of the State Fire Marshals Office PV Task
Force<br>
>which is tasked with creating guidelines for the safe installation of said<br>
>systems. I also teach classes on PV Safety for Firefighters.<br>
><br>
>I was sent this article (below) to review a few months ago.<br>
><a href="http://firefighterclosecalls.com/fullstory.php?77468"
target="_blank">http://firefighterclosecalls.com/fullstory.php?77468</a><br>
><br>
>It is riddled with incorrect statements and does a disservice to the fire<br>
>service in the fact that it presents us as ignorant to the science and<br>
>realities of Solar Photovoltaic systems. I sent the
"Author" a redlined<br>
>commentary and suggested that he take some time to gather factual
background<br>
>info prior to attempting to publish.<br>
><br>
>My request is that you remove it, and refer the author to me to help
correct<br>
>his info. I believe that there is information that FF's need to know
about<br>
>these systems, but this is NOT it. Let's get it right.<br>
><br>
>Best Regards,<br>
><br>
>FE Matthew Paiss, T13B<br>
>San Jose Fire Department<br>
>San Jose, CA<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>Note from administrator to Matt:<br>
><br>
>Thanks Matt! Please send me what should be posted and we will not only<br>
>remove it-but will also send it out on The Secret List with your name and<br>
>any other affiliate org that can substantiate the facts. A simple (FF<br>
>readable-you know what I mean) document would be great.<br>
>Thanks!<br>
>Billy<br>
><br>
><br>
>Final message from Matt to administrator:<br>
><br>
>Will do Chief!<br>
>As the info is incorrect in so many areas, would you please consider<br>
>removing it now? It does reflect poorly on both <a
href="http://firefighterclosecalls.com/" target="_blank">firefighterclosecalls.com</a><br>
>AND the fire service in general. I was actually sent the link by a
friend<br>
>who works for the DOE, and asked if I could help. I will get you a
more<br>
>accurate article within a week, if you could grant me that time. I
promise<br>
>it will be FF-friendly!! I am preparing for 3 classes and am a bit
swamped.<br>
><br>
>FE Matthew Paiss, T13B<br>
>San Jose Fire Department<br>
>San Jose, CA<br>
><br>
><br>
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