In a recent article, the San Francisco Examiner stated that as “part of sweeping changes to The City’s fire code, Fire Marshal Barbara Schultheis wants to adopt statewide standards for solar panel installation in order to keep firefighters safe. Those guidelines are much stricter than current regulations and could make solar installation in San Francisco more difficult.”

The new regulations include installing a bright red sign to alert firefighters that solar panels are present on the roof. No solutions to disarming the energy flow in the panels was considered.

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