I loooove solar energy solutions, the thought just occured to me that during emergency services, it could take extra time to save/protect lives or property - which is more or less the core responsibility of any fire department and firefighter.
So, in developing solar energy solutions, I think considering the emergency response community should be a part of that and can be done without too much effort. I'm sure there's a no-/low-cost solution to the issue, but I wasn't sure what it could be - so I wrote the post. With a good solution -- double-bonus!
I have to admit, I think there will unfortunately be an accident or worse on a working fire for there to have some installation guidelines taken into account. Fortunately, I think the guidelines will cause no-/low-cost changes to currently installations and future installations.
I think I took, as you say, and "unexpected turn" when I went a little existential and I admit here that *assumed* NB was making known that there may simply have to be priorities made and there will be some winners and losers based on those priorities - just like anyone would make the case for introduction of a new technology that may go through some hard to accept setbacks while working for the greater good. For example - do you know how many people put in harms way their lives and their family's livelihood during the development of aviation and the space race? Probably several hundreds of thousands! But, the court of public opinion (and the people working on the projects) decided it was worth the risk.
uhmmm...so, does that clear up anything?
Best,
Shalin