View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino Politecnico di Torino Porto Institutional Repository [Article] Risk of electrocution during fire suppression activities involving photovoltaic systems Original Citation: Riccardo Tommasini;Enrico Pons;Federica Palamara;Calogero Turturici;Pietro Colella (2014). Risk of electrocution during fire suppression activities involving photovoltaic systems. In: FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, vol. 67, pp. 35-41. - ISSN 0379-7112 Availability: This version is available at : http://porto.polito.it/2546937/ since: June 2014 Publisher: Elsevier Published version: DOI:10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.05.008 Terms of use: This article is made available under terms and conditions applicable to Open Access Policy Article ("Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0") , as described at http: //porto.polito.it/terms_and_conditions.html Porto, the institutional repository of the Politecnico di Torino, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to all the world. Please share with us how this access benefits you. Your story matters. (Article begins on next page) Risk of electrocution during fire suppression activities involving photovoltaic systems Riccardo Tommasinia, Enrico Ponsa*, Federica Palamarab, Calogero Turturicic, Pietro Colellaa a Department of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy b Prevention and Protection Service, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy c Ministero dell’Interno, Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco del soccorso pubblico e della difesa civile, Italy * Corresponding author:
[email protected] Published in: Fire Safety Journal 67 (2014) 35–41 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.05.008 Keywords: Fire safety; PV Systems; Electrical hazards; Safe distance; Solid stream; Spray stream; Water resistivity; Nozzles; Live electrical equipment; Electrocution.