Guidelines and guideline documents are cornerstones for the personnel who carry out the installation and maintenance of any system or device. But do we ask ourselves how often are they revised and updated accordingly?

The need to constantly re-evaluate PV-related guidelines to see if they still reflect the latest scientific evidence culminated in the publication of an article PV guidelines – are the recommendations sufficiently evidence-based? in SFPE Europe Magazine by Nik Rus and Grunde Jomaas.

In the review of guidelines and guideline documents that Nik Rus conducted, he found that there is a worrying lack of science-based safety measures proposed for mitigating fire risks associated with PV systems.