Captain
San Jose Fire Department
170 W. San Carlos St
San Jose
CAUSA
95113
Email:
mpaiss@earthlink.net
Biographical Sketch: Fire Captain Matthew Paiss is a 15 year veteran of the San Jose Fire Department. He was a contributor to the California State Fire Marshals Office PV Guidelines, as well as the IFC and NFPA1 fire code sections on PV. CA Paiss has delivered PV Safety training to over 2000 firefighters nationwide. He has spoken in Europe on Fire Safety and PV design, and has AS degrees in both Solar Energy Technology and Fire Science, and is a member of UL Standards Technical Panels 1703 & 1741. Captain Paiss has written for Fire Engineering and Home Power magazines.