Fire Investigator, 2nd Edition
This 2nd Edition manual is designed to provide fire investigators with the resources necessary to meet the job performance requirements for fire investigators outlined in NFPA® 1033. Arson investigators, private and public fire investigators, officers responsible for origin and cause determination, and students training to become investigators will find this manual to be an essential resource. This edition has been reorganized to place more emphasis on area of origin and cause determination with explanded information about fire pattern analysis. The text includes but is not limited to the following topics:
Safe practices for conducting an investigation
Effects of fire and explosion science on fire investigation
Building construction and building services
Investigative process
Protecting, documenting, and collecting evidence
Conducting interviews
Scene examination and reconstruction
Area of origin determination
Ignition source, sequence, and cause determinations
New material covered:
Explosion dynamics
Explosion scene examination
Explosion origin and cause determination
Product Type: Manual, Media Type: PRINT, ISBN: 978-0-87939-348-9, IFSTA Item #: 36751
This 2nd Edition manual is designed to provide fire investigators with the resources necessary to meet the job performance requirements for fire investigators outlined in NFPA® 1033. Arson investigators, private and public fire investigators, officers responsible for origin and cause determination, and students training to become investigators will find this manual to be an essential resource. This edition has been reorganized to place more emphasis on area of origin and cause determination with explanded information about fire pattern analysis. The text includes but is not limited to the following topics:
Safe practices for conducting an investigation
Effects of fire and explosion science on fire investigation
Building construction and building services
Investigative process
Protecting, documenting, and collecting evidence
Conducting interviews
Scene examination and reconstruction
Area of origin determination
Ignition source, sequence, and cause determinations
New material covered:
Explosion dynamics
Explosion scene examination
Explosion origin and cause determination
Product Type: Manual, Media Type: PRINT, ISBN: 978-0-87939-348-9, IFSTA Item #: 36751
This 2nd Edition manual is designed to provide fire investigators with the resources necessary to meet the job performance requirements for fire investigators outlined in NFPA® 1033. Arson investigators, private and public fire investigators, officers responsible for origin and cause determination, and students training to become investigators will find this manual to be an essential resource. This edition has been reorganized to place more emphasis on area of origin and cause determination with explanded information about fire pattern analysis. The text includes but is not limited to the following topics:
Safe practices for conducting an investigation
Effects of fire and explosion science on fire investigation
Building construction and building services
Investigative process
Protecting, documenting, and collecting evidence
Conducting interviews
Scene examination and reconstruction
Area of origin determination
Ignition source, sequence, and cause determinations
New material covered:
Explosion dynamics
Explosion scene examination
Explosion origin and cause determination
Product Type: Manual, Media Type: PRINT, ISBN: 978-0-87939-348-9, IFSTA Item #: 36751