Fire Investigation

This course presents methods for determining the cause and place of fire origin, investigative techniques for accidental and incendiary fire, evidence recognition and preservation, and conducting interviews of suspects and witnesses.

Key Content:

• Basic fire science
• fire patterns
• building systems
• electricity and fire
• fuel gas systems
• fire related human behavior
• legal considerations
• safety
• sources of information
• planning the investigation
• Documentation of the investigation
• physical evidence
• origin & cause determination
• analyzing the incident for cause and responsibility
• failure analysis and analytical tools, explosions and incendiary fires
• fire and explosion deaths and injuries
• appliances
• motor vehicle fires
• wild fire investigationS
• management of complex investigations and marine fire investigations.