Field Guide for Fire Investigators
Field Guide for Fire Investigators

Author: Custer

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2006-05-19

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780763743994

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NFPA's Field Guide is your direct link to the information you need to conduct thorough and accurate investigations! As a fire investigator, your job is to provide answers as to origin and cause. NFPA's Field Guide for Fire Investigators is like having your own personal assistant on hand to locate the facts and figures for you. Save time and get better results with a compact reference library in a single volume! Need to know the phone number for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? Or the heat release rate or ignition temperature of a particular material? How about which symbol to use for specific fire protection equipment in your scene sketch? Just reach for your Field Guide. This substantive resource has tables, charts, lists, art, and more from the most respected references in the field, including...NFPA 921 and NFPA 170 NFPA's Fire Protection Handbook SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering Data is organized into sections for fast and easy information retrieval!Complete backup is provided for every phase of the investigation process: Before Going to the Fire Scene Fire Scene Documentation and Analysis Building Construction and Systems Information for the Fire Investigator SI Units and Conversion Tables Cover your information needs with the Field Guide for Fire Investigators. Fire investigators, insurance personnel, fire NFPA's Field Guide is your direct link to the information you need to conduct thorough and accurate investigations! As a fire investigator, your job is to provide answers as to origin and cause. NFPA's Field Guide for Fire Investigators is like having your own personal assistant on hand to locate the facts and figures for you. Save time and get better results with a compact reference library in a single volume! Need to know the phone number for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? Or the heat release rate or ignition temperature of a particular material? How about which symbol to use for specific fire protection equipment in your scene sketch? Just reach for your Field Guide for answers to these questions, information on building construction and systems, and much more!This substantive resource has tables, charts, lists, art, and more from the most respected references in the field, including NFPA 921 and NFPA 170, NFPA's Fire Protection Handbook, and the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Data is organized into sections for fast and easy information retrieval, and complete backup is provided for every phase of the investigation process. From pre-arrival activities to documentation and analysis, this guide has you covered! Cover your information needs with the Field Guide for Fire Investigators. Fire investigators, insurance personnel, fire officers, and attorneys should all add this resource to their tools of the trade! and attorneys should all add this resource to their tools of the trade!

Fire Investigator Field Guide
Fire Investigator Field Guide

Author: International Association of Arson Investigators,

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2011-12-29

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1449683029

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Fire Investigator Field Guide, Second Edition is your direct link to the information you need to conduct thorough and accurate investigations. As a fire investigator, your job is to provide answers as to origin and cause. The Fire Investigator Field Guide, Second Edition will help you safely and systematically conduct your investigation and find these answers. This substantive resource features tables, charts, and other tools gathered from the most current and respected references available, including: o NFPA 170, Standard for Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols, 2009 Edition o NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, 2011 Edition o NFPA’s Fire Protection Handbook, Twentieth Edition o Society of Fire Protection Engineers Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, Fourth Edition From pre-arrival activities to documentation and analysis, this essential guide has you covered through every phase of the investigation process!

Fire Death Scene Investigation
Fire Death Scene Investigation

Author: Joseph Konefal, Jr.

Publisher:

Published: 2019-02-02

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 9780578466767

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A useful handbook designed for any investigator processing a fire death scene. This field guide will help Homicide, Arson and Coroner personnel in these highly technical investigations.

Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation, Third Edition
Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation, Third Edition

Author: John J. Lentini

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1351712373

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Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation, Third Edition focuses on the practical application of fundamental scientific principles to determine the causes of fires. Originally published in 2006, the First Edition was very well received by fire investigators and those who work with them. Since fire investigation is a rapidly evolving field—driven by new discoveries about fire behavior—the Second Edition was published in late 2012. This latest, fully updated Third Edition reflects the most recent developments in the field. Currently, serious research is underway to try to understand the role of ventilation in structure fires. Likewise, there is improved understanding of the kinds of errors investigators can make that lead to incorrect determinations of the causes of fires. In addition to the scientific aspects, the litigation of fire related events is rapidly changing, particularly with respect to an investigator's qualifications to serve as an expert witness. This book covers these latest developments and ties together the changing standards for fire investigations with the fundamental scientific knowledge presented in the early chapters of the book. The book is intended for those individuals who have recently entered the field of fire investigation, and those who are studying fire investigation with a plan to become certified professionals. In addition, professionals in the insurance industry who hire fire investigators will find this an invaluable resource. Insurance companies have sustained significant losses by hiring individuals who are not qualified, resulting in cases being settled or lost at a cost of millions. Insurance adjusters and investigators will learn to recognize quality fire investigations and those that are not up to today's standards. Lastly, this book is also for the many attorneys who litigate fire cases. Written with language and terms that make the science accessible even to the non-scientist, this new edition will be a welcome resource to any professional involved in fire and arson cases.

Fire Investigator Field Guide
Fire Investigator Field Guide

Author: International Association of Arson Investigators,

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2011-12-29

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1449669115

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Fire Investigator Field Guide, Second Edition is your direct link to the information you need to conduct thorough and accurate investigations. As a fire investigator, your job is to provide answers as to origin and cause. The Fire Investigator Field Guide, Second Edition will help you safely and systematically conduct your investigation and find these answers. This substantive resource features tables, charts, and other tools gathered from the most current and respected references available, including: o NFPA 170, Standard for Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols, 2009 Edition o NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, 2011 Edition o NFPA’s Fire Protection Handbook, Twentieth Edition o Society of Fire Protection Engineers Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, Fourth Edition From pre-arrival activities to documentation and analysis, this essential guide has you covered through every phase of the investigation process!

Forensic Evidence Field Guide
Forensic Evidence Field Guide

Author: Peter Pfefferli

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2015-01-19

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0127999256

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Forensic Evidence Field Guide: A Collection of Best Practices highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene. The unique spiral bound design is perfect for use in the day-to-day tasks involved in collecting evidence in the field. The book covers a wide range of evidence collection and management, including characteristics of different types of crime scenes (arson, burglary, homicide, hit-and-run, forensic IT, sexual assault), how to recover the relevant evidence at the scene, and best practices for the search, gathering, and storing of evidence. It examines in detail the properties of biological/DNA evidence, bullet casings and gunshot residue, explosive and fire debris, fibers and hair, fingerprint, footprint, and tire impression evidence, and much more. This guide is a vital companion for forensic science technicians, crime scene investigators, evidence response teams, and police officers. - Unique Pocket Guide design for field work - Best practice for first evidence responders - Highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene - Focus on evidence handling from documentation to packaging

Fire Cops
Fire Cops

Author: Michael Sasser

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-12-09

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1501110209

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From the big cities to dense forests to disasters at sea, authors Michael Sasser and Charles W. Sasser present some of the toughest cases and most harrowing missions faced by arson investigators. A brutal inferno snuffs out the lives of eighty-seven at the Happy Land Social Club in New York City... The Branch Davidians torch their compound in Waco, Texas, killing eighty-one men, women and children… Flames engulf the streets of Detroit on its deadliest Devil’s Day… In each case, some of America’s most intrepid detectives were on the case, seeking out the truth amid the ashes. Here are the toughest cases from real arson investigators—men and women who apply steely determination and extraordinary skills in the pursuit of one goal: to catch scheming profiteers, vicious vandals, and diabolical pyromaniacs. Where the untrained eye sees nothing but destruction, these investigators see clues—and they plunge undaunted into the charred debris of destroyed buildings and incinerated lives to seek them out. From big cities to dense forests to disasters at sea, they bring one vow to every case: to never let justice go up in smoke.

Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination: (black & White)
Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination: (black & White)

Author: The National Wildfir Coordinating Group

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9781794626423

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The National Wildfire Coordinating Group provides national leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. Primary objectives include: Establish national interagency wildland fire operations standards. Recognize that the decision to adopt standards is made independently by the NWCG members and communicated through their respective directives systems; Establish wildland fire position standards, qualifications requirements, and performance support capabilities (e.g. training courses, job aids) that enable implementation of NWCG standards; Support the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals: to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; create fire adapted communities; and respond to wildfires safely and effectively; Establish information technology (IT) capability requirements for wildland fire; and Ensure that all NWCG activities contribute to safe, effective, and coordinated national interagency wildland fire operations. The "Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination" is designed for use in the field as a guide for wildland fire investigators. Accurate wildland fire origin and cause determination is an essential first step in a successful fire investigation. Proper investigative procedures which occur during initial attack can more accurately pinpoint fire causes and preserve valuable evidence that might be destroyed by suppression activities. If a fire is human-caused, the protective measures described in the guide can preserve evidence that may lead to effective and fair administrative, civil, or criminal actions. The investigation should start at the time a fire is reported or discovered. First responders play an important role in protecting evidence, so it is important for the wildland fire investigator to help train first responders to identify and protect the General Origin Area of the fire. Wildland fire investigators should impress upon firefighters, law enforcement officers and other first responders that the preliminary protection of the General origin area and any associated evidence on any wildfire is their responsibility, and emphasize to them that they are the most important link in the subsequent origin and cause determination. Not only is it important for the first responders to recognize the need for an accurate origin and cause determination, it is important that they understand how their actions, both during and following suppression, can enable a qualified wildland fire investigator to accurately determine the origin and cause.

Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide
Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

Author: Vernon J. Geberth

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1466591897

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This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.