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Fire Investigation

To provide students with understanding on the process of fire investigation

Duration : 5 days (40 hours)

Countries Running the Course

If this course is not available in your country, please contact with your member training.

• Managers
• Prevention officers
• Policeman
• Fireman
• Ay other interested party

Technical Cycle – Fire or equivalent qualification.

The student will be able to understand the principles of fire investigation and to design a technical inspection for fire investigation activities. Course based on NFPA 921, Guidelines and National Approaches to Fire Investigation

INTRODUCTION:
• scope, purpose and application of fire investigation

BASIC METHODOLOGY:
• nature of fire investigations
• systematic approach
• relating fire investigation to the scientific method
• basic method of a fire investigation
• level of certainty
• review and reporting procedures

BASIC FIRE SCIENCE:
• fire chemistry
• products of combustion
• fluid flows and heat transfer
• fuel load, fuel packages, and properties of flames
• ignition
• flame spread and fire spread in a compartment
• compartment fire development
• fire spread between compartments and paths of smoke spread in buildings

FIRE PATTERNS:
• fire effects
• fire patterns
• fire pattern analysis

BUILDING SYSTEMS:
• features of design, construction, and structural elements in evaluating fire development
• types of construction and construction assemblies

ELECTRICITY AND FIRE:
• will be provided statistical and general culture information.

BUILDING FUEL GAS SYSTEMS:
• will be provided statistical and general culture information.

FIRE-RELATED HUMAN BEHAVIOUR:
• history of research, general considerations of human responses to: fires, factors related to fire initiation, children and fire, incendiary fires, human factors related to fire spread, recognition and response to fires

PLANNING THE INVESTIGATION:
• Basic incident information

INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTATION:
• Reports

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE:
• basic concepts

Arson Document (01:2010/S)

Minimum – written examination

Certificate