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Tuesday July 8
Arc Mapping
A Three Dimensional Approach
• Identifying potential electrical damage with the fire area
• Identification of circuits servicing fire area
• What does it take to confirm the type of damage observed
• Resources available to the investigator
• Methods of documentation
• Applying meaning to what the investigator has documented
Identifying the Arsonist Scientifically
• Opportunity-the key to limiting potential fire setters
• Documentation-What’s missed could be gone forever
• Checklist-The key to eliminating overlooked data
• Motives-Utilizing deductive reasoning in identifying the most
likely motivation of a fire setter
• Indications of intentionally set fires linked to the “signature”
of the fire setter
• Analytical Tools-Confirming and relaying your reasoning process
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Wednesday July 9
Fire Testing
Answering the Tough Questions
• Fire testing used in accordance with the scientific method to
challenge or substantiate the hypothesis being considered
• Determining when and what level of testing will assist in the
evaluation of your fire case
• Conducting fire tests that meet the measure of admissibility
within the courts
• Methods of documenting the data generated during fire test
• Sources of previously conducted tests
• Cognitive versus conducted testing
• Standardized tests versus case specific
fire testing
• Flammability assessments
Application of Fire Canines
What You Should Know
• Proper application of fire canines
• When to use a fire canine
• Limitations of fire canines
• Fire Canines and the forensic chemist
• Associated testing and literature |
