Fire & Explosion Investigation
One of the challenging aspects of Fire Investigation is the
multi-disciplinary basis of the investigator's job. Fires can be
caused by, or involve, many common articles. So fire
investigators need to know not only the science of fire behavior,
but also need to have a working understanding of many different
areas of study including construction, electricity, human
behavior, and the mechanics of vehicles.
Our firm's investigators have the knowledge and expertise to
handle cases from the smallest structure fire, vehicle fires and
large commercial fires.
Fire Investigators must also know their own scope of the
investigation and call upon experts to assist when needed.
Accordingly, fire investigators sometimes work with forensic
electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, structural engineers
or others skilled in forensic engineering.
In common with many forensic disciplines, one of the early tasks
of fire investigation is often to determine whether or not a crime
has been committed. The difficulty of determining whether arson
has occurred arises because fire often destroys the key
evidence of its origin. Many fires are caused by defective
equipment, such as shorting of faulty electrical circuits for
example. Car fires can be caused by faulty fuel lines, and
spontaneous combustion is possible where organic wastes are
stored. A fire investigator looks at the fire remains, and obtains
information to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to
the fire.
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