Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation provides comprehensive coverage from historical, developmental, current, and practical perspectives. The book is distinctive in that it not only discusses the appropriate techniques for fire scene investigation and the chemical analysis of fire debris, but it also focuses on the history of fire investigation and how the profession has evolved.

• Integrates the theoretical and practical aspects of fire investigation into a scientific context
• Provides the protocols necessary for effective fire scene inspection and documentation
• Explains the latest laboratory techniques

Specific topics of interest include:

• An interpretation of GC-MS data from ignitable liquid residues
• An explanation of fire analysis as it relates to chemistry, physics, and fluid dynamics
• A critical assessment of common fire investigation errors with a discussion of how these errors affect real cases
• A systematic examination of fire investigation mythology - how the myths originated and how they continue to be promulgated
• The presentation of landmark legal cases that affect the protocol of fire investigations
• The development of new tools used in investigations
• Professional interaction - how to deal with clients, expert witnesses, lawyers, and the courts

Contents

1. Fire and Science
2. Chemistry and Physics of Combustion
3. Fire Dynamics
4. Fire Investigation Procedures
5. Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Residues
6. Evaluation of Ignition sources
7. Thirty Fire Scene Scenarios
8. The Mythology of Arson Investigation
9. Sources of Error in Fire Investigation
10. The Professional Practice of Fire Investigation

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