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Fire investigation: Level 1

Target audience

Crew and watch managers

Aim

To provide delegates with a practical understanding of investigating fire scenes

Subject areas

To enable delegates to understand:

  • fire behaviour
  • heat transfer, ignition and ventilation
  • burn patterns and charring
  • spalling
  • behaviour of electrical items in fire
  • glass behaviour

Learning process

Here we re-enforce learning with photographs and objects from fire scenes. The final exercise takes place in a fire behaviour unit, where a fire scene has been set up.

Delegates’ scene investigation involves:

  • Identifying how the fire started and spread
  • Preserving the scene at operational incidents

Delivery

PowerPoint presentations, flipchart explanation, group discussion, individual tuition and practical sessions

Duration

1 day

IPDS modules

086

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