who is involved at fire? - ANSWERS-fire dept
-police dept
-insurance companies
-private fire investigators
-attorneys
-victims of fire damage
T or F: Overall stats are decreasing - ANSWERStrue
why are stats decreasing? - ANSWERS-fire prevention (technology)
-training
-composition
-inc...
Fire Investigation Exam 1 Questions &
Answers
who is involved at fire? - ANSWERS-fire dept
-police dept
-insurance companies
-private fire investigators
-attorneys
-victims of fire damage
T or F: Overall stats are decreasing - ANSWERStrue
why are stats decreasing? - ANSWERS-fire prevention (technology)
-training
-composition
-increased education of citizens
-Dr. Paul Kirk
-NFPA 1921
published by fire investigators as guide to fire investigation
-became protocol, despite the fact that every scene is different - ANSWERSNFPA 921
how many fires are intentional? - ANSWERS8-13%
Actual fires that are arson? - ANSWERS40%, undetermined probably incendiary
"Body of the Crime"
-burning of property
-burning was started intentionally
-burning was used to cause harm - ANSWERScorpus delecti
in order to prove arson, investigator must rule out all other sources of case -
ANSWERSnegative corpus delecti
is proving motive required for arson? - ANSWERSno
conclusively establishes a fact without inference or presumption
-eyewitness - ANSWERSdirect evidence
alleged facts that are proven by inference or deduction from other facts that can be
testified firsthand - ANSWERScircumstantial evidence
probable cause/warrant - ANSWERS4th amendment
, evidence seized is subject to review; evidence from an illegal search is inadmissible in
court
"Fruit of the Poisoned Tree" - ANSWERSexclusionary rule
Exceptions to a warrant: - ANSWERS-exigence
-see vs. seattle
-consent
-abandonment
-plain view
investigation can be carried out immediately in the absence of a search warrant if there
is a high probability that evidence would be lost and the fire dept is on the scene -
ANSWERSexigence
requires a reason other than exigence to make re-entry once the fire dept has left the
scene - ANSWERSMichigan vs. Tyler
evidence can be seized if it is in plain view of officer while carrying out his/her duties
legally - ANSWERSplain view
a series of chemical reactions that produce physical effects, among these heat and light
- ANSWERSfire
atoms in fuel being combined with oxygen atoms in the air - ANSWERSoxidation
fire pyrolysis - ANSWERScombustion
types of combustion - ANSWERS-flame
-smoldering
-explosive
fuel becomes a gas which burns completely - ANSWERSflame combustion
surface burning only
-smoke and burning but no flames - ANSWERSsmoldering combustion
smoldering to explosion without flames - ANSWERSexplosive combustion
what color flame is...
methane/propane?
copper?
carbon? - ANSWERS-blue
-green
-red, orange, yellow, blue
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