Fire Cause Detection

Question 1

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What are the three side of the fire inspections triangle?

Answer 1

1. fire department initial observations
2. police
3. arson investigator

Question 2

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What percentage of investigations requested of the fire marshal originate with the fire department in Ontario?

Answer 2

65%

Question 3

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What observations should the fire fighter be making to help the fire investigation team?

Answer 3

1. vehicles leaving the scene
2. what burning and where
3. what color is the smoke or flames
4. how and where did you enter the building
5. how many fires
6. is water supply ok
7. anything unusual or foreign to the are

Question 4

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What must be determined to establish the cause of a fire?

Answer 4

1. the fire spread
2. point of origin
3. cause determination - source of ignition, combustible materials present, the act

Question 5

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

How do you determine the point of origin?

Answer 5

Find the lowest point in the building with the greatest amount of charring

Question 6

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What are the basic elements of the fire ignition sequence?

Answer 6

1. heat source
2. fuel supply
3. the act

Question 7

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What are the main reasons for incendiary or arson fires?(6)

Answer 7

1. economic gain by defrauding the insurance company
2. economic gain where the assured is innocent bu the perpetrator benefits
3. personal satisfaction
4. arson to conceal a crime
5. arson my the mentally afflicted, such as pyromaniacs
6. miscellaneous circumstances

Question 8

SECTION 20 FIRE CAUSE DETECTION

What acts of arson are punishable by 14 years in prison? (9)

Answer 8

1. building or structure
2. stack of vegetable produce or mineral or vegetable fuel
3. amine
4. a well or combustible substince
5. vessel or aircraft
6. timber or materials placed in a shipyard
7. military or public store of munitions
8. a crop
9. any wood, forest or natural growth