March 26-28, 2012 Training Seminar

 FORENSIC FIRE ANALYSIS:  PRE- AND POST-FLASHOVER FIRES

The March 2012 seminar will focus on the dynamics, documentation, and analysis of room fires using classroom lectures, live burns, and hands-on demonstrations. Three of the country’s most experienced fire scientists and investigators will lead a class through scene examination and reconstruction as well as side-by-side comparison of what effect flashover may have on fire patterns and interpreting a fire’s origin and cause.

The seminar includes a review of the latest accepted research findings and innovative photographic and scene documentation techniques such as laser and digital scanning and the Bilancia ignition matrix.

Instructors

John DeHaan , Steve Carman , and Dave Icove .

Schedule

Monday, March 26, 2012 – Classroom Lectures (5 hrs)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 – Investigation and reconstruction of two pre-burned cubicles (4 hrs)

Demonstration burns of two post-flashover cubicles followed by documentation and analysis. (4 hrs)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 – Discussion, review, and test (3 hrs)

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