IAAI The Scientific Method for Fire and
Explosion Investigation
A.Four.6.5 - ANS-For additional records concerning evaluation techniques see, ASTM E678,
Standard practice for assessment of technical facts.
Analyze Data - ANS-1. Reconstruct region of beginning.
2. Examine bodily proof.
Three. Interpret hearth outcomes and hearth styles.
4. Correlate witness statements.
Five. Chart the timeline of events.
6. Examine all affordable capacity unintended causes.
7. Examine files.
Collect Data - ANS-1. Interview first responders abut actions at the scene and situations
located.
2. Conduct outdoors examination.
3. Conduct indoors examination.
Four. Identify and interview witnesses.
Five. Document and acquire physical proof.
6. Access record evidence (coverage, economic, and many others.)
7. Diagram the scene.
8. Photograph the scene.
Nine. Take investigative notes.
Court Case Benfield - ANS-This selection carried out the four criteria to the testimony one
professional who held himself out to be a scientist, but now not to the testimony of any other
expert who did not.
Court Case Daubert - ANS-This decision similarly advanced the standards for admissibility of
expert testimony that may be carried out with the aid of the trial decide to 4 elements: testing,
costs of mistakes, peer evaluation, and general reputation in a systematic network.
Court Case Frye VS United States - ANS-In response to "junk technology" being presented as
testimony, this selection set the primary fashionable for admissibility of expert testimony as
"trendy recognition in a particular field."
Court Case Kumho Tire vs Carmichael - ANS-This selection stated that the 4 flexible criteria for
admissibility of expert testimony applies now not handiest to scientific testimony, but additionally
to technical or other specialised expertise that is not simply scientific.
Define the problem - ANS-1. Assess the incident and prepare.
2. Determine what equipment, system, and personnel are wanted.
3. Understand fireplace provider reaction and movements.
4. Secure proper of entry or attain permission to enter scene.
Five. Conduct scene safety inspection.
Explosion Investigation
A.Four.6.5 - ANS-For additional records concerning evaluation techniques see, ASTM E678,
Standard practice for assessment of technical facts.
Analyze Data - ANS-1. Reconstruct region of beginning.
2. Examine bodily proof.
Three. Interpret hearth outcomes and hearth styles.
4. Correlate witness statements.
Five. Chart the timeline of events.
6. Examine all affordable capacity unintended causes.
7. Examine files.
Collect Data - ANS-1. Interview first responders abut actions at the scene and situations
located.
2. Conduct outdoors examination.
3. Conduct indoors examination.
Four. Identify and interview witnesses.
Five. Document and acquire physical proof.
6. Access record evidence (coverage, economic, and many others.)
7. Diagram the scene.
8. Photograph the scene.
Nine. Take investigative notes.
Court Case Benfield - ANS-This selection carried out the four criteria to the testimony one
professional who held himself out to be a scientist, but now not to the testimony of any other
expert who did not.
Court Case Daubert - ANS-This decision similarly advanced the standards for admissibility of
expert testimony that may be carried out with the aid of the trial decide to 4 elements: testing,
costs of mistakes, peer evaluation, and general reputation in a systematic network.
Court Case Frye VS United States - ANS-In response to "junk technology" being presented as
testimony, this selection set the primary fashionable for admissibility of expert testimony as
"trendy recognition in a particular field."
Court Case Kumho Tire vs Carmichael - ANS-This selection stated that the 4 flexible criteria for
admissibility of expert testimony applies now not handiest to scientific testimony, but additionally
to technical or other specialised expertise that is not simply scientific.
Define the problem - ANS-1. Assess the incident and prepare.
2. Determine what equipment, system, and personnel are wanted.
3. Understand fireplace provider reaction and movements.
4. Secure proper of entry or attain permission to enter scene.
Five. Conduct scene safety inspection.
