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Fundamentals of Interviewing This module presents best practices in preparing for and conducting the informational interview with witnesses in the fire investigation case. (more)

		Electrical Safety This module presents critical electrical safety practices that every fire investigator should implement at every scene, every time. (more)

		Wildland Fires Investigation This module illustrates how wildland fires spread, explains how to interpret burn patterns unique to these types of fires. (more)

		Fundamentals of Residential Building Construction This module provides instruction on the fundamentals of residential building construction with an eye toward how building construction affects fire development. (more)

		Evidence Examination: What Happens at the Lab? This module takes investigators into the forensic laboratory and shows them what happens to the different types of fire scene evidence that are typically submitted for testing. (more)

		The HAZWOPER Standard This module provides introductory information on the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard – 29 CFR 1910.120. (more)

		Preparation for the Marine Fire Scene This module lays the groundwork for understanding marine fires by covering four basic concepts that the investigator must understand before investigating a marine fire. (more)

		Effective Investigation and Testimony This module will discuss the techniques and strategies for conducting a proper science-based fire scene investigation and effectively presenting an investigator’s findings in court as an expert witness. (more)

		Arc Mapping Basics Arc Mapping, or Arc Fault Circuit Analysis, uses the electrical system to help reconstruct a scene, providing investigators with a means of determining the area of a fire’s origin. (more)

		UPDATED 2009- The Scientific Method for Fire and Explosion Investigation The basics of the scientific method are deceptively simple: observe, hypothesize, test, and conclude. (more)

		Motive, Means, and Opportunity: Determining Responsibility in an Arson Case This module uses the Motive, Means, and Opportunity case study to demonstrate how responsibility is determined in an arson case. (more)

		Fire and Explosion Investigations: Utilizing NFPA 1033 and 921 This module helps the investigator understand how NFPA 1033 and NFPA 921 are developed, organized, interpreted, and applied in fire and explosion investigations. (more)

		Postflashover Fires This module introduces the postflashover topic, describes ventilation-controlled fire flow, illustrates how the damage left by a postflashover can be significantly different than if that fire was extinguished preflashover. (more)

		A Ventilation-Focused Approach to the Impact of Building Structures and Systems on Fire Development The program examines (more)

		Vacant and Abandoned Buildings: Hazards and Solutions This module provides an overview on how structures can become vacant and eventually abandoned. (more)

		Managing Complex Fire Scene Investigations This module focuses on how to manage investigations that have “complicating” factors. (more)

		Investigating Fatal Fires This module provides a thorough understanding of the ways an investigation changes when a fire-related death occurs. (more)

		Understanding Fire Through the Candle Experiments This program presents the results of flame experiments conducted with a candle. (more)

		Documenting the Event This program provides a practical overview of how to perform the baseline documentation tasks that occur at every scene. (more)

		Physical Evidence at the Fire Scene The program illustrates for the fire investigator, how non-traditional fire scene evidence can be helpful during an investigation. (more)

		Critical Thinking Solves Cases This program brings three highly experienced fire investigators and an attorney with experience as a prosecutor and civil litigator together for a round table discussion. (more)

		Introduction to Evidence This program introduces the fire investigator to the issues related to the collection, handling and use of evidence related to a fire investigation. (more)

		Fire Dynamics Calculations The program is designed to introduce a new Palm/Pocket PC application called CFI Calculator to users and provide examples of how it can be used by fire investigators in the field. (more)

		Insurance and the Fire Investigation This program discusses how to access insurance information, understand insurance documents, ask key questions of witnesses, and apply the information learned. (more)

		Investigating Motor Vehicle Fires This program will introduce the fire investigator to the basic methodologies use to investigate vehicle fires. (more)

		Fire Investigator Scene Safety The evaluation of hazards and the assessment of the relative risks associated with the investigation of fires and explosions are critical factors in the management of any investigation. (more)

		An Analysis of the Station Nightclub Fire A fire occurred on the night of Feb. 20, 2003, in The Station nightclub at 211 Cowesett Avenue, West Warwick, Rhode Island. (more)

		Digital Photography and the Fire Investigator The program discusses the basics of digital photography for fire investigators as well as software and editing procedures for digital images intended as evidence. (more)

		Ethics and the Fire Investigator Should you work for a private lab as a consultant if you are on an Arson Task Force? How about accepting discounts from the local hardware store as a “thanks” for a job well done on a fire they had last year? (more)

		MagneTek: A Case Study In The Daubert Challenge This program discusses the latest developments in expert testimony under the Daubert standard, including the MagneTek case recently decided in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. (more)

		Introduction to Fire Dynamics and Modeling This program takes you inside the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) archives of some of the most interesting and instructive test burns and fire model simulations they have ever conducted. (more)