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What is the role of a Fire Investigation Liaison Officer?
Coordinate investigations of fires in their area or district.
Attend every fire that results in death or serious injury.
Arrange Police attendance at fire scenes where required.
Maintain effective working relationships with FSILO and SFI.
When will a Specialist Fire Investigator be called to attend a fire scene?
(Sudden) Death.
Serious life threatening fire related injuries occur.
Structure fires where the cause is suspicious or cannot be determined.
Significant spread across property boundary.
What are the responsibilities of a Fire Service Investigation Liaison Officer?
Arranging SFI attendance at fire scenes where requested by Police.
Maintaining effective working relationships with FILO.
What will the SFI and FILO discuss?
Handover of scene.
Access to the scene.
Process of examination and investigation.
Identification and collection of evidence at the fire scene.
What are the Police responsibilities at a fire?
Conduct criminal investigation and coronial enquiry.
Collection and removal of material.
Undertake responsibility for the preservation, collection and recording of forensic evidence.
Preservation, analysis and subsequent disposition of any such material.
List hazards at a fire scene.
Inhalation of toxic substances.
Ingestion of particles.
Cuts/wounds from sharp objects.
Tripping over fire debris.
List the safety equipment required at a fire scene.
Helmet
Glasses
Mouth/nose filter
Overalls
Gloves
Steel cap boots with steel soles.
What are some of the common methods of setting fires.
Candles.
Electrical apparatus.
Matches and cigarettes.
Molotov cocktails.
What are some examples of non intentional - careless - causes for fire.
Children playing with matches or cigarette lighters.
Cooking:
Leaving a stove top on.
Leaving fat unattended while cooking.
Burning rubbish.
Smoking.
What are some examples of non intentional - faults - causing fires.
Chimneys.
Appliances.
Power lines broken.
Electrical wiring.
What are some natural causes of unintentional fires.
Suns rays.
Lightning.
Chemical reactions.
Rodents eating through electrical wiring or building nests out of flammable material.
Procedure on arrival at fires not involving explosives.
Briefly interview informant.
Secure control scene.
Initial interview of SFI and O/C of first appliance on scene.
Interview incident controller.
Who should be interviewed.
Informants.
Owner/occupants.
Neighbours.
Fire fighters.
Scene guard duties at a fire.
Ensure the scene is not interfered with.
Exclusion and control of on-lookers, property owners and other interested parties.
Preserving evidence.
Preventing looting.
What should be considered in scene preservation.
Scope.
Cordon.
Common approach path.
Recording the scene prior to destruction.
Where it is difficult to preserve the scene, what should the investigator do to record the scene prior to demolition.
Video
Photograph
Sketch
Floor plan
Who else may be required at a fire scene.
SFI
FILO
ESR
SOCO
Photographer
What is the point of origin?
The point of origin is the exact location a component failed, a fire was maliciously lit or an accidental fire originated.
What to ask the incident controller at the scene.
Time/date of first call and manner it was received.
Appliances attended.
State of fire during initial arrival.
If the they think it is suspicious and why.
External examinations take into account:
Adjoining premises that often reveal accelerant containers, attempts at forced entry, broken windows and forced doors.
Nearby alleyways/streets/driveways.
Yard or outbuildings of the fire effect property.
Periphery of the structure itself.
What should be noted during the preliminary internal examination.
Low stock in commercial premises.
Odours.
Missing family photos.
Burn patterns.
What should be noted during detailed internal examinations.
Damage to wall studs.
Damage to roofing timber.
Damage to window sills and door edges.
Floor areas burned through.
What should the SFI be able to determine upon completion of the scene exam.
Area of origin.
Point of origin.
Seat of fire.
In determining the seat of the fire the SFI will consider.
Wind direction, speed and the weather.
Witness reports.
Colour of smoke and flames.
Direction of spread.
