A Field Guide to Incident Analysis
Incendiary Fire Basics. from "Motive,
Means and Opportunity."
Arson Investigation Basics: Reports
and Documentation. from "Motive, Means and Opportunity."
Investigation Procedures--Reference
Card, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Cause Determination,Sections 12-2.1 through
12-6 from NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations 1998
Edition.
Laboratory Analysis. (reprinted from Kirk's
Fire Investigation, 4/E by John D. DeHaan.)
Burn Patterns Photo Catalog
"The Arson Set," from Kirk's Fire
Investigation, 4/E by John D. DeHaan.
Excerpts from The Pocket Guide to Accelerant Evidence
Collection, MA Chapter IAAI, 1999.
Incendiary Indicators,
Management for Arson Prevention and Control.
Ignitable Liquid Classification System.
"Incendiary Mixtures," Kirk's 1997, Chap 13
"Chemical Incendiaries," Kirk's 1997, Chap. 14
Chemical Incendiaries. Research by American
Reinsurance.
"Fire Setting and Related Mechanisms,"
Criminal Investigation, Chap 20
"Arson," Chap 17, Fundamentals
of Criminal Investigation
"Source and Form of Heat of Ignition," NFPA 921, 98 edition,
Section 12-3
"Ignition Factor Causes," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 12-5
"Exotic Accelerants," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 17-2.4
"Incendiary Devices," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 17-2.7
"Examples of Incendiary Devices," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section
17-2.7.1
"Delay Devices," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 17-2.7.2
"Other Evidentiary Factors," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section
17-4
"Material and Method," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 17-4.1.3
"Timed Opportunity," NFPA 921, 98 edition, Section 17-4.7
"Evidence - Arson devices, Investigating
The Fireground." Phillips, Calvin C. and McFadden, David A.
Examine Scene and Analyze Fire Flow
Reconstruct Scene
Eliminate Accidental Causes
Use Canine Unit
Make On-Scene Cause Determination
TR-031 Power Off to Hard-Wired Detector
in Nine Fatality House Fire, Peoria, Illinois, April 1989