• Evidence Collection & Handling
  • General
  • Accelerants
• Origin & Cause Determination
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  • Cause Determination
  • Explosive Event Indicators
  • NFPA 921
• Origin & Cause Determination: Accidental Fire Causes
  • Electrical Systems
  • Product Defect
  • Faulty Installation
  • Lightning and Natural Fire Causes
  • Lamps
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  • Chimneys, Wood Stoves, Fireplaces
  • Heating Systems
  • Spontaneous Combustion
  • Human Negligence
  • Industrial and Maintenance Work
  • LP Gas
  • Home Decorations
• Origin & Cause Determination: Incendiary Fire Causes
• Motor Vehicle Fires
  • Boat & Ship Fires
• Dormitory Fires
• Mobile Home Fires
• An O & C Process--Criminalistics
  • Criminalistics Overview
  • Accelerant Evidence
  • Documents
  • Fingerprints, Tire Prints, Shoe Prints
  • Furniture
  • Glass
  • Gunshot Residue
  • Hair and Fiber
  • Handwriting Identification
  • Toolmarks
• An O & C Process - Documenting the Scene
  • Documentation Overview
  • Fire Scene Photography
  • Written Notes
  • Sketching and Diagramming
  • A Legal Perspective on Documentation
• Specialists at the Fire Scene
  • Specialist Roles
  • Canine Accelerant Detection Programs
  • Use and Misuse of Accelerant Detection Canines
  • Evidentiary Issues with Canine Units
  • History of Canine Programs
• Special-Use Facilities and Special Needs Occupants
  • Board and Care Facilities
  • Children
  • College Dormitories
  • High Rises
  • Industrial Locations
  • Marinas
  • Nursing and Retirement Homes
  • Wildland Fires

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