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Re: Fire Cause Classification
Posted by: cda (IP Logged)
Date: June 15, 2022 01:12PM
May need another classification, if they are brought back??
Non human?
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J L Mazerat Wrote:
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> Here again we are talking about semantics. I do
> not like using the word incendiary because people
> take the word to mean a criminal act. I would
> rather use and have used for many years the
> involvement of a human act.
>
> Most people that are not fire investigator and use
> 921 will tend to use a different definition that
> the one found in 921 when considering the meaning
> of incendiary. Most of the definitions a person
> will read tend to link the word to a criminal act.
> Unless the fire investigator explain this when
> using the term, the investigator could end up
> misleading the person receiving the communication.
>
>
> If you look at the Motive section (23.4.9) the
> document gives instruction as to what may be used
> in the determining the intent process. It explains
> to the investigator the difference between motive
> and intent.
Non human?
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J L Mazerat Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Here again we are talking about semantics. I do
> not like using the word incendiary because people
> take the word to mean a criminal act. I would
> rather use and have used for many years the
> involvement of a human act.
>
> Most people that are not fire investigator and use
> 921 will tend to use a different definition that
> the one found in 921 when considering the meaning
> of incendiary. Most of the definitions a person
> will read tend to link the word to a criminal act.
> Unless the fire investigator explain this when
> using the term, the investigator could end up
> misleading the person receiving the communication.
>
>
> If you look at the Motive section (23.4.9) the
> document gives instruction as to what may be used
> in the determining the intent process. It explains
> to the investigator the difference between motive
> and intent.
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