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Re: ignitable liquid detection
Posted by:
joesesniak (IP Logged)
Date: September 27, 2006 10:18PM
Coffee is the product of a hydrocarbon (oversimplified something that was once alive). Get any hydrocarbon hot enough to produce vapors and a detector should detect it. The detector is simply a locator tool. It is up to us to determine what the hydrocarbon was and its relevance, if any. Do not rely on a positive indication from a detector on a fire scene as evidence of nefarious activity.