Dan,

I really don't know with any exactitude who is teaching bad science in your area. If I did I would "out" them.

I know this, however:

1) Bad Science is being taught;

2) People are being incarcerated and put to death, as a result of Bad Science;

3) If I know of any programs which promulgate Bad Science (not just the programs sponsored any one organization), I oppose them vigorously (sometime publicly, mostly privately with messages to the sponsoring agency);

4) If anyone also knows of such instances, and they do not do anything to prevent or correct this (publicly or privately), then that person has made a morally and ethically unacceptable choice;

5) The National Association of Fire Investigators does not teach Bad Science. I have a fairly significant amount of control over what NAFI teaches.

6) I have little control, other than vociferous complaint, over what other groups teach;

7) Those who religiously teach to the precepts of NFPA 921, do not teach Bad Science;

8) Many teach “principles” not included or addressed in NFPA 921 (some of which “claim” to be teaching to NFPA 921), for good or ill;

9) If every other organization taught to the principles of NFPA 921, no Bad Science would be taught;

and

7) No one so far in this thread has mentioned any specific organization other than you.

Pat Kennedy, CFEI, CFPS, MIFireE
Fire and Explosion Analyst
Sarasota, Florida
[www.kennedy-fire.com]