California Conference of Arson Investigators Training Seminar
March 26-28, 2012
FORENSIC FIRE ANALYSIS: PRE- AND POST-FLASHOVER FIRES

The March 2012 seminar will focus on the dynamics, documentation, and analysis of room fires using classroom lectures, live burns, and hands-on demonstrations. Three of the country’s most experienced fire scientists and investigators will lead a class through scene examination and reconstruction as well as side-by-side comparison of what effect flashover may have on fire patterns and interpreting a fire’s origin and cause.
The seminar includes a review of the latest accepted research findings and innovative photographic and scene documentation techniques such as laser and digital scanning and the Bilancia ignition matrix.
Instructors
John DeHaan, Steve Carman, and Dave Icove.
Schedule
Monday, March 26, 2012 – Classroom Lectures (5 hrs)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 – Investigation and reconstruction of two pre-burned cubicles (4 hrs)
Demonstration burns of two post-flashover cubicles followed by documentation and analysis. (4 hrs)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 – Discussion, review, and test (3 hrs)