Chris, You are correct, we determine origin and cause. Typically if a fire incident is other than accidental, act of nature or involves injury or death it is handled by the county prosecutors office.
PS, Yes we do this to. But I must admit when you are educated as a fire investigator the fire protection picture gets clearer. John Drucker Fire Investigator Fire Marshals Office Borough of Red Bank, NJ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Cahill Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:54 PM To: [email protected]; 'Richard Mote' Subject: RE: Report: Antifreeze sprinkler system may have contributed to fatalexplosion One other thing. The role of the fire department investigator is to determine whether the crime of arson has occurred. Arguable once they say no evidence of arson they should be concluding the investigation. What happens after the fire started is not really their concern to be put in a report like this. Kind of like if you were shot the police don't investigate the damage to your body. Was it an accident or deliberate? FD investigators are not usually trained in the FPE realm to offer such post fire analysis. Dave, am I off on this thinking. Not an NFPA 921 expert. Chris Cahill, P.E. Fire Protection Engineer Sentry Fire Protection, Inc. 763-658-4483 763-658-4921 fax Email: [email protected] Mail: P.O. Box 69 Waverly, MN 55390 Location: 4439 Hwy 12 SW Waverly, MN 55390 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Mote Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Report: Antifreeze sprinkler system may have contributed to fatalexplosion Say What? http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20091020/NEWS/910169995/1066&ParentProfile= 1051 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
