Suppose you were a qualified fire investigator of a Fire Investigation Consultants Ltd, you are required to write a Critique Report of 2,000 words as a Technical Peer Review for a selected “Origin and Cause Fire Investigation Report” obtainable from a quoted Internet source for any one type of the following fire investigation reports:
- Compartment fire;
- Kitchen fire;
- Vehicle fire; or
- Arson fire.
In the critique report, the following aspects shall be included: - Brief summary of your selected fire investigation report;
- The origin and cause of fire as revealed in the fire investigation report;
- Fire investigation management employed in your selected fire investigation report and give your suggestion for any improvements;
- Fire investigation methods and procedures employed in your selected fire investigation report and give your suggestion for any improvements;
- Whether the investigation was adopting the principles of “Negative Corpus” or “Evidence-based scientific investigation”?
- Whether there are any possible elements of deliberate act or arson could be suggested to the fire investigator;
- Any forensic/laboratory supports or experts can be suggested to develop alternative hypotheses and/or to support or refute the final hypothesis;
- Any Fire Engineering considerations and calculations can be suggested to improve the report; and
- Give your overall comments for the determination of the “origin” and “cause” of your selected fire investigation report.