Detection of fire accelerants is the process that a fire investigator uses to determine if fire accelerants were used at a fire scene. This process involves...

fire. Accelerants are often used to commit arson, and some accelerants may cause an explosion. Some fire investigators use the term "accelerant" to mean...

Drugs Endangered animal species (e.g., black-footed ferret) Explosives Fire accelerants (e.g., arson investigation) Firearms Gourmet fungi, such as truffles...

contain potentially hazardous liquids. When detection of fire accelerants is needed for evidence from a fire investigation, the package must be a vapor...

result of laboratory-based techniques. Although there are hundreds of reported techniques for fingerprint detection, many of these are only of academic...

rarely much evidence left at the scene. However, arsonists usually use accelerants to speed up a blaze. Forensic scientists use technologies to heat samples...

normally use an accelerant (such as gasoline or kerosene) to ignite, propel, and direct fires, and the detection and identification of ignitable liquid...

receptor for interleukins Ignitable liquid residues, used in the detection of fire accelerants Individualised Learner Record, a data collection submitted by...

origin of fires (including the operation of Australia's first accelerant detection dogs), as well as research into fire behaviour and fire dynamics, who...

Some dogs are trained to detect drugs, human remains, hormones or fire accelerants. About a third are tracker dogs trained to find or identify living...

youths set fire to the northwest corner pile of tires held by Ed Straza, using gasoline as an accelerant. By the end of the first day of the fire, the entire...

identification of illicit drugs, accelerants used in arson cases, explosive and gunshot residue. Forensic dactyloscopy is the study of fingerprints. Forensic document...

Further inspection of the Hodges house revealed purposefully-disconnected telephone lines and the presence of a petroleum-based accelerant in several areas...

specification uses the following existing encoding formats with the addition of specific metadata tags: JPEG lossy coding for compressed image files, TIFF...

forensic chemists can determine if an accelerant such as gasoline or kerosene was used; if so, this suggests that the fire was intentionally set. Forensic chemists...

surrounding a buried tank. Accelerant: flammable fuel (often liquid) used by some arsonists to increase size or intensity of fire. May also be accidentally...

4:00 AM Incendiary devices ignite, and fires begin to consume the targeted structures. Due to accelerants, the fires spread rapidly, engulfing buildings...

emerging practice of utilizing genetic information from direct-to-consumer companies for identifying suspects or victims in criminal cases. As of December 2023...

a case to be thrown out of court. Everything that occurs during the analysis of a scene must be documented. It is the job of the initial responding officer...

the cause of the fire was electrical in nature. The ultimate goal of these investigations is often to determine the legal liability for a fire or other...

barrel, indicating it had been recently fired. The color of a bloodstain, indicating its freshness. The absence of transient environmental evidence can also...

reliability of courtroom testimony by bloodstain pattern analysts has come under fire, particularly in the wake of a 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences...

possible crimes. Forensic chemistry – study of detection and identification of illicit drugs, accelerants used in arson cases, explosive and gunshot residue...

Forensic anthropology is the application of the anatomical science of anthropology and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic...

(1995). "Odontological identification of fire victims--potentialities and limitations". International Journal of Legal Medicine. 107 (5): 229–234. doi:10...

YouTube. 8 September 2015. "Judge rejects ex-fire inspectors' bias claim; could affect appeal of firing". Connecticut Post. 12 July 2010. Archived from...

associations of materials and devices used to produce documents; the genuineness and authenticity of documents; the detection and decipherment of alterations...

different surfaces such as floor tiles, concrete or even carpet. Detection may require the use of additional specialized light sources such as portable ultraviolet...

establishing cause of death. Comparison of ante mortem and post mortem radiographs is one of the means of identification. The scanning of baggage, vehicles...

Forensic limnology is a sub-field of freshwater ecology, which focuses especially on the presence of diatoms in crime scene samples and victims. Different...