Reference no: EM132191215

Task

Fire Officers are required to investigate fires and prepare incident reports as part of their responsibility. By successfully completing this assignment, you would have achieved the following learning outcome.

- Interpret the process of investigating and reporting in the context of the management and leadership role of the fire safety manager/officer

The assignment requires you to answer the following questions. Each question is worth 20 marks.

1. What information should be contained in a good Fire Investigation Report?
2. Read the following article and answer the question below:

Question: How would you identify by interviewing if a fire incident is an Arson Article: A field guide to Incident Analysis by Ed Comeau and Ronal Tunkel

3. Identify & Describe methods used for fire cause determination
4. Identify & Describe techniques of interviewing witnesses
5. Critically review the attached fire investigation report in terms of contents and availability of necessary information.

* You should use NFPA 921 Guide for Fire & Explosion Investigation, 2017 (available free read only from NFPA website) or Kirk's Fire Investigation (available from ICEM library) for 3 & 4

Notes:
- This is an individual assignment
- Approximate words count 2000 words
- In the light of authenticity of the coursework submitted, an individual viva may be conducted to establish the genuineness of the work
- It is your responsibility to ensure that your work is neatly and accurately presented

Guidelines:

1. Use preferably Microsoft Word for word processing

2. Page setup
Use A4 paper size settings and use 2.5cm margins all around,

3. The Section Headings:
Title case, Arial, font size 14, bold, left aligned.

4. Body text
Body text is Times New Roman 12 point, single-spaced with no paragraph spacing attached before or after. Text is justified. Leave one blank line between paragraphs.

5. Page Numbers
The pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page

6. All symbols and abbreviations must be defined, and used only when absolutely necessary.

7. The number of words must be shown at the end of the work submitted. The title page, acknowledgements page and contents page will not count; neither will the list of reference at the end of the work.