On the Special Conceptual Framework for the Fire Forensics
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2020-3-76-88
Abstract
The article addresses the issues of the particular terminology for fire forensic investigations. Definitions for the basic parameters of a fire hazardous area, determining its susceptibility to ignition, and their relationship to the impulses initiating such areas’ combustion are analyzed.
Two main tasks of forensic fire examinations are reviewed: establishing the technical cause of a fire, its organizational cause, and consequences. The author gives definitions for these tasks and the term “ignition source”.
The paper’s relevance stems from the need to prevent mistakes in terminology when conducting a forensic fire investigation. The article may be of use for practicing experts and specialists in fire forensics’ theory and practice.
About the Author
I. S. Taubkin
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Taubkin Igor’ Solomonovich – Candidate of Engineering, Principal Researcher of the Forensic Research Methodology Department in the system of forensic institutions of the Russian Ministry of Justice
Moscow 109028
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