CRMJ 2270♦ - Fire and Arson Investigation

3 credit(s)

This course is designed to instill in the investigator a working knowledge of the elementary chemistry of combustion, the nature and behavior of fire, combustion properties of liquid, gaseous, and solid fuels. The sources of ignition in structure fires, and fires of grassland, timber lands, automobile and ship fires, fire ignition sources such as electrical, chemical, lightning, spontaneous combustion, and their effects on wood, cloth, or petrol, as a source of ignition. Arson law and elements of proof. Specialized Law Enforcement only. As required.