Progress Test 2

Question 1

In determining the seat of the fire, list some of the matters the specialist fire investigator should consider?

Answer 1

• Witness reports
• When they first noticed the fire and where they were at the time
• the state of the fire at the time
• wind direction and speed, weather
• the direction of spread
• the colour of flames and smoke
• severity of the damage
• depth of the charring
• the presence of starting devices
• reports and opinions from other specialist

Question 2

Examples of carelessness that might result in a fire could include ? (remember 5)

Answer 2

• Misusing electricity
• children playing with matches, cigarette lighters and so on
• burning off paint
• vagrants lighting fires
• welding and other industrial processes
• leaving clothes near heating
• wrapping up live ashes in paper
• ironing
• setting off fireworks
• using or storing flammable materials
• burning rubbish
• using domestic or camp fires
• leaving a stove or heater on
• leaving fat unattended while cooking
• smoking

Question 3

What are some examples of materials that could be used to start a fire?

Answer 3

• Readily available combustible material such as rubbish
• Molotov cocktails
• Candles
• Chemical igniters
• Timing devices
• Electric matches
• Electrical apparatus
• Matches and cigarettes
• Trailers

Question 4

What are the Police responsibilities at a fire scene examination and investigation?

Answer 4

• Police must conduct the investigation or coronial enquiry
• Undertake responsibility for the protection, collection and recording of forensic evidence
• The collection and removal of material from a dire crime scene will only be done by Police of other agencies with the authority to remove evidence
• The preservation, analysis and subsequent disposition of any such material is the responsibly of Police or other agency

Question 5

The powers conferred by S.42 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 on a person in charge of the Fire Service at the fire site are?

Answer 5

(a) enter any land, building or structure
(b) break into any building or structure that may be on fire or otherwise endangered or that is near the emergency
(c) take or send any equipment or machine required to be used into, through, or upon any land, building or structure
(d) remove from any land, building, or structure that is on fire or otherwise endangered, or that is near the emergency, any flammable, combustable, explosive, or dangerous material found n the building or structure:
(e) cause any building or structure that is on fire or otherwise endangered, or that is adjacent to or in the vicinity of any building or structure that is on fire or otherwise endangered, to be pulled down or shored up (either in whole or in part):
(f) cause any building or structure to be pulled down or shored up (either in whole or in part) at the time of the emergency or within a reasonable time afterwards.