This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to manage the inspection and assessment of a structure fire to determine origin and cause. The unit focuses developing and applying a systematic approach to fire investigation in a structured environment.

It includes originating structure fire investigations, securing fire scenes and preserving evidence. It also includes the evaluation and examination of fire debris, identifying and recovering evidence relevant to a fire investigation, packaging items of evidence for examination and conducting a thorough analysis of fire behaviour, development and travel as well as gathering evidence to establish fire cause.

Application of this unit is relevant to fire investigators who are required to determine the origin and cause of a structure fires.

The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
origin and cause determination must include	burn patterns - v/patterns, inverted v/patterns, hour glass and circular shaped patterns identification of ignition sources scene interpretation and processing

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Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Cooperation with a range of agencies/organisations personnel in the conduct of the investigation is consistent with organisational procedures and designated roles and responsibilities for a structure fire investigation
Legal obligations of fire scene investigators are adhered to throughout the investigation
Investigation activities are coordinated with Incident Controller, in accordance with organisational procedures, when active fire management activities are still occurring
Appropriate sampling areas and items are identified using required sampling equipment and resources

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