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Beware Refrigeration Units on Commercial Chiller or Low Temperature Cabinets Frequently Fail on Hot Days

Chapter Corner A Fond Farewell and a Welcome with Godspeed

DO firefighters like to Set Fires Just an urban legend, experts say

Fraud Fire Committee Column Forensic Accountants May Document Ancillary Crimes While Performing FIre Investigation Financial Analyses

How Do You Know Your Lab Has It Right

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Motor Vehicle Fire

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Private Labs Falsify Results Fake Tests Harm The Enviroment

Proving Hot Start Arson In Wildfires

The North Expos The challenge of legally proving the cause and origin of a Fire

Beware Incorrect Fitting Seal In Banjo Connection Was The Beginning of a Fire in 4X4

Dangers of Pressurized Cans in Vehicles

Disqualification of Counsel

Examintation Of ARC Beads By Auger Spectroscopy

Exploding Skulls, and Other Myths About How the Human Body Burns

Fire Investigations and Chinese Altars

Fraud Fire Committee Column Burned Out Of Sight Inventory May Hold Clues to Financial Motive

In that Deep End, Training the Investigator

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North Expose Protecting Against Defamation in Fire Investigation

Presidents Message David R Sneed, CFI

Tuscon, Arizona Flare experiement

Propane Fire and Explosion Investigation Part 1

Reliability of Fire Tests and Computer Modeling in Fire Scene Investigation Part 2

Ask The Scientist

A Compariseon Study Of Non Contact Distance Measurement Tools

A Message From The Executive Director

Advanced Technology In Fire Investigation Training

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Assessing The Vulnersability Of Buildings

Beware Battery Post On After Market Batteries Can Cause Problems

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The North Exposure Expert Evidence, Past Present And Futrure

The Suppression Of Fires Using Compressed Air Foam

AbsorptionRefrigeratorFires

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FirefromRadiation

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SeenonScene LED hands free

SerialArsonInvestigation London

UnconfirmedCanineHits

North Expose Firefighter Negligence

Beware incorrectly fitted radiator hoses can cause radiator coolant loss and resulting engine failure

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Our Changing World, The Candle Threat

Reconstruction of a fatal fire in a parked motor vehicl

The Northern Exposure Cross Border Fire Investigation

Fraud Fire Comittee

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Beware Gas Bottle Connections Can Lead to Fire

Beware Popup Toasters Can be Dangerous

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Presidents Perspective Fellow Members

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Reliability of Fire Tests and Computer Modeling in Fire Scene Reconstruction

Beware Ensure Connections On Power Steering Pump Hoses An Approved Type

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Evidence Storage VS Presentation

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IAAI Constitution And By Law Changes

IAAI Introduces James E Whitaker The New Full Time Executive Director

Insurance Related Fire Investigation Issues

Is Pyrolysis Dead Scientific Processes VS Court Testimony

North Exposure Preservation Of Evidence And Inspection Of Evidence From A Fire Scene

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A Test To Determine The Viability Of Self Heating Beverage Containers As Ignition Sources

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Effective Selection And Use Of Fire Experts

IAAI 2007 ATC Will Include Full Selection Of Top Level Fire Investigation Courses

Member News Around Globe Resident Honored For Lifelong Work

North Exposure Liability For Rekindled Fires

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Second Vice President David B Nichols

Arson Dog Program Continues To Sniff Out Fradulent Fire Claims

Beware Lack Of Attention To Detail On Cooling System Repair Can Backfire

Bringing Together The Resources For The Fire Investigation Industry

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Engineering Labs What Is The Paradigm

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National Occupation Standards For Fire Invesitgators

North Exposure Expert Evidence, Preservation And Documenting The Fire Scene

Second Vice President David B Nichols

Seen On Scene Finding Comfort In A Fire Scene Excavation

Testing Your Hypothesis Understanding The Process

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A Hazardous Electric Connection

Fraud Fire Comittee

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Applications of the Fire Dynamics Simulator in Fire Protection Engineering Consulting

Beware over filling of hydraulic oil tanks on tip trucks can cause fires

Copycat Fires How the Flames Are Fanned

Daubert Revised Magnetek and the Death of Pyrolysis

Fraud Fire Committee Column The Case of the Too Good Case or False Optimism Leads to Loss of a Good Arson Case

Homeland Security Trends in America

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North Expose Exposure to Liability By Experts Involved in Litigation

The Presidents Perspective, Michael A Schlatman I am Honored and Humbled

2005 IAAI Annual Photography Contest Winners Arson Category

2005 IAAI Annual Photography Contest Winners

Arc Flash Calculators An Important Tool In Fire and Electrical Accident Investigations

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Beware Unsecured Cables Inside Protection Casing Causing Problems

Chapter Corner New Chapter In Ireland

Cross Pacific Cooperation Sees Hawiians Trained In Wildlife Investigation

CSFI and IAAI Meet In Washington DC

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North Expose Police Powers To Compel Evidence From Civil Proceedings

Propane Fire And Explosion Investigation Part 2

The Presidents Perspective R Kirk Hankins,

Vehicle Fluid Flammability Tests

A Critical Mass Of Archaeologists

Beware Overheated Auto Clutches Can Catch Fire

North Expose Bad Faith And Th arson defence to insurance claims

2007 IAAI Award Presentations

Ask The Scientist

Beware Open Air Box Pipe Causes Major Repair

Expert Witness Credibility

First Place Accidental

First Place Arson

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Incense Sticks A Report On Ignition Propensity And Combustion Temps

The Candle And The Sink

The Damnable Electricity Or The Advocate Investigator

The North Exposure Practical Considerations When Proving Expert Evidence In Court

Ask The Scientist

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Investigating Absorption Refrigerator Fires Pt 2

Presidents Perspective

Electric Cooktop Fires

Presidents Perspective

Beware Fractured Earth Straps Arcing Fuel Injection Chambers Can Cause Engine Compartment Fire

Colorado Attorney Offers Perspective on Recent Daubert Ruling

FBI and DHS Issue Alert for Potential Vehicle Borne Attacks

Fire Scene Diagramming for Wildland Fire Investigations

Fisc Bulletin Board

Homeland Security At The Community Level, What Local Citizens Should Know

Intro to the Heat Transfer for the Fire Invesitgator

Lessons to be Learned Concerning presentation Of Scientific Information

Memb News Around Globe Mark Elder Presented the 2004 James L Smith Outstanding Chapter Award

North Expose Discovery Under Oath

Survey Results Are Up

The Dogs Behavior, What Does It Mean

The President Visits Down Under (New Zealand)

The Presidents Perspective I Bring You Greeetings

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Autoignition Of Gasoline On Hot Surfaces

Beware Gypsum Plasterboard Fixing Nail Caused Blow Out Of Switchboard

Fisc Bulliten Board

Heating Of Electrical Conductors, Characterizing The Deformation Of Cables Exposed To External Radiant Heating And Internal Overload

Investigating The Casual Link Between Lightning Strikes CSST And Fire

North Exposure, Production Of Public Records

Presidents Perspective, Greetings From The Executives Board And Staff Of Your IAAI

Propane Fire And Explosion Investigation Part 3

58th ATC Registration Form Apr 9 May4 2007

AC Adapter Fire Causation

An Unusual Explosion

Beware Automobile Designers Do Make Mistakes

Homeland Security Commn Sense Measures To Safeguard Your Community

58th ATC Denver Colorado

Ask The Scientist

Beware Deteriorating Gas Pipe Missed In Maintenance Check Caused Major Kitchen Fire

Bringing Together The Resources For The Fire Investigation Industry

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Circuit Breaker Myths

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Letters From An Arsonist

North Expose Brief Summary Of Cases Where Expert Evidence Has Been Rejected By The Courts

Presidents Perspective IAAI Is On The Move

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Serving Bad Faith Claims From First Party Property Losses

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Contamination of Evidence Cans Lined With “Gold Epoxy” Coating

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