Fire Investigator Job Aids
CFITrainer.Net Job Aids provide reference and assistance in completing major fire investigation tasks. Scenes and investigative scopes vary, so the Job Aids are not meant to be comprehensive for every scene, but rather as a helpful tool to help the fire investigation professional work through executing that task while applying their knowledge, skills, and experience to determine actions to take at a particular scene. Some elements on a Job Aid may not apply to a particular investigation and a particular investigation may need additional elements not on the Job Aid.
There are two types of Job Aids.
The first type of Job Aids are form-fillable PDFs that can be used during the fire investigation process to accomplish scene examination tasks. The PDF can be filled out on scene using a tablet, laptop, phone, or other device. The PDF can also be printed out and used as a pen-and-paper tool.
The second type of Job Aids are handout reference guides and templates available in PDF. These Job Aids are not form-fillable. For greatest ease of use, CFITrainer.Net recommends printing out handout reference guide and template Job Aids. The fire investigation professional decides how to best use the Job Aid and integrate it into their workflow.
- How to Become a Fire Investigator: Key Actions: This Job Aid maps out important waypoints among common career paths for fire investigators.
- Site Safety Assessment Checklist: This Job Aid is designed to be a checklist for the site safety assessment process. Items in the checklist may need to be documented with additional information in the Notes sections.
- Residential Building Systems Job Aid: This Job Aid presents visual diagrams of residential construction framing with labels naming key components.
- Common Engineering Drawing Symbols Job Aid: This Job Aid presents electrical, HVAC, and plot plan symbols with a description of each symbol.
- Fire Scene Photography Job Aid: This Job Aid presents tips for improving fire scene photographs, including camera dial setting, exposure compensation scale, correcting under- and over-exposure, depth of field, and perspective plus a blank gridded page to scale as a background for photographing components of up to 8” x 15”.