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Comment by Jeff Tennill on December 4, 2009 at 9:25am

Rodolfo,
I used to work for the Ky. State Fire Marshal's Office and we had a very similar relationship with the Ky. State Police. They were criminal investigation experts with little or no practical cause and origin experience or training. We were just the opposite.

Once everyone gets past their egos and insecurities you can form a symbiotic relationship that gets the job done, but someone has to be willing to admit their weaknesses, and there in lies the biggest problem.

Comment by Rodolfo Guija on November 25, 2009 at 12:16pm

Hi, many thanks to accept my participation in this group.
I become Fire Marshal since May 2006 in the Peru Volunteer Fire Department (Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios del Perú).
We are the official Fire Service in all the Country and we make Fire Investigations for prevention and education, but we are in conflict with the Police Department because they make investigation for Criminal situations, and many times we have the answer in the arson fires and they don´t like it.
We continue learning and is great to have many friends to learn of them.
My best regards and stay safe.

Comment by James L.Hoffman, Jr on November 22, 2009 at 5:49pm

Thanks for allowing me to join.I've been working with our Dept. Fire Marshall since 1996 he taught me alot enough that i enrolled into a fire science class and i'm doing very well

Comment by John Kroll on June 8, 2009 at 8:29pm

We recently had a lighting strike to a tree. The homeowner is a travelling worker and no one called regarding the lighting strike. 2 days later the homeowner returns to feel heat in the house and wonders about n "oven fire" he observes when he hasn't cooked in days. The FD is called and finds a fire burning behind the stove on the paper facing of the drywall. The drywall is completely dehydrated and crumbles when touched and a smll pilot light-like flame is burning from the flexible connector hose. After more investigations it appears that a common occurrance is for pinholes to develop in flex hose after lighting strikes. The lighting appears to have followed pool plumbing back into the home and electrical damage is noted to the eaves, soffit, several electrical circuits, and the telephone system at the house and the junction box out at the road. This fire was found by the sheer luck of the timing of the homeowners return and gives us one more thing to inspect on a lighting strike call, stay safe everyone-John

Comment by Chief on June 6, 2009 at 2:09pm

Thanks for having me aboard.
I've been with the fire service for almost 20 yrs. and became an arson investigator in 1994.
I got into the fire service to learn and help any way I could.
Well, being "old school" has it's advantages. I worked with Vets of the day, very few young people in the house when I started. I found the best learning tool of that time (which still works today) is to listen.
I think I heard every story imagable, large or small, these guys had some incredible days of fire under their belt. Know-it-alls or "I been there done that" people were not tolerated. I kept my mouth shut, and I learned alot from them.
Technology is a wonderful thing, but doing your homework the " old school " way doesn't hurt from time to time.
So for all of you just starting in the field, take time to listen, and be patient, the rest will follow with hard work and determination. Stay Safe.

Comment by scff603 on May 30, 2009 at 5:09pm

Hello everyone glad to find an open site where we can toss ideas and learn from each other. I have been in the fire service since 1991 and have been investigating fires for the past 8 years here in south carolina. It is a dirty, intense job, but very rewarding. I also challange everyone to get as much training as you can and as often as the budget will allow. Be safe and look forward to hearing from everyone.

Comment by Russ on April 17, 2009 at 11:23pm

funny adventures in fire investigation...how a bout some of your funny expierences as an investigator? i'll start---in my first year as a photographer i noticed that all of the clocks showed 8am. i went running to the lead investgator saying "something is wrong, all the clocks are stopped at 8am...the fire came in at 5 past midnight"....he looks at his watch and shows me its 8:10...the clocks were battery operated...i ended up buying lunch for the team(sigh)

Comment by Russ on April 17, 2009 at 11:17pm

welcome to all new on signers. i dont get to write as much as i used to but i am pleased that i was able to start a group that is helpful to the C&O Community. i urge everyone to seek additional education and learn as much as you can. i also urge you to ibtain professional certification through NAFI or IAAI both are fine orginizations and certification helps your credability. everyone please be safe (russ)

Comment by wvumounties8 on March 16, 2009 at 2:13pm

Hey Guys, I just signed up for this site. I won't go into my bachground, since it is quite extensive, but you can see it on my profile. Anyway, just wanted to say Hi to all the other C&O shovel hands out there and say I look forward to chat with y'all and picking some other "experts" brains. Michael

Comment by Thomas Green on March 16, 2009 at 11:16am

GM
This seems to be a place where I might learn something
Very nice to be here
Tom

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