Used to determine the sequence of events that occurred during the fire When fires increase in size or burn for an extended period, fire patterns at the origin may be more difficult to identify. Investigation Institute, Illinois (USA), Kennedy, Kennedy (1985) Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation. National Bureau of Standards, NBSIR 822520, Maryland (USA), Stickney (1984) Recognizing Where Arson Exists. As expected, the results indicated that the patterns generated by the polyurethane foam fire had greater uncertainty than the natural gas and gasoline pool fires. Madrzykowski and Fleischmann (2012) completed work on flame plume damage against a gypsum wallboard lined wall and showed that for smaller HRR fuels (2080kW) the maximum width of damage was never greater than 1.5 times the width of the fuel. Fire effects are the physical or chemical changes that occur to different materials when exposed to the byproducts of combustion (e.g. aromatic and unsaturated hydrocarbons). Forty-eight tests were conducted with a standardized ANSI/UL wood crib and ten additional tests were conducted with commercially available polyurethane foam recliners. In 2005 and 2008, three studies were completed in conjunction with a training seminar to analyze burn pattern development in post-flashover fires (Carman 2008). Pearson/Brady, New Jersey (USA), Delichatsios M (1984) Flame Heights of Turbulent Wall Fire with Significant Flame Radiation. Fire Technology 17(2):98119, McGraw R, Mowrer F (1999) Flammability of Painted Gypsum Wallboard Subjected to Fire Heat Fluxes. This misconception was so ingrained in the profession that it was repeated as fact in the Fire Investigation Handbook published by the National Bureau of Standards (Brannigan et al. Hicks et al. These two studies demonstrated a relatively predictable response of visible damage to the gypsum wallboard consistent with the varying DOFD identified in NFPA 921 (Figs. 2004). Use of damage in fire investigation: a review of fire patterns analysis, research and future direction, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40038-015-0008-4, http://ncfs.ucf.edu/twgfex/docs/Scene_Survey_Results.pdf, http://www.forenseek.org/spip/?A-Decision-Support-System-for,46, www.Merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pattern, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. The surface then redirects the buoyant flow and its momentum across the bottom of the ceiling creating a ceiling jet, which begins to descend from the ceiling as an upper layer (Hicks et al. Fire pattern that resembles a U or V shape and indicates the direction of fire progression in that area. Fire Safety Journal 40:528554, Barnott A, Hardman R, Hoff N (2013) An Improved Method for Measuring Depth of Calcination in Fire Investigations. The origin matrix provides the user a diagram of the compartment of interest, where the user is to shade in those portions of the diagram where damage is identified and then this damage is to be compared to expected damage based on the predicted damage from the ventilation openings. Pearson, New Jersey (USA), DeHaan J (1987) Are Localized Burns Proof of Flammable Liquid Accelerants? 2012). Babrauskas (2005) summarized the research of charring wood and the research behind the use of depth of charring for fire investigators and found that under conditions of severe, post-flashover room fires, heavy-timber or similar members that have no gaps or joints will char at similar rates to those found in fire-resistance furnace tests roughly 0.50.8mm/minand that this can be a useful tool in estimating a minimum value for post-flashover burning of the room fire. This study also noted that it was evident that the water did not wash all of the deposited material away from the wall or ceiling surface because the patterns had a color which was lighter than the surrounding area but not as light as a clean burn or protected area (Shanley et al. 2010). The tests will be summarized chronologically in this section and will be referred to in other sections of the literature review where the work specifically addresses that subject matter. Decision analysis has its roots in operations research, where it emerged from a desire to better understand and address decision-making under uncertainty, becoming viewed as a unique area of study in the 1960s (Howard 1966; Raiffa 1968). These included that soot deposition can be used to aid in the area of origin determination and that the clean burn area size was proportional to the fire size (Wolfe et al. However, Kirk also identifies many of the very common complications that can arise, which will distract the investigator from following the fire pattern back to its point of origin (Kirk 1969). Average velocities of natural ventilation flows through windows have been recorded between 0.5 and 1.0m/s (1.14.4 mph) depending on the sill height and elevation of the opening within the wall (Kerber 2010; Kerber and Walton 2005; Quintiere and McCaffrey 1980). When a fire develops in an enclosure, the products of combustion (e.g. In March of 1997 four full-size compartment test fires were conducted in furnished bedrooms (Milke and Hill 1997). However, Schroeders study did not produce an effective means for implementing this method into a scene inspection. Next, the participants were provided with depth of char measurements for all content items and depth of calcination measurements for all of the walls for the same compartment fire and were asked to re-examine the photographs and select an area of origin again. Some of these indicators used were alligatoring, crazing of glass, depth of char, lines of demarcation, sagged furniture springs and spalled concrete. However, no procedural details were provided on how to implement the analysis. Fire and Arson Investigator Journal of the International Association of Arson Investigators 64(1):3747, Custer R, Wright C (1984) Open Windows and Thermal Inversions may Complicate a Fire Investigation. The study concluded that 73.8% without measurable data and 77.7% with measurable data accurately determined the area of origin. There was also an area of clean burn with angled lines of demarcation emanating from the area of origin. Many calculations are focused on simplifying geometric shapes, such as cylinders, cones, planes and point targets. In 2003, ten full-scale test burns were performed in a ISO 9705 room 12ft by 12ft with 8ft ceiling heights (3.6m3.6m2.4m) with a primary focus on examining television sets and electronic appliances exposed to a full-scale room fire (Hoffmann et al. Suppression factors may also impact the visible and measurable damage that investigators use. magnitude of damage, type of fire effect, color, texture) and are in close proximity to each other. Consumption is a function of heat transfer and the material properties. This misconception was dispelled in the first edition of NFPA 921 and is not prevalent within the current profession (Bieber 2014). The test fire used for this survey was setup as a residential living room furnished with a polyurethane foam couch and loveseat, end tables and a coffee table. Conversely, as the smoke moves away from the room of origin the temperatures will decrease, which causes the smoke to descend within the compartment causing lighter soot to deposit across the entire elevation of wall surfaces. The inverted cone or triangular pattern resembles an upright triangle with the vertex at the top. By using this website, you agree to our increases. Chemical changes include the decomposition/pyrolysis, dehydration, or changes in color. Furthermore, this process has not been widely tested for reliability or validity. His work also determined that the height of the plume damage was within 5% of the mean visible flame heights for the natural gas burner and gasoline fires. The characteristics that are proposed here include the type, magnitude, direction and proximity (e.g. The fire is considered to be under-ventilated at higher values of >1.0. (2008)) noted that the lines of demarcation throughout the compartment would descend in elevation dependent on the header depth and type of opening, except the line of demarcation would descend lower in corners and ascend near ventilation openings. Investigators use the varying heights and direction of the lines of demarcation as indicative of directional flow. As used here, decision frameworks, tools or methods encompass any mechanism used to support the systematic identification and assessment of information deemed important to a decision, ranging from checklists to structured problem-diagnostic tools such as fault trees, event trees or decision trees, to computationally supported decision analysis tools. National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Technical Note 7213, Maryland (USA), King C (1985) Ethics and Arson Investigation. identifiable and related lines of demarcation it is important that the lines of demarcation are objectively verifiable by all experts and that a pattern is something that can be objectively identified without interpretation. 1997). Photograph of penetration through a floor. The presence of a ventilation opening is necessary. This can help determine the origin point. Chapter 3, SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. A U-shape could indicate that there was a "pool of origin" rather than a point of origin, such as might be caused by, say, a puddle of gasoline. The other difficulty for forensic scientists investigating fires is that the observations of damage after the fire may often times be independent of the path taken by the fire making it difficult to identify where the fire started. The skills start out at a high performance level and over time the skills descend to a lower position on the Y-axis. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Fire Investigations. 2013). The characteristics associated with the geometric shapes were in some cases linked to the speed of the fire, such as the angle of the V could be interpreted as the fire being fast or slow. Examples of Fire Patterns. However, no formal procedure has been developed, including: how to determine a direction, how to incorporate compartment fire dynamics into the process and how to make an area of origin conclusion based on the results. The Posey study reported that an investigator could visibly identify subtle color changes in individually cut cross-sections of the wallboard and prescribe the DOFD associated with the color changes. Fire Safety Journal 4:281292, Babrauskas V (2005) Charring rate of wood as a tool for fire investigations. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, pp 5571, Jahn W, Rein G, Torero J (2008) The effect of model parameters on the simulation of fire dynamics. Kirks (1969) text was the first reference that indicated investigators could use this data for more than just direction of damage when he explained investigators make measurements with the idea of determining the length of time the fire burned at this point. In: Text Revision, Fourthth edn. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Gottuk D, White D (2008) Liquid Fuel Fires. These photographs and annotations are provided to illustrate the burn pattern . Two tests were completed with television sets placed on a wood stand next to an upholstered chair. [3], This U-shaped curve is different from the other types of skill development because this skill has an artistic rating with it, which means there could be differences in opinion, but in studies where children, adult artists, and non-artist adults were all given the same directions to draw a self portrait, the children's and the artists' were the closest of the three to depicting the face when picked by an outside group. The natural convection drives air out of the compartment creating a lower pressure for inflow to be driven from gravity flows or can also be influenced by wind or other mechanically induced flows (e.g. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, SFPE (1999) Assessment of Flame Radiation to External Targets from Pool Fires. The earliest texts on fire investigation expressed the importance of using damage and fire patterns in determining the area of origin (Rethoret 1945; Straeter and Crawford 1955; Kennedy 1959; Kirk 1969). An optical measurement method was developed to arrive at optical properties of smoke deposited out of a smoke layer onto glass filters. Cue 3- increasing lines of demarcation moving out of vent openings. From this work, Ngu developed a tool based on a constant spring force and a force probe. Items were scorched at distances greater than 0.191.2m depending on the material and heat source. Gypsum wallboard is one of the more common lining materials for walls and ceilings used for construction of residential and commercial facilities. The first insistence that decision analysis should be considered for fire patterns analysis was in 2010 (Gorbett et al. Of course, apex is actually the antonym of the word desired here. Characteristics of the damage linked with ventilation-generated patterns during ventilation-controlled conditions are large surface areas of damage, increased magnitude of damage, damage found near unsealed drywall seams and angled lines of demarcation located around the ventilation opening or directly opposite of a door opening. Mealy et al. The related lines of demarcation are ensuring that the area being called a pattern have associated boundaries or lines of demarcation. Saito (1993); Williamson, et al. National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Monograph 179, Gaithersburg, MD, Posey E, Posey J (1983) Using Calcination of Gypsum Wallboard to Reveal Burn Patterns. [5] The shape of the curve reflects the variability of general intuitional availability.This means once intuition levels increase but also s/he can make more higher order intuitive connections/understandings given a corresponding increase in expertise. Gregory E Gorbett. Therefore, no systematic scale for the degree of damage had been proposed or adopted. Correct determination of the origin depends on the correct. In all cases, ignition of a gasoline spill next to an upholstered chair was used to initiate the fire. The only process for fire pattern analysis discussed in the literature is the use of a heat and flame vector analysis (NFPA 2014; Shanley et al. This definition is insufficient compared to how the profession currently uses the term. The sides exposed to the direction from which the fire is coming will be more severely burned and charred. Fire Research Station Note No. Every fire investigation text, including NFPA 921, uses shapes to describe the characteristics of the lines of demarcation associated with plume-generated patterns. This study focused on the effects where the paper had been burned away (consumed) and where the paper had been peeled up (penetration). Other penetration patterns have arisen, which dealt more with determining the direction of fire spread from top down or bottom up. A scale ranging from 0 to 6 was developed for assigning a DOFD, with 0 indicating no visible damage and 6 indicating complete consumption. A subset of replicate tests was also performed. Several myths have been associated with geometric shapes that cause investigators pause before using the shapes as descriptors. Therefore, it is expected that soot deposition on wall surfaces to be greatest in thickness and higher in elevation closer to the room of origin and lesser in thickness and lower in elevation as one moves away from the room of origin. The burns were intended to be identical to determine if differences would be discovered with a close analysis of the results. hb```f``g`a`` B@1V u_&I\P ePQQR("rlCl6JM "XyWrf0 & The square root of height of the opening is the relevant determinant of the max velocity (Babrauskas 1980; Quintiere 1995). If the temperatures are high enough to cause such damage, then it is likely that a plume caused the effect. National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST GCR-96-703, Gaithersburg, MD, Minnich T (2000) Results of TWGFEX Scene Survey., http://ncfs.ucf.edu/twgfex/docs/Scene_Survey_Results.pdf. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Fire Investigations. Photograph of a Plume-Generated Fire Pattern (fire origin was located at the base of this damage-test conducted at EKU by author). [2] What are the 4 elements of extinguishment? Department of Justice, USA, Mealy C, Gottuk D (2012) A Study of Calcination of Gypsum Wallboard. 1. Scientific evidence is always incomplete to some degree, which means there is a measure of uncertainty associated within each analysis. Beginning in March of 2005, a series of 20 full-scale fire pattern tests were conducted at Eastern Kentucky University (Gorbett et al. As such, a subsection on testing is first presented to describe all fire pattern tests conducted, not just those evaluating the current use of the term. This area of damage opposite the door had angled lines of demarcation that extended from the floor to the ceiling. (1997)) and Gorbett et al. 2009). Correct determination of the origin depends on the correct. The three compartments were similarly constructed measuring 11ft, 5in. However, an assumption can be made for fuel-controlled fires that higher temperatures will occur at the plume interface with any building or contents surface. Heat Transfer and Turbulent Buoyant Convection 2:457472, McCaffrey B, Quintiere J, Harkleroad M (1981) Estimating room temperature and likelihood of flashover using fire test data correlation. Fire Safety Journal 51:4252, Gorbett G (2015) Development and Assessment of a Decision Support Framework for Enhancing the Forensic Analysis and Interpretation of Fire Patterns. The resulting damage appears to be angled lines of demarcation with the lower end of the line of demarcation being nearest the source of the smoke flow (Fig. The Mealy, et al. Several recent studies have provided processes to assist in the objective identification of the varying degrees of damage, including a degree of fire damage scale for visible damage (Gorbett et al. The only method that appears to be systematized and examples provided was the truncated cone method in conjunction with the heat and flame vector analysis (Kennedy and Kennedy 1985). There are a few misconceptions that have been promulgated over the years associated with V-patterns. The authors would like to thank Bill Hicks for providing pictures taken during fire testing. Airflow from a ventilation opening has been shown in previous compartment fire studies to cause flames to lean over significantly and that the influence of this factor decreases as the plume is moved back away from the vent (Steckler et al. Prior to discussing the patterns themselves and their historical progression, it is first important to recognize that lines of demarcation or areas of demarcation serve as the borders of a fire pattern and should be defined. Combining the definition of pattern with the current definition of fire patterns provides a better definition. The fuel-controlled conditions did not have any damage associated with ventilation openings, therefore it will not be considered here. The following statistics were accumulated while performing the literature review and summarized here for PG fire patterns. Floor patterns were found lacking in many of the fire pattern tests where the compartment transitioned to a fully involved state (Shanley et al. Springer Nature. Test. The damage caused by this upper layer is often times referred to as hot gas layer-generated fire patterns or heat and smoke horizons (NFPA 2014; DeHaan and Icove 2011), but in this work it will be described as upper layer-generated patterns (ULG patterns). As floor patterns were warned against, so has floor penetrations by both the fire science and investigation communities (Babrauskas 2005; NFPA 2014). The implication is that common furnishing items, which normally require a minimum irradiance approaching 20kW/m2 for ignition, would stand little hazard of fire involvement if placed at least 1m away from the initial source (Babrauskas 1981). Fire investigation (origin and cause determination) is an integral part of the total fire safety model, including fire prevention and protection for a community. Created by. debris fall down). 2013). Determining which effect or effects reflect varying degrees of damage is the key to successfully assessing damage. Both compartments were furnished similarly with a sofa located under the open window, a sofa located along the wall next to the door and a kitchen table in the center of the compartment. The water spray damage was composed of many elongated streaks, less than 1-inch in length and were grouped and oriented so that they resembled a spray pattern. The statistics can be found in Additional file 1 associated with this review paper. 80 0 obj <> endobj 1. U-shaped development can be seen in cognitive skills such as learning new words, or doing high-level algorithms in mathematics. (1997)) reported that suppression-generated patterns, those caused by water spray from a fire department hose line, were easily identifiable in their test series. If the burning fuel package was located at or very near the vertical witness surface, then the expected fire pattern is shaped as a V, evidenced by its angulated lines of demarcation. 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