Forensic Fire, Arson and Explosives

A complete, journal-grade reference for the fire and explosives investigator: foundations and the NFPA 921/1033 + ASTM E1618/E2154 + ISO/IEC 17025 + ENFSI EWG standards frame, with admissibility under Daubert/Frye, the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, the UK CrimPR and the EU evaluative-reporting framework; fire science and behaviour (combustion, heat transfer, fuel- vs ventilation-controlled burning, flashover and backdraft, compartment fire dynamics and Heskestad/McCaffrey/NIST FDS plume modelling); fire scene investigation under NFPA 921 systematic methodology including origin and cause determination from V-patterns, char depth, calcination and electrical indicators; accelerant detection and fire-debris analysis (canines, PID, ASTM E1412/E1413/E1618 GC-MS, pyrolysis interferents and the background-subtraction discipline); arson investigation (motives, offender profiles, insurance fraud, vehicle/wildfire/structure patterns); explosives chemistry and classification (TNT, RDX, PETN, HMX, ANFO, TATP, urea nitrate, initiators and the global regulatory frame); explosives detection (IMS ETD, canines, colour tests, handheld Raman, LC-MS/GC-MS/IC/XRF/SEM-EDX) plus the homemade-peroxide threat and precursor-control response; post-blast investigation (blast dynamics, search-grid methodology, IED triage); the casework themes that built the modern discipline (Station Nightclub, Grenfell, Uphaar, Kamala Mills; Oklahoma City, Mumbai 1993/2008, London 7/7, Boston, Manchester; CWA/dirty-bomb readiness); and the quality, ethics and emerging-methods frame (ISO 17025, NABL T-126, the 2009 NAS critique, handheld Raman/LIBS/CT/ML pattern recognition).

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