Investigations Institute, Florida (USA), Gorbett G, Hicks W, Tinsley A (2013) Fire patterns with low heat release rate initial fuels. The first is that the apexFootnote 1 of the V-pattern indicates an origin (Barracato 1979). 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). Mealy et al. Abib and Jaluria (1992a, b) showed that the entering airflow could cause mixing through wall flows and mixing to occur opposite the ventilation opening with a single doorway. (2013) also discuss findings related to the visual identification of surface damage progression to gypsum wallboard based on imposed heat fluxes. 1997). This misconception was dispelled in the first edition of NFPA 921 and is not prevalent within the current profession (Bieber 2014). Cue 3- increasing lines of demarcation moving out of vent openings. Fire Safety Science-Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium, New York, NY, pp 129139, Taroni F, Bozza S, Aitken C (2005) Decision analysis in forensic science. Investigations Institute, Florida (USA), Gorbett G, Hicks W, Tinsley A, Kennedy P (2010a) Fire Patterns with Low Heat Release Rate Initial Fuels. u-shaped pattern. A conical pattern has been characterized as one that is produced when the interacting buoyant fire plume is restricted by an intersecting horizontal surface, spreading the heat across the bottom of the obstructing surface. Fire investigators describe this consistent damage to tops of contents as radiant heat damage being caused by the upper layer. The rooms were instrumented with heat flux gauges, thermocouples and gas sampling probes. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. An approximate 2-square foot (0.19m2) grid was established and the participants were asked to select the grid space that most represented their area of origin. Noticeable patterns created by the fire as it burns. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. From this work, the researchers used gravimetric measurements of these filters to demonstrate and validate an analytical model for smoke deposition based on thermophoresis. In fuel-controlled conditions, cues 1 and 2 were the most positively identified in 80% of the studies (20/25), cue 3 was identified in 60% of the studies (15/25), and cue 4 was only identified in 48% of the studies (12/25). Particulates and aerosols are deposited and heat is transferred in the same direction and flow as the smoke. In this work, the authors outlined a system that described char as being on a range from Number 0 Char up to Number 10 Char, with number 10 char as representing the greatest level of damage. (1991) witnessed a 5070% decrease in peak heat flux values when small standoff distances (0.050.25m) were employed. [1] The baby will gain the strength in its legs to be able to support itself and walk (which is the left top of the U), but it then grows larger, and the strength in its legs becomes less than required to support itself (the bottom of the U), but then the baby's leg strength increases again which gives it the ability to support itself again (the right top of the U). Given the history of using fire patterns within the fire investigation profession, it was reasonable that they would also be included in the first edition (1992), and all subsequent editions of NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations. Combustion Science and Technology 39:195214, Dillon S (1998) Analysis of the ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test: Simulations, Correlations and Heat Flux Measurements. The inverted cone or triangular pattern resembles an upright triangle with the vertex at the top. products of combustion interacting with adjacent. This section focuses on the literature that exists for fire patterns. Also, the study illustrated that drywall seams, if no tape and mud was applied, would present areas of clean burn damage during ventilation-controlled conditions (Mealy et al. 1997). 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. 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. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Fire Investigations. This study noted that flashover and ventilation was one of the most misunderstood variables, having the influence to alter normal fire pattern production. 1977). Source: Guide to Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination, PMS 412. The tool is built around a digital indicator gauge commonly used in machining. First, the upper layer-generated fire patterns are used by investigators in determining the extent to which the upper layer has descended in the compartment and that, because it is a heat source, is used to help describe other areas of damage within the compartment. The current definition for fire patterns is the visible or measurable physical changes, or identifiable shapes, formed by a fire effect or group of fire effects (NFPA 2014). Therefore, the approach of this step is to leverage what science currently exists to assist with validating the current list of direct solutions for fire pattern generation and identifying characteristics that may exist and how they may vary with the changing fire dynamics. The investigation of fires is one of the more complicated forensic sciences due to the continuously altered or destroyed evidence by the fire itself. Protected Surface: Body "Clean Burn" "Rundown Burn" Ignitable Liquid Pour Pattern. Since 1992, NFPA 921 has established the de facto standard of care for the fire investigation profession, yet it lacks specific procedures for origin determination (Gorbett and Chapdelaine 2014). positive pressure ventilation). The term related also is included to permit the linkage of the lines of demarcation with progressively increasing or decreasing degrees of damage, such as flow of a hot gas into/out of a compartment. Cue 2-increased magnitude of damage near the fuel item. Thirty-nine novice raters performed an analysis of damage to a wall surface, completing 66 ratings first without the DOFD method and second, repeated rating with the new DOFD method. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.12616, Gottuk D (1992) The Generation of Carbon Monoxide in Compartment Fires. A "U" shaped time line is created of the skills development. 2013). The areas of damage and boundaries of those areas are often referred to as areas and lines of demarcation. Custer was the first to discuss a concept of shadowing by content items and how these areas of lesser damage assisted the investigator in identifying direction of heat exposure (Custer and Wright 1984). doi:10.1128/AEM.02526-07, Jowsey A (2007) Fire Imposed Heat Fluxes for Structural Analysis. The system was described as the truncated cone method, which described the fire plume as a three-dimensional cone that would be cut or truncated by the various two-dimensional horizontal and vertical obstructions (i.e. Babrauskas (1981) reports on ignition of secondary items based on burning a series of common residential fuels and evaluating the heat flux to transducers at varying lateral distances. National Fire Protection Association, Quincy (USA), NFPA (2014) NFPA 921-Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations. The fires that are located at the extremes of the spectrum (i.e. The use of depth of char and relating this depth to duration of burning has fluctuated as to its usefulness in fire investigations since the mid-1950s. (0.91m2.1m). 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. This limitation of the flaming combustion allows for the production of smoke. The literature appears to identify that fire investigators can take depth measurements of char for similar types of wood to identify relative degrees of fire damage and that this may assist in identifying varying DOFD, but they should not assign duration of exposure to those measurements unless the conditions of the samples can meet those specifically expressed in Babrauskass (2005) work. Interscience Communications, London (UK), Meacham B (2000) Application of a Decision-Support Tool for Comparing and Ranking Risk Factors for Incorporation into Performance-Based Building Regulations. The Mealy study (2013) indicated that a variance on the depth measurements, regardless of the user, was negligible (~10% variance) and that the method worked at reliably indicating fire travel, especially when no visible observations could be made. 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. Selecting a final area of origin hypothesis. Fire patterns are the result of a fire or its. A few of the studies also indicated that truncated cone patterns, specifically V-patterns, were located away from the true origin causing confusion for the investigators (Hoffmann et al. 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. The three tests were better instrumented with three total heat flux gauges, one radiant heat flux gauge, three gas sensors (measuring O2, CO2, CO), and gas velocity probes (Oullette 2008). Lines of demarcation are the borders defining the differences in certain heat and smoke effects of the fire on various materials. Gottuk (1992) reports sustained external burning occurring at values around 1.4 +/0.4, but other research has reported extension of flames outside the compartment starting at values of 0.7 (Wieczorek et al. Combustion and Flame 132:157159, Pennsylvania (USA), Sugawa O, Kawagoe K, Oka K, Ogahara I (1989) Burning behavior in a poorly ventilated compartment fire ghosting fire. These white areas were similar in appearance to clean burn patterns at first glance, but were shown upon closer examination to be differentiated based on smeared, directional appearance with observable water drip marks. These factors included the location of water application, duration of fire burning prior to arrival, duration required to extinguish the fire, location of fire department entry, method of extinguishment, use of positive pressure ventilation (i.e. This first edition was also the first time fire patterns were organized into one document. The evolution in terminology clarifies how fire patterns became a more restricted definition and it is this bounded term that will be the focus of this literature review section. A literature review was performed in order to achieve the objectives of this study. The other misconception stated that if the pattern had a wide base and resembled an inverted cone, then it was started with a liquid fuel (Barracato 1979). This process has significant potential for uncertainty, as the initial conditions are generally unknown to the investigator. Each compartment had a door that measured 2ft, 7in. endstream endobj 81 0 obj <> endobj 82 0 obj <> endobj 83 0 obj <>stream National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-GCR-98-756, Gaithersburg, MD, Donegan H (2008) Decision Analysis. This can help determine the origin point. 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. hVn1ylTQ]BRBJ deR,B}VgHS(6-gl eU48+8 Resistance in the tool system is minimized through the use of UHMW-PE TIVAR plastic on all sliding surfaces, eliminating metal on metal contact. Identifying the cause of the damage is complicated by the fact that the investigator has to use evidence after the event, such as the location and magnitude of damage, compartment geometry, ventilation openings and the position and number of fuels as a means to identify the range of initial conditions that may have influenced how the fire developed. 2013). 2013). by 6ft, 8in. Accelerants Substances, such as gasoline, paint thinner, and alcohol, that accelerate the burning process. Carpet pad configuration was also varied including no seam and two, off-center seams for comparison and control purposes. Often times, positive-pressure ventilation, or mechanically induced ventilation, through the use of a fan is employed in conjunction with fire suppression activities. This has been provided as the reason for a visible area remaining that exhibits heat exposure, which has a sharp leading edge of demarcation widening significantly at the base forming a triangular shape or pattern. 2014). Cox provided a process for better interpreting the compartment fire dynamics that is still under development and has not undergone a major field test for user application. fuels, building materials, furnishings, contents. 1997). To accomplish this goal, the authors suggested that the area of origin could be identified through the use of damage by both (1) retracing the fires path by the forces bearing on it and (2) retracing or reconstructing the path of the fire by the effects produced. Notice, however, none of these documents came out and directly stated that an investigator could not identify an ignitable liquid from a floor pattern based on observation, they only warned that it cannot always be reliably identified (NFPA 1992). Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Technology Report 828, Heskestad G (2008) Fire Plumes, Flame Height and Air Entrainment. Investigations Institute, Florida (USA), Biedermann A, Taroni F, Delemont O, Semadeni C, Davison A (2004) The evaluation of evidence in the forensic investigation of fire incidents (Part I): an approach using Bayesian networks. In their report, authored by its Research Council on Post-Fire Investigation, they recommended, if patterns are to be used for origin and cause determination, forensic methods to identify the specific source of a pattern need to be developed and rigorously vetted (NFPA, 2002, p.5). In over 40% of the fire pattern tests, level lines of demarcation attributed to this damage was identified. Later the term morphed into heat shadowing, which was first defined as the effect of an object blocking the convected or radiated travel of heat and flame from its source to the particular surface material which is under examination (Kennedy and Kennedy 1985). This method was used to identify each fire pattern within the compartment, ascribe a direction or intensity to that damage and assign a directional arrow on a diagram to reflect this damage, however, no specific procedural details were provided on how to implement this analysis or how to interpret direction (Kennedy and Kennedy 1985). 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). Sides that are wider at the bottom and slope upward to the center of the hole are from below (NFPA 2014). Their study showed that the smoke pattern was determined for the wall tests and showed a difference between test conditions and very good agreement for the method for all test conditions (Riahi 2012). Wiley, Chichester (UK), Book 2013). :+ ex|8+W0[^gEX%:rUXd$I. Pearson, New Jersey (USA), DeHaan J (1987) Are Localized Burns Proof of Flammable Liquid Accelerants? Mealy et al. Because of this, the problem of using fire damage to determine how the fire developed is considered an inverse problem. Babrauskas (2005) lists several unpublished tests of holes through wood floors and provides a summary of these tests. location and elevation). Fire occurs due to the exothermic reaction of combustion (burning), producing heat and light. Some experimental work has been conducted in this area as well as predictive calculations (Jahn et al. This pattern is not an accurate indicator of an accelerant, or arson. The three compartments were similarly constructed measuring 11ft, 5in. There are only two studies that have focused solely on the geometric shapes from plumes (Hicks et al. The accuracy of the proficiency test was matched with the demographics of 586 professional fire investigators. soot), and gaseous byproducts, including carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), oxygen (O2), steam (H2O vapor), and unburned hydrocarbons (UHC). Presently, much of this interpretation is implicit and subject to investigator bias, with assignment of interpretation to patterns being largely dependent on the investigators knowledge, experience, education, training and skill, without the benefit of a structured framework to help guide the investigator through the process. Underwriters Laboratories, Illinois (USA), Kerber S, Walton W (2005) Effect of Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Room Fire. The skill can also be artistic such as painting or playing a musical instrument, and physical skills such a walking and weight lifting. For more information, contact: Fire Findings L.L.C. Furthermore, average fire gas temperatures have been related to the ventilation factor compared to the total surface area of the compartment, commonly denoted by \( {A}_v\sqrt{H_v}/{A}_T. As the temperature of the gases in the upper layer increases and the duration of influence between these gases and the lining surfaces increase, the heat flux imposed on these surfaces reaches a critical threshold that begins damaging the material and creating fire effects attributed to the upper gas layer. The origin determination is necessary to make an accurate cause assessment. A summary of the findings from the literature review and recommendations based on this review will be provided within this section. However, this area of damage was not identified in comparison studies performed in acquired structures where the opening was connected to an adjacent compartment within the house. Exposure of materials to the byproducts of combustion can also lead to damage that may be useful to the investigator. Standardized proficiency testing should be developed for each process developed and all users of these processes should be tested for proficiency. study (2013) also demonstrated that when visual damage to the wall surfaces were unable to provide enough data for analysis that contour plots of the depth measurements provided valuable insight into the areas within the enclosure that were subjected to the most severe thermal damage, the areas in which the initiating (primary first fuel) fire occurred. An optical measurement method was developed to arrive at optical properties of smoke deposited out of a smoke layer onto glass filters. A visible degree of fire damage scale (DOFD) was developed for gypsum wallboard and was shown to decrease variability in novices ranking varying degrees of fire damage across a wall surface (Gorbett et al. Chapter 3, SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. The damage cues evaluated for ventilation-generated damage included: Cue 1- increased area and magnitude of damage within the airflow from the opening. Investigations Institute, Illinois (USA), Kennedy J (1977) Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation. The open window was 3ft by 3ft (0.91m0.91m) with a sill of 2ft (0.61m) that was directly across the room from the doorway that was 3ft by 6ft (0.91m1.83m). Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Despite this warning, several textbooks and journal articles discuss that an investigator can prescribe a 45min duration of burning for every 1-inch of char depth (Stickney 1984; Kennedy and Kennedy 1985; Swab 1985). This combination of using damage in the context of the fire behavior variables was new to the profession in 1955, but then apparently lost for the next 40years. Instrumentation included thermocouples in the gas layer and under the flooring material. 2013). three dimensional fire patterns displayed on both horizontal and vertical services. 2008; Mann and Putaansuu 2010; Madrzykowski and Fleischmann 2012; Mealy et al. The burns were intended to be identical to determine if differences would be discovered with a close analysis of the results. These tests demonstrated similar findings as Carmans tests (2008) that significant heat flux and clean burn occurs on the wall directly across the room from the doorway. Fire plumes against wall surfaces have shown to have moderate heat fluxes ranging from 40 to 80kW/m2, while heat fluxes measured in tests with objects immersed in diffusion flames range between 75 and 200kW/m2 Heskestad (1982); (Qian and Saito 1992; Dillon 1998; Lattimer 2008). This quote, however, is not to generalize that the area of origin is to be equated with the area of greatest thermal damage outside of this specific test series. Wall condition on the four sides of a room may differ and thus indicate where most heat was applied (Straeter and Crawford 1955). The objective of this paper is to review the work that has been done to observe or measure varying damage along compartment and content surfaces, identify fire patterns, identify causal factors for the fire patterns and apply this information within a process to identify an area of origin, as well as identify gaps and propose new approaches. Grant No. 4). Journal of Testing and Evaluation 40. doi:10.1520/JTE104261, Madrzykowski D, Kerber S (2009) Fire Fighting Tactics under Wind Driven Conditions: Laboratory Experiments. The more significant issue with ventilation-generated patterns is when the compartment fire is ventilation-controlled. 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). Door openings to the exterior were identified as being the most influential to damage. Fire investigators have used geometric shapes, such as truncated cones, triangular, columnar, conical, v-shaped, u-shaped and hourglass-shaped patterns since the early 1940s (Rethoret 1945). This method or a similar method should be further explored using the work done for gypsum wallboard (Gorbett et al. Cue 3-increased magnitude of damage around opening within 2 times the opening width (2wv). This spreadsheet provides all of the test details, general instrumentation results, list of indicators identified or not and provides the probability for the identification of these indicators. [1], This developmental curve reflects the progression of intuitive thinking processes as a person develops more advanced knowledge structures in a specific area. As the definition from the term fire pattern has evolved and will continue to evolve, it is important to define what a pattern is first. 2013). There are four logical components to the literature review presented: The first part of the review describes the work completed for establishing a degree of fire damage assessment for commonly encountered materials in structure fires. All of the early texts indicate that fire tended to rise and that a pattern may exist from this damage, but most did not use the term pattern nor did they give any guidance on what a pattern was (Rethoret 1945; Kennedy 1959; Kirk 1969). NFPA 921 further lists that fire patterns can be classified by their generation or causal relationship to the fire dynamics by providing the following classes: plume-generated patterns, ventilation-generated patterns, hot gas layer-generated patterns, full-room involvement-generated patterns and suppression-generated patterns (NFPA 2014). Riahi (2012) studied the soot deposition characteristics of three different fuels in bench-scale experiments and then against a gypsum wallboard lined wall. This section of the literature review focuses on the use of fire patterns and fire pattern generation to identify an area of origin. The proposed definition for fire patterns is. 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. Floor patterns were found lacking in many of the fire pattern tests where the compartment transitioned to a fully involved state (Shanley et al. 2004). Department of Justice, USA, Riahi S, Beyler C (2011) Measurement and Prediction of Smoke Deposition from a Fire Against a Wall. This study also developed a simplified grid system out of tent pole stakes to decrease scene processing time. Other areas of science regularly deal with inverse problems typically through extensive mathematical study. For example, many materials must reach certain temperatures to melt, deform, or fail. A compartment (3.7m3.7m2.4m) with a single doorway ventilation opening located in the center of a wall was used for this series of tests. However, even the earliest text on fire investigation cautions investigators that ventilation may cause trouble with this process as it will cause greater damage in those areas of better air currents (Rethoret 1945). Drywall repairs, as well as tape and mud between drywall seams or the lack of this material may alter the observations of damage in these areas and will need to be considered. A seven step reasoning process for evaluating damage for determining the area of origin, along with a new definition for the term fire pattern is proposed. He encouraged investigators to focus on low burns, because as he says any low point in a burn should be investigated as a possible origin (Kirk 1969). More validity and reliability studies are required for these methods. Once these parameters are identified and organized, various techniques can be applied to facilitate the collection of critical information, analysis of the data and facilitation of a decision. Since the beginning of organized fire investigation in the late 1940s, fire investigators have relied on fire patterns as their basis for determining the fire origin (Rethoret 1945). Next, the ability to identify clusters of damage was evaluated. As such, fire investigators have written about the use of visible and measurable observations related to varying damage to wood for as long as fire investigation has been in existence (Rethoret 1945). (1997)) contends that the source of available fresh air from adjacent spaces will have a significant influence on whether or not the ventilation-generated patterns are prevalent with such magnitude. The fire pattern studies revealed that ventilation rarely causes any damage of significance during fuel-controlled conditions. 10). Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. The characteristics distilled from the literature are that plume-generated patterns have areas of greater magnitude of damage in relation to the surrounding areas and because of this, the lines of demarcation between these areas are described as clear or sharp. Section 2, Ch. 2008). Several myths have been associated with geometric shapes that cause investigators pause before using the shapes as descriptors. The ventilation opening was varied throughout the test between a slit vent (2m0.2m) and the full door opening (2m0.9m). In one of these tests it was found that other burn patterns in the flashover tests showed similar misleading patterns from asymmetric burning of a television set, with the most damage on the side away from the origin of the fire to patterns on the gypsum walls indicating a V-pattern pointing to a television stand and associated electronics (Hoffmann et al. 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 findings from the literature review was performed in order to achieve the of. 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