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Fundamentals of Fire Investigation – The Relationship Between Compartment Fire Dynamics and Resulting Post-Incident Damage Patterns

When
February 04, 2025
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Four Points Sheraton, 1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062
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Fundamentals of Fire Investigation – The Relationship Between Compartment Fire Dynamics and Resulting Post-Incident Damage Patterns

Presented by: Andrew Cox - PE, CFI, Travelers

Fire protection engineers generally have a good foundational understanding of principles of fire dynamics, but some may not have the specific training and/or the practical experience to accurately relate post-incident damage patterns back to the fire behaviors that created them. This program will offer a basic introduction to important relationships between fire behaviors and resulting damage patterns observed by investigators. Theoretical discussion of damage pattern development will be supplemented with large-scale fire test results from fire investigation research studies completed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Fire Research Laboratory (FRL).

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The basic meeting agenda is the following:

3:00-4:30PM - Board of Directors Meeting (Members Welcome)

4:30-5:00PM - Registration & Cocktails

5:00-6:00PM - Dinner and Program

6:00-7:00PM - Cocktails and Networking

Dinner will be a Chef Choice Buffet, which will include soup, 2 salads, 2 entrees, starch, vegetable and dessert display with coffee and tea (please email program@sfpe-newengland.org with and dietary restrictions)

Andrew Cox is currently a Forensic Specialist with the Travelers Risk Control Laboratory, where he as been employed since 2023. Prior to Travelers, Andrew retired after nearly 25 years of service with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), where he worked as a Special Agent (SA), Certified Fire Investigator (CFI), and Fire Protection Engineer (FPE). Andrew is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Fire Protection Engineering. Andrew is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and is a Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) with the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). Andrew has previously served as a Technical Committee member of the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations and has lectured throughout the United States in topics related to fire investigation.

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