Fire Disasters Investigations
Fire-related disasters are quite common in many communities. In most cases, when we are faced with such situations, we tend to need answers on the leading causes of the fire. This is because fire incidents sometimes happen without our understanding of what is the leading cause. Fire investigation is a dilemma we are faced with in such situations. Many people have different opinions on the time length used to do an investigation.
From my community experiencer, I feel that enough time is spent on fire investigation cases. As a person with little experience in matters of disaster investigation, I have come to understand various factors that are considered when undertaking a fire investigation case. Fire investigation usually begins after the fire has settled and, in many cases, long after the debris has been cleared in the fire scene. Also, the investigation begins when a fire scene is quite. Investigation takes time to look at evidence or clues such as char patterns, melt direction, as well as heat shadows (Righter, 2017). The burning patterns tend to provide evidence on the fire source in a pattern known as a tell-tale pattern. It is a process that takes time to know answers. Hence I feel the time spent in my community to identify fire causes is justified.
Responding to fire cases on time is an issue as a community we are still facing. Fire disaster management teams have been blamed in many cases due to their delay. Most of them, when they are called, display certain unacceptable behaviour. It is quite challenging to understand how such people tend to take a long time to access the fire scene, yet they are an emergency disaster response team. This is an area they need to adjust their actions a bit to help in managing disasters.
References
Righter, C. (2017). Baltimore Sun – We are currently unavailable in your region. Retrieved 21 March 2020, from https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-major-fire-follow-up-20170830-story.html