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2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FIP 128 - Detection & Investigation

Class: 3 Lab: 0 Clinical: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
This course covers procedures for determining the origin and cause of accidental and incendiary fires referenced in NFPA standard 921. Topics include collection and preservation of evidence, detection and determination of accelerants, courtroom procedure and testimony, and documentation of the fire scene. Upon completion, students should be able to conduct a competent fire investigation and present those findings to appropriate officials or equivalent.
Offered: Fall