This volume presents the basic principles and advanced applied techniques for conducting a thorough fire and arson investigation. This second edition has rewritten chapters on determining origin and cause, eliminating accidental fire causes, investigating fatal fires and vehicular fires and documenting the fire/crime scene. The importance of evidence preservation and analysis in civil litigation of liability and product defects is focused upon. Case studies are used in the text to illustrate concepts explained in the text and includes information about eliminating accidental causes of fire...