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NIJ and Jensen Hughes: Advancing the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Fuel Fires

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ and University of Central Florida Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris and Providing Error Rates for Purposes of Testifying

Date Published

November 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation, and Use

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling

2019-DU-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$583,545

Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation

2019-DU-BX-0016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$321,025

Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and Electrical System Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Introduction to Heat Transfer and Fire Measurements

Event Dates

January 1, 2010, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Web

Registration Status

Not Required

Emerging Forensic Science Research: Forensic Chemistry

Event Dates

April 4, 2019, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Fire Forensics: Claims and Evidence

Event Dates

April 12, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Web

Registration Status

Not Required

Fire Debris Analysis is Not Black Magic!

Event Dates

February 7, 2019, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Series

ASCLD Train the Director Webinar Series

Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications

2018-DU-BX-0225

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$466,769

A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY

2018-DU-BX-0174

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$176,490

Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators

2018-R2-CX-0032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$487,386

Post-Blast Explosives Attribution

2018-DU-BX-0193

Declined

Funding First Awarded

2018

$599,738

Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris

2018-MU-BX-0004

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$635,430

Evaluation of Field-Portable GC-MS with SPME Sample Collection for Investigator Use at Fire Scenes

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Expanding the Smokeless Powder Database

Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene

2017-DN-BX-0172

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2017

$229,923

Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence

2017-IJ-CX-0023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$496,976

Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires

2017-DN-BX-0163

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$570,790

Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations

2017-R2-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$46,094

Identifying Ignitable Liquids in the Aftermath of a Fire

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Identifying Ignitable Liquids in the Aftermath of a Fire

Date Published

July 18, 2017

After analyzing how ignitable liquids break down because of weathering and biological degradation in the aftermath of a fire, researchers have provided new data to fire investigators and crime labs.

Scale Modeling in Fire Reconstruction

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored