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OCOB: Fire Investigations, Fire Behavior, and Arson
September 18, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
2019 One City, One Book program
The process of establishing the origin and cause of fires utilizing current methods and techniques has become a science-based and technical discipline used by public and private fire investigators world-wide. The presentation from Captain George Laing will present an overview of the process used to investigate fires, especially criminal fires, by the Fire Investigation Unit of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, and examine the challenges from the 1986 LA Library Fire. REGISTER>