...Johnny Brown 11/08/2012 Final Term Paper Arson Investigator The reason I decided to choose this topic, and not something about a particular part of the fire service, is because I was watching a TV show CSI where they solve crimes and such. Well this topic of fire fighter arson was on the show where a fire fighter set a fire on purpose. So I decided that it looked interesting considering it is what I want to do. Fire fighter arson is basically when a fire fighter sets a fire and I will break it down on why some fire fighters do it, affects of fire fighter arson, basic profile of the fire fighter arsonist, fire service responsibilities in preventing fire fighter arson, and actions to take when a problem is suspected. There were a number of people who had been arrested for this crime and were willing to share their motivations. The biggest reason was people were looking for recognition and liked to play the role of a hero. These people would get a thrill to be the reporting party or to be first on the scene. Another reason is a person might have a psychiatric problem that they have towards the fascination with fire. While others have a low self-esteem or self-confidence, and they want to feel like they belong to a group and are accepted by others. There are many effects of fire fighter arson, which all are very clear cut effects, they include the possibility of injury, loss of life, property and financial loss due to fire, and the increase of insurance premiums that we pay...
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...Arson Investigator The reason I decided to choose this topic, and not something about a particular part of the fire service, is because I was watching a TV show CSI where they solve crimes and such. Well this topic of fire fighter arson was on the show where a fire fighter set a fire on purpose. So I decided that it looked interesting considering it is what I want to do. Fire fighter arson is basically when a fire fighter sets a fire and I will break it down on why some fire fighters do it, affects of fire fighter arson, basic profile of the fire fighter arsonist, fire service responsibilities in preventing fire fighter arson, and actions to take when a problem is suspected. There were a number of people who had been arrested for this crime and were willing to share their motivations. The biggest reason was people were looking for recognition and liked to play the role of a hero. These people would get a thrill to be the reporting party or to be first on the scene. Another reason is a person might have a psychiatric problem that they have towards the fascination with fire. While others have a low self-esteem or self-confidence, and they want to feel like they belong to a group and are accepted by others. There are many effects of fire fighter arson, which all are very clear cut effects, they include the possibility of injury, loss of life, property and financial loss due to fire, and the increase of insurance premiums that we pay when arson occurs. This crime of arson will...
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...England and wales. It currently comprises 15 commissioners, who are appointed by the home sectary for a period of 5 years, and a team of independent investigators. Each team of investigators is headed by a regional director in each of its four regions, covering England and wales. The IPCC carries out investigations into serious allegations of misconduct by serving police person. These include allegations of: * Serious or organised corruption * Against senior officers * Involving racism * Of perverting the course of justice. HM chief inspector of prisons Her majesty’s chief inspector of prisons is another independent body which reports to the sectary of state for the ministry of justice on the condition and treatment of prisoners in England and wales. Its authority is given under section 5A of the prisons act 1952 and by section 57 of the criminal justice act 1982. The inspectorate is appointed by the home salutary for a period of 5 years and its authority extends to Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and some British overseas sovereign states. It reports to the home sectary on whether the objective for prisons is being achieved in terms of accommodation, treatment of prisoners in reducing re-offending through appropriate programmes and preparing these offenders for release. HM Chief inspector of fire and...
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...CWTS Assignment Submitted by: Vincent Sanchez BS – Accountancy 8 dead after Christmas Day fires in Philippines MANILA, PHILIPPINES, December 25, 2012 Authorities in the Philippines say at least eight people are dead after two separate Christmas Day fires in the capital region. One of the blazes left about 1,500 people homeless when it razed their shantytown. Arson investigator Rosendo Cabillan says a pre-dawn fire on Tuesday razed two apartment buildings in Quezon City, a Manila suburb. A veterinarian and six household members died after they were trapped inside. Fire officer Noel Binwag says another blaze in suburban San Juan city hours earlier destroyed shanties of about 1,500 people. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/8-dead-after-christmas-day-fires-in-philippines/article4238380.ece 3 Fires Hit Metro Manila March 19, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — Two fires hit residential areas in Quezon City and San Juan the other night.A fire hit a residential area in Don Antonio Heights, Quezon City. The fire reportedly started at 10:15 p.m.Rudy Padirao, 37, sustained burns on both arms as he went back inside their burning house to salvage some of their valuables. Witnesses told fire probers that the injured victim and his family had already exited their house safely but went back inside.Some 25 houses were destroyed by the fire which reached the 5th alarm and was placed under control at around 10:30 p.m. As a result, 75 families were rendered homeless. Firemen...
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...Fundamental of Criminology Investigation - an inquiry, judicial or otherwise for the discovery and collection of facts concerning the matters involved. - it is the process of inquiring, eliciting, soliciting and getting vital information, facts, circumstances in order to establish the truth. Criminal Investigator - a public safety officer who is tasked to conduct the investigation of all criminal cases as provided for and embodied under the revised penal code, criminals laws and special laws which are criminal in nature. - a well trained, disciplined and experienced professional in the field of criminal investigation. Custodial Investigation - investigation conducted by law enforcement officers after a person has been arrested or deprived of his freedom of action. Neighborhood Investigation - one of the most crucial steps in kidnap for ransom cases which is often overlooked. The objective is to identify and interview in person all individuals in the area where the victim was kidnapped or last known sighting area during the window of opportunity.(last time seen until the time discovered missing. Crime scene - a venue or place where the alleged crime/incident/event has been committed. Corpus delicti - (latin for the body of the crime) - used to describe the physical or material evidence that a crime has been committed. ex. corpse of a murder victim. Confession - is an express acknowledgement by the accused in...
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...Emergency Management concerning “The Station” Nightclub Fire of 2003 in Warwick, Rhode Island. This tragic event took the lives 100 patrons and approximately 200 were injured. The band that played before an estimated crowd of 450 people used pyrotechnics for special effects purposes during the opening performance. The pyrotechnics ignited highly-flammable polyurethane foam insulation lining the wall and ceiling of the platform area where the band was performing, resulting in the deadly fire. 1) Mitigation- the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Prior to the fire at the Station fire and City code inspectors failed to examine all relevant model building and fire codes in reference to high occupancy buildings and or gatherings other incidents with similar circumstances in places of public assembly; fire detection and suppression systems that were not at the time part of the structure or planned in the materials used in the construction and interior finish of the building; points of entrance and exits and the fire department response to the incident. Federal investigators are able to develop new information, and confirm reports as to the initiating event, the reason for the rapid spread of the toxic smoke and fire, the difficulties encountered by patrons during egress, and the mass casualty situation confronted by the fire department. 2) Preparedness - the state of being prepared...
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...which went to Republicans," reported the Wall Street Journal. The Bush administration continues to refuse requests from Congress to make the contracts public, citing national security concerns. Under normal circumstances, the Army Corps of Engineers is required to allow a number of companies to compete for Army contracts. But, as the Army explained, in times of emergency, when national security is involved, the government is allowed to bypass normal procedures and award contracts to a single company, without competition. The Army claimed the contract was awarded without competition because of a "national emergency" created by the pending war with Iraq. So, while President Bush spent months before the war wrangling with United Nations inspectors and calling for international support for an invasion, the Army somehow found it had little time for competitive bidding on the RIO contract. Halliburton defended the Army's no-bid policy: "We are the only company in the United States that had the kind of systems in place, people in place, contracts in place, to do that kind of thing," Chuck Dominy, Halliburton's vice president for government affairs told CBS News. If KBR was the only company who could handle...
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...-1AM DAILY TRAVEL FOR CLASS 2 HOTLINES IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND WHEN ON CALL FOR CLASS I HOTLINES TRAVEL CONSIST THE ENTIRE ST. LOUIS AREA,NORTH,SOUTH,CITY COUNTY,JEFFERSON COUNTY EVERYWHERE BUT ACROSS STATE LINES The reporters that call in the hotlines are contacted to verify information and get additional if any. The reported adults, witness, involved persons, agencies, hospital social workers, fire departments employees, apartment leasing managers, social workers of senior buildings, police and building inspectors. Contact is made to collect evidence and complete the investigation. Physical effort includes walking, standing, and inhaling smoke, toxic, urine and feces . When investigating abuse, neglect and...
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...Iroquois Theater Fire Abstract On December 30, 1903 hundreds of adults and children were packed Chicago’s brand new Iroquois Theater to see a holiday showing of the popular comedy Mr. Bluebeard. The theater was the best in town, and was advertised to be completely fireproof by the owners and the architect who designed it. Little did the hundreds of patrons attending know that due to time and money constraints the theater was not as fireproof as everyone thought and it would soon become a fiery death trap. After it was all over with, more than 600 people would lose their lives making it one of the most deadly building fires in history, and forever changing fire science and safety. Introduction On December 30, 1903 hundreds of people filled the Iroquois Theater to see a matinee showing of the comedy Mr. Bluebeard, starring a popular actor Eddie Foy. The Iroquois theater was Chicago’s newest and most polished theater and had only been open for five weeks. The theater was advertised to be fireproof by the architect who had designed it, Benjamin Marshal. Marshal had studied many theater fires from the past and thought that his design would be completely safe. It was advertised that, “The theater had more than twenty five emergency exits and could be emptied in less than five minutes” (Weird and Haunted Chicago). Even a fire resistant curtain made of asbestos was installed to keep the audience safe just in case of a fire. The theater was designed to hold 1,600 people...
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...Minerals Management Service-Corporate Code of Conduct History The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement formally known as the Minerals Management Service (MMS), is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) that is headquartered in Washington, DC and is responsible for managing the ocean energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. The MMS oversees two operations, namely Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM) and Minerals Revenue Management (MRM). In 1982, Congress passed the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act. In response to the creation of the new legislation, then Secretary of the Interior James Watt created the MMS as the federal bureau responsible for managing the collection of revenue generated from programs including: oil and gas, coal, metals, potash, and renewable energy resources, as well as oversight of energy companies to ensure they are following the regulations of protecting the safety of their workers, as well as the environment. The MMS collects approximately $13 billion annually making it one of largest revenue sources for the Federal Government. The jurisdiction of MMS is limited generally to a region of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that starts three miles from the coast and extends up to 200 nautical miles from the cost. There are two laws that establish this range: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Treaty and the Outer Continental...
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... MGM FIRE | |Case Study | | | | Chidozie B Nzom | |12/04/2014 | | | | | | | | | Introduction The MGM Grand fire occurred on November 21, 1980 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, now bally’s Las Vegas. The fire killed...
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...ieutenant Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), a top Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator, is approached by colleague Nate Roenick (Paul Guilfoyle) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the department's disability fund, for which Danny is a board member, and members of their own unit are involved. Nate claims to have an informant whom he refuses to name. When Danny goes to meet with him again he finds Nate murdered seconds before other police arrive, pinning him as the prime suspect. Things only get worse for Danny when Internal Affairs investigator Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh), whom Nate's informant suspected of involvement in the embezzlement, is assigned to investigate the murder. Niebaum discovers that Nate was killed with a gun from a case Danny had worked. He and other investigators search Danny's house the following morning and claim to have found papers for an offshore bank account with a deposit equal to one of the amounts of money embezzled. Danny is made to surrender his gun and badge and hardly anyone believes his protests of innocence. Facing the possibility of serious charges within a day, Danny storms into Niebaum's office and questions Niebaum about any involvement with the fund and who set him up. When Niebaum refuses to answer, Danny takes Niebaum, his administrative assistant Maggie (Siobhan Fallon), police commander Grant Frost (Ron Rifkin), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons (Paul Giamatti) as hostages. With the building evacuated...
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...2012 Dhaka fire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2012 Dhaka fire Date 24 November 2012 Location Dhaka, Bangladesh Casualties 112–124 dead [1][2] 200+ injured The 2012 Dhaka fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured,[4] making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's history.[5] The fire was initially presumed to be caused by an electrical short circuit, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has since suspected that the fire had been arson and an act of "sabotage" due to the occurrence of previous comparable events. This event and others similar to it have led to numerous reforms in workers' rights and safety laws in Bangladesh. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Fire 3 Response 4 Revised Regulations 5 Related occurrence 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Background[edit] When it opened in 2009 the Tazreen Fashion factory employed 1,630 workers and produced T-shirts, polo shirts and jackets for various companies and organizations.[6] These included the US Marines,[7][8] the Dutch company C&A, the American company Walmart and the Hong Kong based company Li & Fung.[6][9] The factory is part of The Tuba group which is a major exporter of garments from Bangladesh into the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, whose major clients include Walmart, Carrefour and IKEA.[10] According to Tazreen...
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...her boss and told not to mention the hazardous spill. At a later time, Mary witnessed her boss getting rid of documents that had been specifically requested by the EPA. When Mary identified to her boss that she was uncomfortable with the situation, she was threatened with losing her job should she raise the issue again. This paper will analyze and discuss the concepts of employment at-will, whistleblowers, and the Utilitarian and Kantian ethical frameworks as relevant ethical topics to the ACME, Inc. scenario. Employment at Will According to Arnold, Beauchamp, & Bowie (2013), “EAW [employment at-will] is a common-law doctrine that states in the absence of law or contract, employers have the right to hire, promote, demote, and fire whomever and whenever they please.” This law also takes into consideration the employee where he or she is able to terminate their employment for whatever reason without violating any legal laws. This concept stems back to the 20th Century were it was believed that employers and employees should have the same bargaining power (Muhl, 2001). The doctrine continues to be acknowledged by all states except Montana, “… which protects employees who have completed an initial ‘probationary period’ from being fired without cause” (Guerin, 2016). Two main reasons for why this law continues to be adopted are because of the respect the law has for the freedom of contract and it is preferred over job...
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...Human Factors involved in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 A Human Factors Case Study Submitted to the Worldwide Campus In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of Course SFTY 320 Human Factors in Aviation Safety Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University October 2013 Abstract On May 11, 1996, Flight 592 departed from Miami. It had pushed back from gate after a delay of 1 hour and 4 minutes due to mechanical problems. There were 105 passengers on board, mainly from Florida and Georgia, as well as a crew of two pilots and three flight attendants, bringing the total number of people on board to 110. At 2:04 pm, the DC-9 took off from runway 9L and began a normal climb. 10 minutes later the aircraft crashed into the Florida everglades with all hands on board lost. This Case Study will analyze and evaluate all contributing factors, with focus on the human factors, and propose solutions that would have kept the Liveware element from causing the accident. Intro The crash of ValuJet 592 was an accident that gripped the nation. In a decade of low priced airfare, ValuJet was a house hold name for providing economical flights. The loss of flight 592 raised nationwide concerns over the airline industry; from maintenance practices, to management pitfalls among all of the low cost air carriers. 592’s crash also rocked the entire airline industry, and ultimately caused a loss of confidence by the majority of the public in economical airlines. It was a completely avoidable...
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