This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to undertake wildfire scene examination and assessment to determine the path, origin and cause of a wildfire based on fire behaviour, weather conditions, topography and fuel load. It focuses on developing and applying a systematic approach to fire investigation in a wildfire context and is applicable to wildfire fire investigators who are required to determine the origin and cause of a wildfire.

It includes coordinating wildfire investigations, securing fire scenes and preserving evidence, identifying and recovering evidence relevant to a wildfire investigation, packaging items of evidence for examination and conducting an analysis of evidence to identify the cause and origin of a wildfire.

The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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origin and cause determination must include

burn indicators advancing or head fire backing or heel fire lateral or flanking fire angle and depth of char indicators ash, cupping and curling indicators damage differential indicators die out pattern indicators foliage or leaf freeze indicators grass stem indicators identification of ignition sources protection indicators scene observation, interpretation and processing sooting and staining indicators transition zone v-pattern indicators wildfire behaviour including weather, fuel load and topography wildfire spread

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Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Roles and responsibilities of agencies or organisations and support personnel involved in the wildfire investigation are confirmed
Legal obligations of fire investigators are adhered to throughout the investigation
Investigation activities are coordinated with Incident Controller, in accordance with organisational procedures, when active fire management operations are still occurring in relation to the incident
Control, comparison and residual samples are identified and extracted, in accordance with organisational procedures requirements
Collected information and evidence is analysed and interpreted

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