Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess impact of fire on human remains
- Presence of human remains is identified and confirmed at the scene and processed in accordance with coronial/agency requirements
- Appropriate notifications (to coronial services, police etc.) are made in accordance with statutory and agency procedures
- Effect of heat range fire on human remains is assessed
- Visible burn patterns and injuries on human remains are identified, assessed and documented
- Origin and cause determination options are assessed
- Examine factors impacting on origin and cause of death
- Human factors that may have prevented occupant/s escaping from the fire and products of combustion are examined
- Structural factors that may have impeded occupant egress from the structure are analysed
- Effectiveness and operation of early warning detection and suppression systems are assessed
- Observations regarding deceased’s clothing are made and recorded
- Observations of human behaviour before, during and after the fire are recorded
- Implement procedures for recovery of human remains and report findings
- Occupational health and safety(OHS)procedures for removal of human remains are implemented
- Disaster victim identification procedures are implemented as required
- Methods of protecting human remains prior to removal from a fire scene are implemented
- Methods to ensure all human remains are collected from a fire scene are implemented
- Consequential damage to human remains is recorded and reported to the appropriate authority
- Human remains collected from a fire scene arerecorded according to agency procedures
- Appropriate techniques to minimise evidence deterioration are followed
- Appropriate techniques and equipment are used for scene analysis, reconstruction and testing of hypothesis
- Investigation report is completed and forwarded to appropriate authorities/stakeholders