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Evidence Guide: PUAFIR608 - Investigate fatal fires

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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PUAFIR608 - Investigate fatal fires

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Assess impact of fire on human remains

  1. Presence of human remains is identified and confirmed at the scene and is processed, in accordance with coronial and organisational requirements
Presence of human remains is identified and confirmed at the scene and is processed, in accordance with coronial and organisational requirements

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Appropriate notifications to coronial services and police are made, in accordance with statutory and organisational procedures

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Effect of fire heat range on human remains is assessed

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Visible burn patterns and injuries on human remains are identified, assessed and documented

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Proximity of human remains to fire is assessed

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Origin and cause determination theories for fire are assessed

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Examine factors impacting on origin and cause of death

  1. Human factors that may have prevented occupants escaping the fire and products of combustion are examined and recorded
Human factors that may have prevented occupants escaping the fire and products of combustion are examined and recorded

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Effectiveness and operation of early warning detection and suppression systems are assessed

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Observations regarding deceased's clothing are made and recorded

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Observations of human behaviour before, during and after the fire are recorded

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Effects of environmental conditions are assessed and recorded

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Implement procedures for recovery of human remains and report findings

  1. Disaster victim identification procedures are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
Disaster victim identification procedures are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures

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Methods of protecting human remains prior to removal from a fire scene are implemented

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Consequential damage to human remains are recorded and reported to the appropriate authorities

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Human remains collected from a fire scene are recorded, in accordance with organisational procedures

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Techniques to minimise evidence deterioration are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures

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Techniques and equipment are used for scene analysis, reconstruction and testing of hypothesis, in accordance with organisational procedures

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Investigation report is completed and forwarded to appropriate authorities and stakeholders

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge
Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.