Title: (Optional) Describe how to collect and preserve arson evidence.
Course: Forensic Technology (15055) > Section: Analyzing Forensic Aspects of Arson and Explosion Investigations

Description should include

- posting guard(s) at the scene and preventing unauthorized personnel from entering
- boarding doors and windows
- marking, tagging, and photographing all evidence
- logging the names of personnel at the scene
- using special containers for preserving vapors released by charred evidence.

Process/Skill Questions:

- When and why does the fire department’s authority end at a fire scene?
- Why is it a good idea to record the names of personnel at a fire scene?
- Why would any unauthorized person try to gain entrance to a crime scene?
- What container preserves the head-space vapors?
- What is the absorption-elution method for containing arson evidence?