NFPA 1033 identifies the minimum job performance requirements necessary to perform as a fire investigator in both the private and public sectors.

Make sure investigators are up to the task with the 2009 NFPA 1033: Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator. This in-depth Code provides an expanded scope that applies to all fire investigation, including outside, vehicle, and other fires that are not structural.

Topics cover the full range of investigation issues encountered on the job, including:

• Scene examination
  
• Scene documentation
  
• Evidence collection and preservation
  
• Obtaining information through interview and interrogation
  
• Post-incident investigation
  
• Presentation of findings

The 2009 edition also includes a new skills maintenance requirement, and more specific Requisite Knowledge statements to various JPRs. 16pp.