The Fire Investigation Working Group has started up again and redefined their objectives
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The Fire Investigation Working Group of the CTIF held a virtual meeting on 22nd May 2024. The meeting was attended by 10 participants from 7 member countries.
It was agreed that for the restoration of this group an election of a chairman, eventually a vice-chairman and a secretary is necessary. A proposal was made by the organizer of the meeting, the Vice-President of the CTIF, Martin Nekula, who asked potential adepts for these positions to apply by sending their CVs and on the next meeting the elections will be held.
The participants of the meeting also decided that a space for sharing data, documents, information, etc. will be established. It was also agreed that another virtual meeting will be organized by the end of this year and next year the members of the working group will meet in person.
Last but not least the direction of the working group was set up as the main topics were discussed to be focused on such as statistical data – casualties, fires, causes, accelerator detection, batteries (scooters, bicycles), building constructions and their resistance, education and plan for the future, visualization tools for presentation and record of investigation, cooperation among fire services, police and other institutions, development trends in the causes of fire, and solar panels.
Photo Credit: A generic illustration of a fire investigator at work. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT