Fire: Useful in Man's Existence on Planet Earth

Introduction Fire is very useful in man’s existence in planet Earth. During incient time, Hominid (great apes) is the group of people discovered fire. They used fire to keep them warm and to protect them against wild animals. As the time passed by, they discovered that fire can be used to cook food. Until now, people used it in daily live, and many other things that need the benefits afforded by fire. While fire has helped much in shaping and developing the country’s industries, it has also become a threat and has claimed numerous lives and properties. The degree of usefulness which fire possess is conditioned by the care which man applied in handling it. As such, the task of fire prevention/control has become a pressing concern of the government. This is so, in the face of the alarming figure of losses yearly resulting form reported conflagrations. The threat of conflagration is greater in cities and municipalities. Arson is an inherently difficult crime to detect and prosecute, and it falls between police and fire department responsibility. Both the police and fire services can legitimately claim authority in arson cases, but each also may rationalize that the responsibility belongs to the other. The police/law enforcement spends additional time and money trying to bring arsonist to trial, and the arson investigator need cooperation and better training to solve an arson crime.

Body Fire investigation is by nature the basis for fire prevention program. Only an in-depth analysis of what sequences of events enable it to spread, and how and where it was controlled (e.g. firefighting, structural design lack of fuel) can help prevent future fires. One of the most difficult problems to solve is to determine the cause of the fire, since the flames generally consume any evidence of what occurred. This is the reason that the cause of most fires cannot determined without a long and careful investigation. Cause arson is a crime against either persons

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