CASE STUDIES
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CASE STUDIES
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CASE STUDIES
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Starboard Compartment Side View
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Port Side View
Lower Compartment View
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View depicting the security entrance to Gate #2
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Dock #2 Camera View
First Photo: 9:29 A.M.
•Second Photo: 9:33 A.M. Pushing away from dock – heavy smoke from starboard side forward – galley doorway
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9:44 A.M. MI BARUR at Dock #7 - along the outer Jetty so fire apparatus could reach the fire
9:43 A.M. Approximately 10minutes to move the vessel to dock #7
9:44 A.M. First Fire Apparatus
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9:49 A.M.
10:11 A.M.
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10:38 A.M.: Note Firefighters on bow over forward crews cabins
10:47 A.M. – Note Firefighters on bow over forward crews cabins
10:55 A.M. Firefighters over forward cabins – 1-1/2 hours after fire began
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11: 14 A.M – 2 hours after fire
11:29 A.M. Flare up in forward crews compartments
11:44 A.M. - MI BARUR taken outside the breakwater
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2:23 MI BARUR against the outside breakwater – still burning
2:47 P.M. – Some FIVE hours later
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Eight Days Submerged! – Evidenced not marked /tagged or documented as it was pulled from the vessel and laid on the breakwater rocks
On the ways in the shipyard
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Evidence • The investigator must be able to recognize, identify, collect, and properly preserve evidence for further examination. • Evidence can be used to show proof that an event did occur; it can also be used to prove an event did not occur.
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Trouble points • Insufficient data collection • Engineering Analysis
• Flawed interpretation of data • Fire duration “masks” fire patterns leading to wrong interpretation and fire cause
• Limited hypotheses (jumping to conclusions) • Offering engineering analysis on elimination process
• Failure to process the entire area of fire origin
SHERLOCK HOLMES • “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data; insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts!”
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Hal C Lyson, FCA
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Thank you • • • • • • • • •
Donald J. Perkins, CFI Dennis Field, CFI, CMI Bill Dysart – Attorney Jim Cote, CMI EE Marine Surveyor Fire Cause Analysis 935 Pardee Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Wk. 510-649-1300 E-mail: www.fcafire.com
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CASE STUDIES
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102
103
104
105
106
107
CASE STUDIES
108
Starboard Compartment Side View
109
Port Side View
Lower Compartment View
110
View depicting the security entrance to Gate #2
111
Dock #2 Camera View
First Photo: 9:29 A.M.
•Second Photo: 9:33 A.M. Pushing away from dock – heavy smoke from starboard side forward – galley doorway
112
9:44 A.M. MI BARUR at Dock #7 - along the outer Jetty so fire apparatus could reach the fire
9:43 A.M. Approximately 10minutes to move the vessel to dock #7
9:44 A.M. First Fire Apparatus
113
9:49 A.M.
10:11 A.M.
114
10:38 A.M.: Note Firefighters on bow over forward crews cabins
10:47 A.M. – Note Firefighters on bow over forward crews cabins
10:55 A.M. Firefighters over forward cabins – 1-1/2 hours after fire began
115
11: 14 A.M – 2 hours after fire
11:29 A.M. Flare up in forward crews compartments
11:44 A.M. - MI BARUR taken outside the breakwater
116
2:23 MI BARUR against the outside breakwater – still burning
2:47 P.M. – Some FIVE hours later
117
Eight Days Submerged! – Evidenced not marked /tagged or documented as it was pulled from the vessel and laid on the breakwater rocks
On the ways in the shipyard
118
Evidence • The investigator must be able to recognize, identify, collect, and properly preserve evidence for further examination. • Evidence can be used to show proof that an event did occur; it can also be used to prove an event did not occur.
119
120
121
122
123
Trouble points • Insufficient data collection • Engineering Analysis
• Flawed interpretation of data • Fire duration “masks” fire patterns leading to wrong interpretation and fire cause
• Limited hypotheses (jumping to conclusions) • Offering engineering analysis on elimination process
• Failure to process the entire area of fire origin
SHERLOCK HOLMES • “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data; insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts!”
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373
Hal C Lyson, FCA
374
125
Thank you • • • • • • • • •
Donald J. Perkins, CFI Dennis Field, CFI, CMI Bill Dysart – Attorney Jim Cote, CMI EE Marine Surveyor Fire Cause Analysis 935 Pardee Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Wk. 510-649-1300 E-mail: www.fcafire.com
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