fire investigator

collocation in English

meaningsoffireandinvestigator

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fire
noun
uk
/faɪər/us
/faɪr/
(material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might ...
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investigator
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪ.tər/us
/ɪnˈves.tə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person whose job is to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. in order to discover ...
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(Definition offireandinvestigatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffire investigator

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If the on-callfireinvestigatoris already busy at another fire scene, the previous week's investigator will respond.
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After the incident, afireinvestigatorfound burned matches in the undamaged sacristy area of a chapel located in the basement of the north wing.
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Orr had originally wanted to be a police officer, but had failed his entrance exam; instead he became a dedicatedfireinvestigatorand career fire officer.
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The cause of the fire remains unknown, since fire investigators were unable to access the site for safety reasons.
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The five fire investigators assigned to this unit rotate for an on-call status of one week.
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What these results show is a failure of the infrastructure for training fire investigators.
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This caution is probably not the result of old-school fire investigators changing their ways.
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Some fire investigators use the term accelerant to mean any substance that initiates and promotes a fire without implying intent or malice.
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They were also used by police officers and fire investigators because of their ability to create an unalterable instant photo.
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This report contains a compilation of the indicators of incendiary activity used by fire investigators at the time.
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This process involves a combination of both field work and laboratory analysis by fire investigators and chemists.
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The fire investigators concluded that no accelerants were used and that the open fireplace was not the cause of the fire.
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Fire investigators confirmed that lightning had been ruled out as a cause of the fire.
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Further, it became clear that the longer the fire was allowed to burn after flashover, the less likely the fire investigators were to correctly identify the quadrant of origin.
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Some fire investigators mistakenly use the term accelerant to mean any substance that initiates and promotes a fire without differentiating between an accelerant and a fuel.
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Fire investigators looking for the origin of a fire are typically looking for places where the fire plume has interacted with two-dimensional surfaces such as walls and ceilings.
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At least some of the downward trend can be accounted for by fire investigators taking a more cautious approach, and being more cognizant of the consequences of their determinations.
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There is still a small but significant cadre of fire investigators fighting a rear guard action who refuse to accept this fact, but acceptance is coming.
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