Provides expert support to projects involving litigious or contentious subjects. These expert witness services are founded on chemistry principles and proper application of scientific methods. Arson: The Science of Fire and Chemical Fingerprints Left Behind – MRU 2017 from Chemistry Matters Inc.
During the Mount Royal University Science and Technology Research Day in Calgary, Alberta, Dr. Court Sandau presented on sampling, legal chain of custody & sample handling, and testing & interpretation of ignitable liquid residues (ILRs) specifically related to wildfires. Of the 1200 wildfires reported in Alberta each year, over half are human caused. It is the job of a fire investigator to gather evidence at wildfires to determine the origin and causes of the wildfire. Roles of the investigator may include fire scene examination through to delivering court room evidence.
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