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\nDr. Elayne Pope\, Ph. D is a Forensic Anthropologist who researches how the human body burns with applications to fatal fire casework. She received her doctorate from the University of Arkansas in 2007 for &ldquo\;The Effects of Fire on Human Remains.&rdquo\; Dr. Pope has been a researcher and instructor for the San Luis Obispo Fir e Investigation Strike Team (SLO FIST) Fatal Fire Death Investigation Cour se since 2008 where human cadavers are utilized to recreate fatal fire sce nes using structures\, vehicles\, and outdoor fire environments. Dr. Pope specializes in the analysis of traumatic injury and its implications for f atal fire investigations along with examining burn patterns of individual casework. Her training courses examine how the human body is an important type of physical evidence from fatal fire scenes and the value of evidence preservation for fatal fire casework.
\nThe Fatal Fire Investigatio
n Training Course is a scientific approach to how the human body burns in
different types of fire scenes (structures\, vehicles\, confined space\, a
nd outdoors) for Law Enforcement\, Fire Investigators\, and Medicolegal In
vestigators. Training is derived from over a decade of experimental burn r
esearch with human cadavers in a variety of fire environments that are rou
tinely encountered in forensic casework. The heat-related changes of the h
uman body (burn damage and pugilistic positioning) are presented along wit
h the types of physical evidence that survives for investigators at the fa
tal fire scene. \;
\nFatal Fire Investigation Training Course Top
ics:
\n&bull\; Introduction t
o normal burn patterns and heat related changes of the body during a fire.
\n&bull\; Normal heat-relate
d changes for the arms\, legs\, torso\, and head (natural stages of burnin
g to full cremation) and their appearance/condition after the fire.
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n&bull\; Heat-related changes of p
reexisting traumatic injury from gunshot wounds\, blunt force trauma\, and
sharp force trauma in burned human remains.
\n&bull\; Experimental case examples of vehicle fires\, st
ructure fires\, outdoor fires\, the use of ignitable liquids\, and crimina
l attempts to destroy physical evidence of the body.
\n&bull\; Effects of suppression\, post-fire chang
es to the body\, and problems with improper handling of fragile burned hum
an remains/evidence from the scene.
\n&bull\; Fatal fire scene documentation\, evidence handling\, the
autopsy\, and methods of victim identification from bodies that were &lsqu
o\;burned beyond recognition&rsquo\;.
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Please make your reservations by Fri day\, October 14\, 2022 to receive your group rate. \; Reserv ations made after this date will be subject to prevailing rate and availab ility. \; Reservations may also be made by calling 1-800-325-0 720 and refer to your group number 2453336.
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