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Firepoint (ISSN 1035-2287) is the national periodical of the Australian fire investigation industry, and is contributed to by members of Australasian IAAI Chapters, including the NSWAFI. An excellent history of Firepoint is included in the June 2006 Firepoint issue, which can be downloaded on this page. Firepoint is currently produced by the Victorian Assocation of Fire Investigators. We aim to have the entire catalogue of Firepoint issues available on this page for members to download.

~~August 2017~~

In this issue:

Editorial
VAFI President's Report
Ignition of combustibles due to conducted heat
The case of the black widow (police article)
QAFI President's Report
Are you prepared?
NSWAFI President's Report
QGIS
Incident 62/17 - Unit Fire
FIANZ President's Report
Annual scholarship
Investigation and analysis of electrical accidents
What killed the Tiger?
Contribution reward
A forensic method for evaluating electrical receptacles
Author's biography
Interesting facts

~~December 2016~~

In this issue:

Editorial
VAFI President's Report
I Know What Started the Fire, but I Don't Know What 'It' Is...
Arsonists Extinguished
AAFI 2016 Attendance Report
QAFI President's Report
NSWAFI President's Report
Fire Investigators Conference Held in Australia
Biography - Ross Brogan
FIANZ President's Report
Earthquake
Trailer Fires Involving Metal-to-Metal Wear
Investigate the Origin and Cause of Wildfire (Level 2)
Detection of Flammable Liquid Residue at the Scene of Fire by a Handheld Photoionisation Detector (PID)
Images of Interest

~~May 2016~~

In this issue:

Editorial
VAFI President's Report
Interest
The Glove Capacitor
Arson
QAFI President's Report
NSWAFI President's Report
Training Schedule
IAAI Photography Awards
IAAI CFI
NFPA 921 "Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigation"
FIANZ President's Report
New Legislation: Directors and Officers - due diligence
Waitoa - Electric Related Fire
Electrical Arcing within an Electrical Socket
Unusual Modus Operandi
Health and Safety

~~March 2012~~

Volume 23, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
AAFI 2012
Canines in War Zones
Nylon Bags for Fire Debris
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Electrical Wiring: An Overview
Firefighter Safety and Photovoltaic Systems

~~December 2011~~

Volume 22, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
AAFI 2012 Conference
Fire on the Freeway
Is the Truck Gear a Competent Ignition Source or just a Lump of Metal?
NSW Chapter Report
UK Product Recall Database
NSW Committee
Queensland Chapter Report
The Ubiquitous Ceiling Exhaust Fan: A Notable Fire Starter
Victorian Association Report

~~September 2011~~

Volume 22, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Concentration of Energy for an In-Line Electrical Ignition Source
Chemical Analysis of Fire Samples
Victorian Chapter Report
It's a Hoax!
NSW Chapter Report
The IAAI Code of Ethics
Queensland Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Seminar

~~June 2011~~

Volume 22, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Lightning Strike: A Case Study in Wildfire Investigation
Spontaneous Combustion: Was it or Wasn't it? A Case Study of Spontaneous Combustion in Hay (Shed) Fires
Left Behind Notebook leads Fire Investigators to Arrest in Arson Case
New South Wales Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Free Online Training Courses
Victoria Chapter Report
Fire Investigators use Sense of Smell to Catch Serial Arsonists
Dangerous Light Bulbs

~~March 2011~~

Volume 22, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Electrical Theory and Ignition Sources
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Animal Rights Activist Sentenced in Arson Case
Queensland Chapter Report
Key Witness in US Arson Murder Trail Rewarded
US K9 Handlers and the Media

~~December 2010~~

Volume 21, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Laundry Fire - Must be the Dryer?
Queensland President's Report
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
CFI Trainer
Search and Rescue Dogs Australia

~~September 2010~~

Volume 21, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
The Investigation of Death by Fire
Changes to the Australian and New Zealand Wiring Rules: Deliberate and Accidental Findings
Comparison of Fire Investigation Practice: New Zealand and Victoria

~~June 2010~~

Volume 21, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Australasian Associations of Fire Investigators (AAFT) Conference
AAFI Conference Program
The World of Arson Profiling
NSW Chapter Report
The US Fight Against Arson
Victorian Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Death Penalty for Arson
UK Fire Statistics
US Intentional Structure Fires

~~March 2010~~

Volume 21, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland Chapter Report
International Forensic Science Conference
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
Explosion Investigation
Available Online Training Programs
Fire Related Recalls
Firefighter Initiated Blazes

~~December 2009~~

Volume 20, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
US President's Statement: Fire Prevention Week
NSW Chapter Report
Onus of Proof
Fire Related Recalls

~~September 2009~~

Volume 20, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Tackling Wildfire Firefighter Arson: An Australian Approach
Victorian Chapter Report
Best Lawyer Story
NSW Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Queensland Seminar
IAAI Report

~~June 2009~~

Volume 20, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
Victorian Bushfires
Queensland Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report

~~March 2009~~

Volume 20, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Bushfires
Queensland Chapter Report
Cellulose Fibre Insulation: Will It or Will It Not Burn?
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
Chapter Presidents' Meeting
Cellulose Insulation and Down Lights

~~December 2008~~

Volume 19, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
IAAI Annual Training Conference 2008
NSW Chapter Report
What is an Arson Dog?
Victorian Chapter Report
CFI Trainer
Fire Scene Obligations and Legal Liabilities

~~September 2008~~

Volume 19, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
Queensland Seminar Notice
Electrical Indicators at the Scene
Fire Investigation: Vapour Explosions
Queensland Chapter Report
NSWAFI Committee 2008
Its Musta Been the Pasta

~~Special Edition~~

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Contents
NSW President's Message
Editor's Message
Canine Dogs
Successful Interviewing
Safety Bulletin
Case Study: Woolshed Fire
Foams and Fire Debris Analysis
Aerosol Propellants
Electrical Indicators
Scene Safe
Showroom Fire

~~September 2006~~

Volume 17, No .3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Gas Explosions (Jamie Novak)
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
IAAI CFI Program
Report on IAAI 2006 Conference (Phil Etienne)
Arson Forum 2006

~~June 2006~~

Volume 17, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
A Request from Scotland
John Boath Tribute
Queensland Chapter Report
Childhood Fire Play to Adult Arson (Rebekah Doley)
Experts Question Arson Convictions
"Firepoint" Magazine History (Ross Brogan)

~~December 2005~~

Volume 16, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Victorian Chapter Report
NSW Chapter Report
Queensland Seminar Report: Rights of Access, Rights of Evidence Collection
Australian Standards (Ross Brogan)
Operation Valima (A Case Study)
News from the IAAI
As Safe as Houses (Mark Cavanough)

~~September 2005~~

Volume 16, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW Chapter Report
US Electrical Conference
Victorian Chapter News
Did You Know?
Conference on Serial Firesetters
Gas Fires (Arthur Donnelley)
Murder of Four Canadian Mounted Police
Daubert Revisited (Bitler v AO Smith)

~~June 2005~~

Volume 16, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter News
NSW Major Conference
NSW President's Report
IAAI Annual Conference Report
Liability of Fire Engineers: Possible Mitigation Measures (Ian Moore)
New Training Courses
Scene Safe (Bill Powell)

~~March 2005~~

Volume 16, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW President's Report
NSW Conference Details
Application for Membership
Victorian Chapter News
Liability of Fire Engineers: Case Studies (Ian Moore)
NSW Fire Brigades Post Incident Report: Factory Fire at Aristocrat Spas (Part 2)

~~December 2004~~

Volume 15, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland Chapter Report
NSW President's Report
Victorian Chapter News
NSW Fire Brigades Post Incident Report: Factory Fire at Aristocrat Spas (Part 1)
Application for Membership
Use of Fire Modelling and Risk Assessment To Aid in Determining Quantum (Ian Moore)

~~September 2004~~

Volume 15, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter News
NSW President's Report
NSW Education Night
NSW AGM Elections
Investigation of Fatal Fires (Ross Brogan)
Photos from Queensland Conference
An English Case Study
Electrical Fires (John Gardiner)

~~June 2004~~

Volume 15, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW President's Report
NSW Education Night
Electrical Fires (John Gardiner)
Queensland Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Spoliation: Issues for the Insurance Industry (Michael Pavlisin and Sheila Horan)
Case Study: A Woolshed Fire (Wal Stern)
Membership Application
Juvenile Firesetting in the USA

~~March 2004~~

Volume 15, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Acetylene Explosion (A Case Study)
Australian Report to the IAAI
Arson for Profit - A Dangerous Game (Glenn Gibson)
NSW AFI Donation to Burns Unit
Membership Application

~~December 2003~~

Volume 14, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Membership Application
An Overview of Forensic Document Examination (Paul Westwood)
Copycat Arson: How the Flames are Fanned (Rebekah Doley)

~~September 2003~~

Volume 14, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Sydney Conference Declared a Success
Investigation of 2001/2 NSW Bushfires
ISRAPS (Danielle Holmes)
Queensland Chapter Report
What Evidence is Required (Jacqueline Milledge)
Investigation of Pleasure Craft Fires (Part 2) (Ted Beitz)

~~June 2003~~

Volume 14, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW Two Day Seminar Notice
NSW Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
IAAI Australian Liaison Report
Investigation of Pleasure Craft Fires (Part 1) (Ted Beitz)
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (Terrence Casey)
Victorian Chapter Report
Marine Fires and Fire Investigations on the Water (Ross Brogan)

~~March 2003~~

Volume 14, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW News
NSW Program 2003
Queensland Report
Queensland Marine Training Program
Queensland Explosion Seminar
Victorian News
Potting Soil and Spontaneous Ignition
Membership Application Form
IAAI Liaison Training Report
International News
Working Together To Get The Right Answers (Part 2) (Jim Munday)

~~December 2002~~

Volume 13, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
NSW News
Victorian News
Queensland News
An Interesting Case (Kenny Richey)
New Email Address for IAAI
Membership Application Form
Canberra Conference
Letters to the Editor
Working Together To Get The Right Answers (Part 1) (Jim Munday)

~~June 2002~~

Volume 13, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland News
Membership Application
Letters to the Editor
Pyromania - Fact or Fiction (Rebekah Doley)
Victorian News
New South Wales News

~~March 2002~~

Volume 13, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
Membership Application
The Use of Digital Photography for Fire Investigation (Chris Day)
Teamwork? (Glenn Gibson)
NSW News
The New South Wales Bushfires
Arsonists Don't Light Every Fire
Accelerant Detection Canines (Val Ansett)
Victorian News

~~December 2001~~

Volume 12, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
The Events of September 11
Victorian News
NSW News
Queensland News
Fire Cause Analysis, A Review: 1998-2001 (Chis Lennard)

~~September 2001~~

Volume 12, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
NSW Conference Photos
NSW News
Membership Application
Investigative Interviewing (Glenn Gibson)
How insects provide evidence in forensic investigations (Garry Levott)
Victorian News
Microwave Ovens Can Be Dangerous
Report from IAAI 2001 Annual Conference (Ross Brogan)

~~June 2001~~

Volume 12, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
Letter to the Editor
Red Flags of Arson and Fraud
NSW News
Safety Bulletin
NSW Information Session
Victorian News
Petrol Residues in Cases of Suspected Vehicle Arson (K Cavanaugh, E Du Pasquier, C Lennard)
Membership Form
Fires Caused by Lightning
Arson: A Deadly Crime

~~March 2001~~

Volume 12, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Victorian News
Seminar 2000 Tasmania
NSW News
NSW FIRU Report
Membership Form
Arson Crime Linkage Analysis System
ATF Chooses Its Computer Aided Software
Queensland News
Letter from Peter Thomas

~~December 2000~~

Volume 11, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
Victorian News
NSW News
A Message from the IAAI President
Secondment with the Firies (Kate Ridgway)
Membership Form
Criminal Profiling (Paul Wilson and Wayne Petherick)

~~September 2000~~

Volume 11, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
A Message from the IAAI President
Victorian News
Membership Form
Fire Investigation Workshop, Gold Coast, Queensland (Richard Woods)
Arbitration and Mediation
Two Firefighters Charged, Fire in Pizza Shop
Volunteer Firefighter Suspected of Lighting Fires (Michael Hasch)
Screening for Arson - is it Imminent? Is it Possible? (Rebekah Doley)
Building the Platform for a Successful Interview (Drew Lindsay)

~~June 1999~~

Volume 10, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
Victorian News
New South Wales News
NSW FIRU Report
NSW Conference
Membership Application Form
Packaging of Fire Debris
Keeping the Faith

~~December 1998~~

Volume 9, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Letters to the Editor
Queensland News
Fire Cause (A Review: 1995 to 1998) (Chris Lennard)
Victorian News
Certified Fire Investigator Program
Membership Application
New South Wales News

~~September 1998~~

Volume 9, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
What Happens when You Get Burned?
Hugh Martin
Accelerant Collection Instructions
Cash Prizes
Letter to the Editor (Ross Brogan)
Victorian News
IAAI (Brian Neal)
Smoke Alarms
The Science and "Art" of Fire Investigation (Tony Cafe)
New South Wales News
Fire Modeling: An Introduction (Vytenis Babrauskas)

~~June 1998~~

Volume 9, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Fraud: The Referee's Report (Michael Arnold)
Kew Cottage Fires (Gary Martin)
Fire in American Care Facility
Victorian News
New South Wales News
Essay Competition
Queensland News
Membership Application

~~March 1998~~

Volume 9, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
New South Wales Annual Conference Details
Victorian News
New South Wales FIU Report
New South Wales News
Letters to the Editor
Membership Application Form
A Calculated Arson (Lentini)

~~December 1997~~

Volume 8, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland News
Victorian News
New South Wales News
Investigating Small Fires (Beland)
Reflections on Cause and Origin (Beland)
Psychological Crime Scene Analysis in Arson Investigations (Kocsis)
Grant to Attend IAAI AGM
Who Should Hold the Evidence
The Danger of Pool Chemicals

~~June 1997~~

Volume 8, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial and Contents
Queensland News
Operation Bright Spark Video
Victorian News
The Internet at Work
New South Wales News
In The Next Issue
Electrical Appliance Fires (Cafe)
Fraud Fire (Kramer)
Criminal Profiling (Kocsis)

~~March 1997~~

Volume 8, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
New South Wales News
New South Wales FIU Report
Accelerant Detector Dog
The Internet for Fire Investigators (MacAloney)
Glass Fracture Analysis (Schudel)
Queensland News
Victorian News
Pyrolysis
California Code of Ethics
Letters to the Editor

~~December 1996~~

Volume 7, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
New South Wales News
New South Wales FIU Report
Victorian News
Letters to the Editor
Case Study: Fire from Halogen Lights
Short Cuts (Brittingham)
Incendiary v Arson (Wood)
Drawings or Photographs (Beland)
Effective Report Writing (Jones)
Fire Scene Investigation Course (Tong)

~~September 1996~~

Volume 7, No. 3

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Health and Safety of Investigators (Munday)
Letters to the Editor
Queensland News
Aerosol Propellants (Stern)
NFPA 921: Directions (Burnette)
The Internet for Fire Investigators (Cafe)
Retirement of Alan Easy
Victorian News
New South Wales News

~~June 1996~~

Volume 7, No. 2

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
New South Wales Section
New South Wales FIU Report
Victorian Section
Queensland Section
Fire Safety (WS (Steve) Coombe)
Case Study: Dishwasher (C F Blair)
Effect of Class A Foams
NFPA 921 Bulletin Board
Case Study: Spontaneous Combustion or Coincidence
Case Study: An Ice Storm, the Gas Meter, and Electricity
Firefighter Related Arson

~~March 1996~~

Volume 7, No. 1

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Books and Publications List
Queensland News
Victorian News
Recall Notices
Fire Safety Science Symposium
New South Wales News
New South Wales Fire Investigation Unit Report
New South Wales Police Service Report
Deadly Diesel
Financial Records (Kent Shriver)
Interviewing Techniques (Trevor Sinclair)
Child Firesetters (Ian Krimmer)
How to Spot a Liar
Forensic Accounting (Fiona Bateman)

~~December 1995~~

Volume 6, No. 4

In this issue:

Association and Chapter Details
Editorial
Queensland Section
Western Australia Newsletter
New South Wales Section
New South Wales Police Service Report
New South Wales Fire Investigation Unit
Victorian Newsletter
Firefighter Related Arson
Non-disclosure and Misrepresentation
Ethics and Other Dilemmas
Aerosols

~~September 1995~~

Volume 6, No. 3

In this issue:

Editorial
IAAI AGM Report
Western Australia Report
NSW President and FIU Report
Liability Exposure for Fire Investigators
Examine all Six Sides of a Scene
Queensland Report
Victorian Report
Misrepresentations and Concealments

~~June 1995~~

Volume 6, No. 2

In this issue:

Contents and Directory
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Queensland Chapter Report
Valedictory/Editors Report
Anatomy of Fire and Determining your Expert
IAAI Seminar Information
Anatomy of a Fire (cont.)
Who or What Broke that Glass?

~~March 1995~~

Volume 6, No. 1

In this issue:

Contents and Directory
NSW Chapter Report
Victorian Chapter Report
Article - Juvenile Firesetters
The Case of the Exploding Christmas Tree
IAAI Seminar Information
Article - Toaster Fires
Letters to the Editor
Editorial

~~September 1991~~

Volume 2, No. 3

In this issue:

Committee Members and Contents
Editorial
President's Message
FIU Report
Just in Case
Article - Where there's Smoke
ASTM Adopts Fire Debris Analysis Standards
State Arson Committee Calls for Action to Fight Crime
Article - When the Heat is On
JB Crossword