Fire Detection Dogs / The Accelerant Detector Dog

During the past several years, accelerant detection dogs have become commonly visible at fire scenes. These professionally trained dogs can detect various flammable and combustible liquid odor residues found at fires scenes. Canines have the ability to detect these odors at low levels. The canine is a valuable tool that can assist the fire investigator in locating these flammable and combustible liquid odors at fire scenes.

How a detector dog is used....
Once the canine had alerted, a sample should be taken and submitted to a laboratory for analysis and confirmation. The laboratory plays an essential role in the detection of the presence of a flammable or combustible liquid in the submitted sample. Without laboratory analysis, the fire investigator is unable to determine if the sample does indeed contain hydrocarbon residue. It is essential that laboratory analysis is be performed on each and every sample that is taken at a fire scene. Comparison samples should also be taken and submitted to the laboratory for analysis. The canine is a useful tool to assist the fire investigator in the determination of these odors a t the fire scene.

The canine should be used as a tool and should not replace the basic investigative skills needed by the fire investigator to determine the origin and cause of the fire. One advantage to using the canine is that the number of samples that are taken at a fire scene can be reduced thus reducing the cost of sample analysis.

At this time there is no set of national standards for canine accelerant detection dogs and handlers. If the canine does alert, then a sample can be taken from that area for analysis. The canine can decrease the time that it takes an investigator to process the scene.

Canine accelerant detection dogs have proven them selves as a useful tool to assist the fire investigator. Utilizing an accelerant detection dog as part of your fire investigation can easily be achieved. We offer a LiSAR certified accelerant detection dog. The accelerant dog can support your Special Investigation Unit investigators or other private fire investigators already on the scene.

Utilizing an accelerant detection dog is a time saving and money saving tool that should be used by fire investigators on a regular basis. Once you have seen an accelerant detection dog work at a fire scene, you will realize the important role that these canines play in fire scene analysis. - the Accelerant Detector Dog is better a more secure than electronic sniffers.

LiSAR.com has trained the first such detector dogs in the Netherlands.

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