Burning Down the House: An Interview with Fire Investigator John Lentini, Saturday, March 15 at 10 a.m. PDT
John Lentini will educate us about scientific fire investigation, what can be learned from examining the scene of a fire, and why improved training and scientific approaches to fire investigation are so important.
John Lentini, author of Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation, is one of the leading fire investigators in the U.S. He is the president and chief investigator of Scientific Fire Analysis, LCC. He is a certified by both the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) and the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI). and is a certified Diplomate of the American Board of Criminalistics, with a specialty in Fire Debris Analysis. He was a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2009 President’s Panel on Scientific Integrity. He has authored over 3000 technical reports and testified in over 200 cases since 1975. He has testified for both Plaintiffs and Defendants, and as a neutral court-hired expert. He has appeared on Frontline, 20/20 and other television programs.
LISTEN: Link Goes Live 3-15-14 at 10 a.m. PDT
LINKS:
Scientific Fire Analysis: http://www.firescientist.com
ABC News: Fire Expert: How I Nearly Sent An Innocent Man to the Electric Chair:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/john-lentinis-fire-arson-investigation/story?id=10562869
Lime Street Fire: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_Street_fire
International Association of Arson Investigators: http://firearson.com/home
National Institute of Justice: A Guide for Investigating Fire and Arson: http://www.nij.gov/topics/law-enforcement/investigations/crime-scene/guides/fire-arson/Pages/welcome.aspx
Fire Investigation: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_investigation
InterFIRE: The Anatomy of an Arson Case: http://www.interfire.org/res_file/arsnanat.asp
Scientific Protocols for Fire Investigation, Second Edition, by John Lentini
A Basic Explanation of How Fire Works (from HowStuffWorks.com)
“Arson Forensics Sets Old Fire Myths Ablaze” NPR interview with John Lentini
“Spark of Truth: Can Science Bring Justice to Arson Trials?” Discover Magazine
“Arson Myths Fuel Errors” Chicago Tribune
“Trial by Fire: Did Texas Execute An Innocent Man?” Story on Willingham case in The New Yorker
Trailer for Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Frontline’s Death by Fire program on the Willingham case
“Fire Expert: How I Nearly Sent an Innocent Man to the Electric Chair” 20/20 article
Link to downloadable fire science publications by John Lentini
ABC News’s 20/20: Evidence Under Attack in Two Texas Arson Convictions
National Association of Fire Investigators
National Fire Protection Association
International Association of Arson Investigators
