Citation

Coulson SA, Morgan-Smith RK, Noble D. Sci. Justice 2000; 40(4): 257-260.

Affiliation

New Zealand Fire Service, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Forensic Science Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S1355-0306(00)71995-2

PMID

11094822

Abstract

In 1998/99 the New Zealand Fire Service implemented compressed air foam delivery systems for the suppression of fires in rural areas. This study investigated whether the introduction of the foam to the seat of the fire created any problems in subsequent analyses of fire debris samples. No significant interferences from the foam were found when the samples were analysed by direct headspace using activated carbon strips. The only foam component detected was limonene.

Language: en