Andrew Hostad is a fire investigator with Boise National Forest, and he provides a demonstration to show us how he conducts a fire investigation.
So far this year, there have been wildfires started by fireworks, campfires, shooting targets, and lightning. Hostad uses a scientific method using fire pattern indicators to not only discover the cause, but also rule out all of the other possibilities.
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Fire investigator show us clues they look for to determine the cause of a wildfire
“So we have different indicators, and you start to see a picture,” said Hostad during a demonstration. “We know if it is backing here, we got our sides, and the advancing here at some point we are going to find an area that becomes our specific point of origin.”…