Home > Fire Investigations > Investigation Services
Investigation Services
An on call member can be reached through the Brandon Enhanced 911 Center 24 hours per day by calling 1-888-389-3473. The Office has three on call Investigation Section members as well as a Manager to respond to investigations as requested.
Services of our investigators are called upon under the following circumstances:
- All fires resulting in a fatality
- All fires resulting in serious fire related injuries
- Any fire deemed of suspicious nature where the cause of the fire cannot be positively determined
- Any explosion resulting in a fire
- Any structure or large loss fire where cause and origin cannot be
determined - Any fire that the Fire Chief determines is a major loss to the community
All Fire Investigations conducted by the Office of the Commissioner Staff are concluded in one of the following manners:
- Incendiary (Arson fires)
- Accidental
- Undetermined (suspicious/accidental)
- Natural Causes
The information gathered as a result of the Origin and Cause of the Fire is used by the Statistical Section to maintain records on:
- All Fire Losses
- Staff Activities
- Mutual Aid Activities
