Fire & Arson Vocabulary

1. carbonaceous material that has been burned and has a blackened appearance.
3. acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
5. chipping or pitting of concrete or masonry surfaces.
7. capable of burning with a flame.
9. heat transfer by circulation within a medium, such as a gas or liquid.
10. the process of initiating self-sustained combustion.
11. an agent ,often an ignitable , used to initiate or speed the spread of a fire.
14. to cause to cease burning.
16. legal; pertaining to courts of law.
20. a measurement of energy release rate.
22. the unit of electrical current represented by the symbol "I"

2. heat transfer by way o electromagnetic energy.
4. a rapid oxidation process with the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities.
6. a high temperature luminous electrical discharged across a gap.
8. initiation of combustion by heat but without a spark or flame.
12. heat transfer to another body or within a body by direct contact.
13. a line on a diagram connection points of equal char depth.
15. black particles of carbon produced in a flame.
17. to draw along with or after.
18. the luminous portion of burning gases or vapors.
19. a material that yields heats through combustion.
21. surrounding, especially pertaining to the local environment , as in ambient air and ambient temperature.