Fire Investigation | Industrial Technical Training Courses in Singapore

UTC’s Experts and guest lecturers with extensive experience from industries conduct industrial technical training courses to public to share their knowledge and industrial experience.

UTC offers both regular public courses and in-house customized training.

To enquire UTC's fire investigation services, please click Fire investigation service or EMAIL:enquiry@ut.sg or Call (+65)81380509.

Following customized courses had been successfully conducted:

"Failure Investigation and Analysis (FIA)" for Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). The course was awarded 18 professional development units (PDU) by Professional Engineers Board, Singapore.

"Vehicle Fire Investigation" for Land Transport Authority (LTA). The course was awarded 14 professional development units (PDU) by Professional Engineers Board, Singapore.

"Fire Investigation" training course for a loss adjuster and consultation company. This training course was awarded 14 professional development units (PDU) by Professional Engineers Board, Singapore.

Dr George YU is Registered Chartered Engineer (UK), Member of National Association of Fire Investigators (USA), API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector (USA), Executive Committee Member of The Institute of Materials (East Asia) and Technical assessor/expert of Singapore Accreditation Council. Dr YU has more than 35 years of relevant industrial work and research experience. As lead author, he published a number of technical papers in referred international journals and conferences. As Principal Investigator, he successfully completed more than 1000 projects on fire investigation, failure analysis, accident investigation, fire investigation and facility assessment/inspection, including investigations on damages of CNG taxi fire and explosion@ Bonua Vista MRT, building cladding aluminum composite panel fire @Toh Guan Road, Singapore flyer fire, refrigerator fires @condominium, shophouse fire, PMD related fires, notebook computer burning, shopping mall fire and explosion, transformer fire, explosion of power distribution system, ship switchgear burning, roller coasters incidents, major MRT disruptions, accidents of cranes, aerospace engine damages, automotive steering system failure, lift rope breakage, landing gear system failure, hovercraft accidents, failures in gas and steam turbines, failures in jack-up rigs, great Singapore blackout, extra-hydrogen release of Submarine batteries, failures of PCB, PCBA, LCD & IC, heat exchanger burst, , failures in building and structures etc. As expert witness, Dr YU was engaged in a number of litigation/court cases, including State Committee of Inquiry (COI) on major MRT disruptions, building cladding fire in High Court and fatal crane accident in National Arts Gallery @ Arbitration Court. He correctly determined root cause(s) of massive MRT disruptions on 7 July 2015, and his views were published in Top News of Straits Times on 30 July 2015. Dr YU was featured in Mediacorp TV program for PMD fire investigation.

Click here to download Dr YU's CV.

To enable participants to

• Understand fire chemistry and behaviour
• Know the possible fire ignition mechanisms, burn patterns and fire spread
• Understand fire damage mechanisms that could be resulted by fires
• Understand the process and the application of fire scene investigations
• Describe the typical burning characteristics of fires
• Know the fire investigation techniques
• Understand the types of laboratory techniques available in the industry to evaluate physical evidences recovered from a fire scence

Fires are very serious threat to public safety and properties/ assets, which often caused a significant cost to society and danger to human lives. Fire investigation can determine fire origin(s) and cause(s).

Fire investigation course, one of fire coures, is designed for attendants to understand the fundamentals of fires, their causes and investigation processes. The course will provide a basic introduction to fire science and present investigative field and laboratory methods for determining the origin and causes of different types of fires. Case studies will provide some brief investigation on different type of fires.

This fire investigation course is targeted on professionals of loss adjusters, insurance, engineers/technicians, facility maintenance and safety management in transporation, building management, marine, electrical, oil & refinery, as well as lawyers.

1 Introduction to fire investigation

Impact of fire damages

General procedures of fir investigation

Effective fire investigation

2 Fundamentals of fire science

Fire triangle

Heat release due to fire

Fire kinetics

3 Fire properties of materials

Flammability limits

Flash point

Auto ignition

4 Fire ignition mechanisms

Electrical sparks and arcs

Mechanical sparks

Resistive heating

Hot surfaces

Thermal radiation

5 Fire dynamics/spread and pattern

Fire growth rate and flame propagation

Effect of fuel load and ventilation

Flashover

Temperature versus time

Fire patterns

6 Damage mechanisms from fire

Thermal damage mechanism

Non-thermal damage mechanisms

7 Fire scene processing and evaluation

Information gathering

Scene documentation

Preservation of evidence for offsite fire investigations

Identifying and retaining important physical evidence

Evaluating samples collected from the fire site

8 Laboratory examination techniques on fire related samples

Visual and macroscopic examination

X-ray imaging on fire affected objects

Cross sectional examination and Metallography

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR)

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

9 Case studies

Present investigation cases on different types of fires and explosions including mechanical fire, electrical fire, vehicle fire, building fire, etc

Duration: Two days (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)

Dates: 30 and 31 October 2023 -

>8th run and last run

Please click here to download registration form.
or send email:enquiry@ut.sg to provide your name, contact info and company.
The registration will be closed 10 days before the course commencement. The registration is effective only after the payment is received, and confirmation email will be sent to you. Payment can be made by:

Method 1 - Bank transfer

Account No: 020-901961-6 Universal Technology Centre LLP

Bank name: DBS Bank Ltd 12 Marina Boulevard, DBS Asia Central Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 Singapore 018982 Method 2 - Cheque/bankdraft

Make payable to “Universal Technology Centre LLP ”. Mail cheque to “Universal Technology Centre, 10 Anson Road, International Plaza #10-11, Singapore 079903.”

Early Bird rate: S$980/delegate, valid by end of September 2023.
Course fee: S$1220/delegate from October 2023

S$100/delegate credit rebate for members of IES and SISO
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Course fee including course material, attending lecturing and completion certificate.
10% discount is applicable for company with ≥3 pax, T & C.

Terms and conditions

• Course is subject to a first-come-first-serve basis in light of overwhelming responses.
• Companies may replace participants who have signed up for the course, given one week notice before course commencement
• UTC reserves the right to change or cancel any course, in light of unforeseen circumstances. Full refund is applicable in case of cancelation.
• All details are correct at time of dissemination.

Interactive On-line Training
The course material will be sent to participants about one week before the course dates.

1. If registered person(s) could not attend, can we replace with others?
Companies may replace participants who have signed up for the course, given one week notice before course commencement.

2. Can I get refund if the course is cancelled?
UTC reserves the right to change or cancel any course, in light of unforeseen circumstances. Full refund is applicable in case of course cancelation.

3. Can I withdraw the registration?
If you withdraw the registration two months before the course commencement, full refund is given.
If your withdraw is made in 1-2 months before the course commencement, 50% refund will be applied.
If the withdraw is made less than 1 month before the course commencement, no refund will be provided. Replacement is acceptable, given one week notice before course commencement.

4. When the registration is closed?
The registration will be closed 10 days before the course commencement.

5. Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Please visit www.ut.sg, or email to enquiry@ut.sg or call/SMS to (65)81380509.

6. Please click here for questions and answers.