FIVS 205 Lecture 21: Fires & Firearms - Dr Brundage
2 Dec 2015
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On dead bodies, ranking is different than 1st,2nd,3rd degree. Cgs level 1: very little burning, maybe blistering of epidermis, hair singed. Cgs level 2: body recognizable as a body, but hard to id. hands and feet burned off bc ligaments burn faster than straight bone. Cgs level 3: arms and legs are just gone. head will be present but all flesh is gone. gotta go searching for bones. forensic odentologist&anthropologist need to id. Cgs level 4: skull exploded, fragments of head are everywhere. shoulders and upper thighs will still be present, rekt. Cgs level 5: total cremation of the remains. at most maybe a few teeth shards, but everything is gone. having to sift through soot to find out stuff. The science of mechanics that deal with flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles. Projectiles: any material that travels through space by the exertion of a force. Helps figure out how far someone was, how fast they were, etc.
