It should not be expected that Arc Mapping would be a reliable fire investigation technique in vehicles and equipment.

"Arc mapping may not be an effective technique for determining the origin of a fire in automobiles, trucks, and buses..."- NFPA 921 2017

Case study dealing with the analytical failure analysis process in fire and cause determination in commercial vehicles.

This paper and presentation deals with the lack of a scientific basis for applying the Arc Mapping fire investigation technique

This paper introduced the “reverse FMEA” (rFMEA) failure/root cause analysis technique, developed by the authors, by applying advanced Failu