Summary Of Josh Powell's Case

In this case we have a serious crime that was committed by the father of the two kids who were also killed in the inferno that was set by the father Josh Powell. Josh Powell was a husband and a father of two children before the disappearance of his wife in 2009. When his wife had disappeared, Josh was the main person of interest, but in the end he was never charged with anything and their lives went on. Shortly after in 2011 while Josh had custody over his two kids Charlie and Braden while also living with his father Steven. After the Steven went to jail for child pornography the custody was granted to the parents of Susan Powell leaving Josh with no custody until he underwent a psychological test and as well as a polygraph test. With the

This case is one with the four stages of a fire and I will start with the first stage which is incipient (Josh, 2015). The incipient stage of a fire is when there is a heat source, oxygen, and a fueling source that all come together and form a chemical reaction with the combination and this resulting reaction is the starting of a fire. In some cases that chemical reaction happens, but the fire is so small without other sources to keep it burning it would hopefully go out instead of it causing a huge fire and an even bigger problem (Josh, 2015). In this situation the first stage was done by Josh Powell, the boy’s father because he had the house smelling like gasoline already when the children were being planned to be dropped off for his weekly visitation he was granted through the courts. He also had the oxygen necessary and the fire source to start the first stage of a fire and with the whole house being fumed with gas, it’s a big enough source to create a growth of the fire which is stage

All of the burnable materials have been engulfed in flames and the hottest stage of the fire is being performed at this point. This third stage happened in the case when Josh Powell didn’t try to stop the fire and allowed all of the combustible materials in the house to catch fire and ignite the fire even more. The fourth and final stage of a fire happens when the oxygen levels and fuel levels that were involved in the fire start to fade away which would consequentially cause the fire to go out since the chemical reaction doesn’t have all of the necessary components anymore. There are a few factors that make this stage the more dangerous because if there are still potential combustible materials around the fire could start up again and if there is more oxygen added to what use to be the fire, the fire could start backup since its receiving one of the necessary components to start the fire (Josh, 2015). There could be four different reasons for a fire to be started and the first one is an accidental fire which is caused by anything, but the intention was not to start a fire or make it spread causing it to be classified as an accidental fire (NFPA,