RDI workflow
Fire Investigation & Hot Work Safety Monitoring
the evidence system cloud and local high-frame-rate recordings retrieved following a fire/hot work incident to establish sequence of events, identify ignition source/location, and determine whether hot work permit procedures were followed.
- Category
- Safety Monitoring & Incident Management
- Frequency
- Common
- Confidence
- High
- Evidence records
- 15
- Cost model
- Qualitative
Trigger, activity, conclusion
Fire, smoke event, or hot work near-miss occurs on site; or post-incident fire safety investigation initiated.
Retrieving and analysing preserved footage to reconstruct sequence of events — establishing when fire started, where it originated, who was working, and whether hot work permit was complied with.
Footage-based investigation report identifies ignition source, sequence of events, and compliance status. Responsibility attributed. Insurance claim lodged.
Workflow steps
- Step 01
Fire/smoke event detected; fire extinguished and site made safe.
Inferred - Step 02
Incident reported to safety manager; internal investigation initiated.
Inferred - Step 03
Safety manager/site manager immediately accesses the evidence system and preserves footage.
Evidenced - Step 04
Footage reviewed to identify fire origin location and ignition time.
Evidenced - Step 05
Working backwards, footage reviewed to identify personnel/operations at fire origin in hours preceding ignition.
Evidenced - Step 06
Relevant hot work permit retrieved and cross-referenced against footage.
Inferred - Step 07
Footage reviewed for post-ignition period — spread rate, evacuation, personnel actions.
Inferred - Step 08
Footage-based incident timeline prepared.
Inferred - Step 09
Timeline and clips provided to insurer's loss adjuster, legal counsel, regulatory investigator.
Inferred - Step 10
If subcontractor non-compliance demonstrated, formal cost recovery claim initiated.
Inferred - Step 11
Investigation findings used to update hot work permit procedure and training.
Inferred
Evidence records
preserved footage retrieved following a site fire to reconstruct the sequence of events — footage identified the area of origin, the time of ignition, and the hot work activities occurring in the vicinity in the hours preceding the fire, providing critical input to both the internal investigation and the insurer's loss adjustment process.
Hot work incident investigated using the evidence system recordings — footage reviewed to verify whether the prescribed hot work permit conditions (fire watch, combustible material clearance, permit validity) were followed by the subcontractor conducting the work, enabling the main contractor to assess liability and respond to the insurer's investigation.
The internal CCTV system inside the building was cut during the burglary, leaving the evidence system as the only available visual record.
ROI model
risk reduction
Low-probability, high-consequence events whose expected cost is reduced by Evercam's monitoring, deterrence, or evidence capability. Calculated as expected value (probability × cost). Presented separately from operational savings in the output document under 'Risk Mitigation Value'.
annual_risk_without = event_probability × event_cost; annual_risk_with = (event_probability × (1 - probability_reduction_pct)) × (event_cost × (1 - cost_mitigation_pct)); saving = (annual_risk_without - annual_risk_with) × (project_duration_months / 12)