INVESTIGATION COURSES
Fire Investigation 1A: Fire Origin and Cause Determination
Fire Investigation 1A: Fire Origin and Cause Determination
Hours: 40
Designed For: Fire fighters, fire investigators, and law enforcement officers assigned to
fire investigation
Description: This course provides the participants with an introduction and basic overview
of fire scene investigation. The focus of the course is to provide information on fire scene
indicators and to determine the fire's origin.
Prerequisites: None
Certification: Fire Officer
Fire Investigator I
Class Size: 40
Restrictions: None
Fire Investigation 1B: Techniques of Fire Investigation
Hours: 40
Designed For: Fire fighters and fire investigation personnel
Description: This course provides a deeper understanding of fire investigation and builds
on Fire Investigation 1A. Topics include the juvenile fire setter, report writing, evidence
preservation and collection, interview techniques, motives, and fire fatalities.
Prerequisites: Fire Investigation 1A
Certification: Fire Investigator I
Class Size: 40
Restrictions: None
Fire Investigation 2A: Criminal and Legal Procedures
Hours: 40
Designed For: Fire investigation personnel
Description: This course provides information on conducting an explosive investigation
and a surveillance operation, preparing a search warrant, testifying as an expert
witness, assembling a curriculum vitae, and properly documenting a criminally caused
fire. In addition, each student will be assigned to an investigative team to conduct an
investigation of their own criminally caused fire. During this practical exercise, each
team will be required to conduct the scene investigation, properly collect and document
supportive evidence, prepare their written case report, and present their finding to a
district attorney and a judge to review.
Prerequisites: Fire Investigation 1A, Fire Investigation 1B
Certification: Fire Investigator II
Class Size: 30 (24 optimum)
Restrictions: None
Fire Investigation 2B: Field Case Studies
Hours: 40
Designed For: Fire and law enforcement officers responsible for fire investigation and
courtroom appearances
Description: This course provides advanced instruction in fire scene investigation,
case preparation, and courtroom presentation. Topics include review of fire scene
photography, sketching, evidence collection, interviewing and interrogation, and
extensive use of simulations for developing and presenting an arson case.
Prerequisites: Fire Investigation 1A, Fire Investigation 1B, Fire Investigation 2A
Certification: Fire Investigator II
Class Size: 30 (24 optimum)
Restrictions: None
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