My Firefighter Nation
Fire Investigators
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Firefighter Arson Cases
An article in the leadership section of the nation motivated me to write on this subject because the fire chief in the article is taking some heat for "not being a brother" and defending one of his members. Incendiary fires started by firefighters occurs every so often for a variety if reasons but…
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Thinking outside the box
An Investigator and friend who broke me into fire investigation recently retired and at his party we got to talking about old times and cases. I thanked him for his patience when I first started and taking the time to educate me about the business and how to do it right and not get tunnel vision…
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Free Online investigator tarining resource
Just found a FREE (yes free) self paced (and not easy) training site https://www.cfitrainer.net/ you can use the site to better your skills and i would appriciate anyone who has been taking the courses for an evaluation
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July Topic; Unification Of Command
How do you decide who has the lead on dual scenes?Do you as an investigator have charge of the scene or if it involves a death or is a crime scene, does law enforcement take the lead?In Florida, fire department is required to determine the orgin and cause of all fires.We have the state fire marshal…
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advanced education
How many of you have are seeking or have obtained advanced degrees in fire investigation? Where are you getting it from or how is it going? education is never a waste if it enhances your ability to do your job
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Arson Detection K9 & the law
While surfing one of my cop sites i came to an article questioning the use of arson detection K9's. The dispute comes from a dog alerting on a subjects clothing and carpet in his vehicle which resulted in an arrest and the actual testing of the garments and carpet comming 3 months later and the lab…
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Fire Department arson investigators with arrest powers.
Various agencies in our state are looking at getting police arrest powers for their fire department fire/arson investigators. As I am a police officer with my fire department, they are asking me how to obtain this authority. I think we'll need legislation from the statehouse in order to handle…
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Something for Free
I dont know why i didnt pass this on to the group before but there is a great magazine that you can get for free...yes i said FREE and every so often it has articles or subjects related to fire InvestigationEvidence magazinego to their website…
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January Message
Happy new year to all and I hope your hollidays were good. I must apologize to everyone for not posting more but I was in the hospital from oct 17 to dec 8. I'm home now and recovering and had time to think about alot of things.My January question to the group is "how many of you network or have a…
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June Question of the month
can anyone give the group any insight into wildfire investigation? brush fires are prevelant in many states and i am hoping that an investigator who works these types of fires could give the group some insight
