INTRODUCTION:

This powerful five day training course has been designed to train the fire and arson investigator some of the latest skills and techniques used in fire and arson investigations. There are several dimensions to this program that will teach the skills needed in fire and arson investigation. You will leave this training program feeling competent to conduct fire and arson investigations. For the practitioners who are just starting to work in the field of fire and arson investigations, you will find this training an invaluable aid. It will teach you the required fundamentals of fire and arson investigation skills and procedures. For the veteran practitioner, you are sure to learn some surprising new techniques and/or procedures. Some of the topic areas included in this program are: Legal Aspects of Arson Investigation; Motives and Psychological Profile of Fire setters; Introduction to Industrial Fire Investigation; Dynamics of Fire and Arson Investigations; Interviewing and Interrogation techniques and Procedures; Insurance Company and Adjuster's Responsibility; Fire Death Investigation; Surveillance; Informants; Report Writing and Courtroom Testimony.

Fire is one of our nation's major problems. Each year it causes thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars of property loss. It causes more loss of life and property than all natural disasters combined. In the home it is the second most frequent cause of accidental deaths. If a "catastrophe" is defined as an event that causes five deaths or more deaths at one time, fire is the catastrophe that occurs most frequently in this country. The devastating effects of incendiary fires in the United States and throughout the world upon property owners, industries, insurance companies, and taxpayers, have not been recognized throughout the years by the general public or by public administrators.

Our Society can no longer tolerate the now monumental losses caused by the deliberate and malicious setting of fires. The United States has billions of dollar annual incendiary fire loss and this dictates that a positive effort must be made to apprehend or deter guilty parties.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

Because of these problems and the lack of fire and arson investigative training programs, the World Institute for Security Enhancement, developed and implemented a "Fire and Arson Investigation"  program. This course is aimed at personnel in Government Service as well as Private Industry who wish to improve their knowledge in fire and arson investigative techniques and procedures.

This intensive program will present the techniques and procedures applicable to fire and arson investigation, in general, and will cover the skills that are developed by each investigator through practice and experience. Each skill presented is no more important than another, just as no one link of a chain is more important than the next. The topics included are all necessary, but are by no means a completed index of what could be covered. What is presented here is to be built upon. It was developed so that the participant with limited exposure to fire and arson investigation could at least be comfortable in knowing how to proceed. It likewise offers to the more experienced investigator a good opportunity to review what he or she may have been exposed to earlier, and if that is the case, to evaluate whether his or her established procedures are adequate.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the "Fire & Arson Investigation"  program is to train attendees to ensure that they can apply a standard level of adequate and timely Security Policies and Procedures within Fire & Arson Investigation environments.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This forty hour program is for Investigators, Security Directors, Loss Prevention and Risk Managers, Maintenance, Facility and Security Personnel responsible for Fire and/or Arson Investigations.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEU):

Continuing Education Units (CEU's) are nationally recognized units in qualified programs which allow the participant to document all non credited work completed. CEU's may be used as evidence of increased performance capabilities and for job advancement, and are recognized by many professional organizations and companies.

Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Recertification:

Documentation of attendance at these programs may be submitted to the ASIS Professional Certification Board for consideration of recertification credit by qualified Certified Protection Professionals.

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD  (NCPPSB)

This "Fire & Arson Investigations"  program has been reviewed and is "Approved by the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board". This Board regulates and licenses all Private Investigative, Security, & Counterintelligence activity within the State.

PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS:

G. F. Bryant Jr.;  is a member of the Electronic Crime Task Force with the Miami Division of the U. S. Secret Service.  He is an internationally recognized Physical, Operational and Technical Security Analyst, Contingency Planner and Educator with more than twenty five years of combined experience in physical & operational security, and investigation technologies. He founded Bryant & Associates to provide threat assessment, risk analysis and systems integration after serving several years as the primary technician for a governmental law enforcement agency. He teaches and consults internationally on state-of-the-art equipment, techniques, and operational procedures to managers, technicians and other security & loss prevention professionals in both government and private industry that include numerous Fortune 500 companies. The originator and developer of extensive technical, operational and managerial security & life safety programs at the university level, Mr. Bryant is active in the design, application, installation and field maintenance of Integrated Facilities Protection Systems utilizing the Total Facilities Management approach. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and exhibitions and his articles regularly appear in various security industry publications. Mr. Bryant is an active contributor to new product development projects for many international manufactures.

Mr. Bryant served as Chairman of a Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). He is a member of the South East Florida Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). He has also been a member of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA), The Academy of Security Educators & Trainers (ASET), the Fire Educators & Technology Section of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and served on Committee F-12 on Security Systems & Equipment of the American Society for Test & Material (ASTM). Mr. Bryant contributed to a monthly column on Systems Integration in Access Control & Security Systems Integration magazine and was the Technical Editor of International Corporate Security, a magazine published in the United Kingdom. He has been appointed to the advisory boards of Defense & Security Electronics, CCTV Applications & Technology, Access Control & Security Systems Integration, Security Technology & Design and Southeast Asia Fire & Security magazines.

Marvin E. Williams, M.P.A.;  is a highly respected Criminal Justice and Fire Service instructor with a Masters Degree in Public Administration who presently serves as Director of Program Development at the World Institute for Security Enhancement. He has been the Senior Criminal Justice Instructor / Coordinator, for more than twenty years, with the Department of Justice, NC Justice Academy. Mr. Williams has developed and teaches numerous criminal investigation courses, i.e., Forensic Hypnosis, Interviewing and Interrogations, Homicide, Arson, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Narcotic, Stress Management, Case Management, Report Writing, Evidence and Evidence Custodian Procedures, etc. His techniques are distilled from years of active criminal investigations and teaching experience. Prior to the Justice Academy he served 20 years in the United States Army, 11th and 82nd Airborne Division, and Department of Army Criminal Investigations Division. Received the highest award from the Korean Government for organizing and implementing a National Drug Enforcement Program. Mr. Williams organized, implemented and supervised the International Drug Enforcement Task Force in covert drug investigative activities, informant utilization, link analysis program, and assisted in writing the Korean drug and Narcotic Laws. While in Germany he organized and implemented an International Covert Narcotic Investigative Program which involved INTERPOL and the German National Police. He was presented the "Honor Award" by the American Federation of Police, Washington, DC for his outstanding and distinguished achievement in establishing and implementing Drug Suppression Programs, Juvenile and Child Abuse Investigation Programs, Family Counseling Programs and Public Service Activities.  Mr. Williams is the author of nineteen training manuals on criminal investigations and forensic hypnosis. Law Enforcement and Fire Service Agencies are constantly requesting technical assistance from Marvin in the following areas: Arson Investigation, Arson Task Force Concepts, Fire and Arson Cause and Origin, Evidence and Evidence Room Procedures, Investigative Case Management and Forensic Hypnosis.

Additional instruction may be provided by other faculty members:

Fire & Arson Investigation

PROGRAM OUTLINE:

                    FAI-01    Legal Aspects of Fire & Arson Investigations

- Prosecution can be Successful
- Key Issues of Arson Prosecution
- Role of the Prosecutor in arson Investigation
- Constitutional Law for Fire and Arson Investigators
- Constitutional Requirements Related to Arrest, Search & Seizure
- Types of Arson Laws used in the United States
- Fire and Arson Scene Searched & Seizure
- Search Warrant Application, Administrative and Criminal

                    FAI-02    Motives and Psychological Profiles of Fire-setters

- Motives of Arsonists
- Fraud (Insurance Fires)
- Grudge and Spite Fires
- Concealing other Crimes
- Fire to Cause Public Disturbances
- Sabotage Fires
- Fires by Pyromaniacs
- Fires by Vandals
- Mental Disorders
- Psychological Profiles of Fire-setters
- Motivational Versus Motiveless Fire-setting
- The Psychological Profile
- Psychological Profiles of David Berkowiz

                    FAI-03    Introduction to Industrial Fire Investigation

- Introduction
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Industrial Versus Community Fire and Arson
- Fire and Arson Prevention
- General Plant Fire Investigative Procedures

                    FAI-04    Dynamics of Fire and Arson Investigation

- Investigative Notes and Initial Action
- Finding the Point of Origin
- Determining the Cause
- Automobile Fire Investigation
- Mobile Home Fire Investigation
- Fire Scene Photography
- Fire Scene Sketches
- Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence
- Report Writing and Case Management

                    FAI-05    Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques and Procedures

- Introduction
- Psychological Preparation for the Interviewer
- Listening as a Factor in Interviewing
- Nonverbal Communications
- Introduction to Interviewing Techniques and Procedure
- Specific Fire Investigative Interviews
- Written Statements and Confessions

                    FAI-06    Fire Death Investigation

- Responsibilities of Various Personnel and Agencies
- Responsibilities on Fire Death Investigation
- Notification of Appropriate Agencies
- Provide Investigative Assistance
- Fire Scene Investigation
- Interviewing Witnesses and Firefighters
- Special Considerations
- Photographing the Scene
- Sketching Fire Death Scene and Victim
- Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence at Fire Death Scene
- Receipt for Evidence and Chain of Custody
- Investigative Procedures
- Location, Position, and Appearance of Victim (s)
- Criminal and/or Building Code Violations
- Deceased Identification and Personal Information
- Identification of Remains
- Nonscientific Methods of Identification
- Scientific Methods of Identification
- Cause and Manner of Death

                    FAI-07    Surveillance

- Observation and Description
- Surveillance Procedures
- Preparations
- Planning
- Equipment
- Types of Surveillance
- Methods of Surveillance
- Methods of Foot Surveillance
- Methods of Vehicle Surveillance
- Fixed Surveillance

                    FAI-08    Informants

- Introduction
- Selection of Informants
- Motives of Informants
- Revenge Motives
- Perverse Motives
- Egotistical Motives
- Mercenary Motives
- Reform Motive
- Gratitude
- Demented, Eccentric of Nuisance Motives
- Informant Management
- Informant Control
- Female Informants
- Juvenile Informants
- Meetings with Informants
- Treatment of Informants

                    FAI-09    Insurance Company and Adjuster's Responsibility

- Introduction
- Responsibility
- Notifications
- Insurance Policy is a Contract
- Proof of Loss
- Insurance terms and Definitions
- Comment of Adjusters Investigation of Fire and Arson

                      FAI-10    Information Resources

COURSE SCHEDULE:

The above timetable approximates the schedule for this course.

Instructors may choose to vary the program and any changes will be announced.

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