- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Fire/Arson Investigation Training Resource Catalog.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Report
- FA-131, March 1993, 251 p.
- Keywords
- arson | fire investigations | fire fighting training
- Abstract
- Creation of this catalog was funded by a grant from the United States Fire Administration to the International Association of Arson Investigators. The purpose of the grant was to create a fire/arson investigation training resource, a document which investigators could consult for information relevant to professional education and improvement. The catalog consists of four sections. Part One contains a state-by-state listing of training opportunities (courses, seminars, etc.) from throughout the United States. Within each state, courses are listed alphabetically by name of the sponsoring organization or school. To the extent possible, course descriptions include objectives, a listing of topics, credits or certification awarded, expected outcome for the student, and schedule and cost information. The Second section of the catalog indexes the training material by primary topic (for example, fire scene photography, advanced fire/arson investigation, arson for prosecutors, etc.) Parth Three details certification requirements and procedures for national level certification programs in fire investigation and related fields. This section also contains the accreditation policies of the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications and the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress at Oklahoma State University. The final section of the catalog is a comprehensive bibliography of fire/arson investigation literature, compiled from material provided by the National Fire Academy's Learning Resource Center, FIREDOC: Fire Research Information Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, the New York State Academy of Fire Science Library and NFPA's Charles S. Morgan Technical Library. It is our hope that this catalog will prove to be a valuable resource to all involved in the fire/arson investigation field.