Maine Chapter IAAI
Greetings to all members and visitors
It is amazing how quick the seasons change. It seems like it was just yesterday when I took over as president at the annual meeting in June. Fall is now upon us and the winter season is just around the corner. With the falling temperatures comes the increased likelihood of structure fires so let’s be safe out there. Like the change in seasons, the officers and board of directors have been busy coordinating seminars for the upcoming year.
Our first seminar for the 2011-2012 fiscal year was a great success. I want to thank John Sleights and Brian Peck of Travelers Engineering Laboratory for their presentation on Arc Mapping. It was great to see so many people in attendance from various fields of expertise, i.e. law enforcement, fire service, electrical inspectors, the insurance industry and the private sector. It is my goal as president to have at least fifty people in attendance for each of our upcoming seminars. Fortunately we succeeded with this first event. Now let’s keep the momentum going by spreading the word to fellow colleagues about future trainings.
The calendar of events for the Maine Chapter IAAI has been established and our next three seminar topics will include Evidence Collection, Preservation and Analysis (December 7, 2011), NFPA 921 Updates (April 4, 2012) and Interviews and Interrogations (June 13, 2012). Several technicians from the Maine State Police Crime Lab will be conducting the presentation in December. They will be covering everything from fire debris to tool marks, DNA, biological, trace and impression evidence. In April our organization will be pairing up with the New Hampshire Chapter IAAI to present a class on NFPA 921 Updates. There have been many revisions to the 2011 edition so this will be a seminar that you will want to attend. Carl DeLeo of Fire Insight Investigations and Consulting will be the guest speaker at our annual seminar in June. Conducting interviews is an essential component of any investigation and techniques learned from this class should assist the interviewer to obtain more information from the witnesses.
As always, if anyone has ideas for future seminar topics or information they would like to share with fellow members, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Stay Safe,
Dan Roy, President
Maine Chapter IAAI
February 1, 2011
Board of Directors Meeting
9am Auburn Fire Department
June 21st, 2011
Annual Pete Simard Golf Tournament
Poland Springs Golf Course
| President Daniel Roy IAAI-CFI- Fire & Explosion Investigations |
| 1st Vice President Nathan LeClair Lisbon Fire Department |
| 2nd Vice President Gary Simard IAAI-CFI- Fire & Explosion Investigations |
| Secretary Treasurer Tim Allen Battalion Chief - Auburn Fire Department |
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