Serial Wildland Arson Investigator Training Update - New Website, New Design, and Periodic Newsletters

The Serial Wildland Arson Investigator Training is back, and planning has begun for the 2024 three-day training in Reno February 6-8, 2024.  The training team is hard at work lining up speakers, redesigning the website and launching new features, like a periodic newsletter, to give participants relevant content during the year.  Those that choose to be on our email list will receive around six emails a year.  This will include a quarterly newsletter, updates on future training, and as we get closer to the training event, we will introduce our speakers and their topics. 

This year’s training will focus on preparing your wildland or serial arson case for prosecution.  Speakers will address the many real-world issues you will deal with when presenting and defending your findings in court.

The speakers are all currently active in case building, prosecution, and testifying in real-world arson, serial arson, and wildland arson cases. Two highly experienced arson prosecution attorneys will present a recent serial arson case study, including the significant issues it raised in trying to link the "special needs" suspect to more than a dozen fires in three states, including a fatality fire.  The case was successful and was named the “Accomplishment of the Year” by the IAAI in 2022.

These presentations will be followed by a recent major wildland arson case history where investigators encountered serious issues in presenting and defending their “Origin and Cause” investigation based on the FI-210 training.  This case study will focus on basic Defense strategies that you, as a wildland fire/arson investigator, will encounter in presenting your case in both Civil and Criminal courts.

Lastly, a training block will be dedicated to case studies of recent major wildland and serial arson investigations, including some firefighter arsonist cases.  The investigators who will be presenting will discuss extremely unique case building techniques and the use of social media and technology in building their cases.

High caliber, real world Serial/Wildland Arson Investigation Training is hard to come by.  Join us again this year in Reno and invite your colleagues.

Register early and receive a discount -  https://bit.ly/SWAITReno