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20th Annual ICAC National Arson Investigation Training Seminar

February 9-12, 2009 | Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort

This year’s program incorporates over 70% new and current topics. Among them are:

·        Mortgage Crisis and it’s Effect on Fire Claims

·        Cell Phone information as an Investigation Tool

·        Vehicle Fire Investigations, as per the new Chapter in 921

·        Advanced Fire and Appliance Investigations

·        Motive and Investigation Techniques

·        Undetermined Fires - Why So Many? and Other “Hot” Topics

·        “Write Makes Right”, Effective Communications in Investigations

·        Cognitive Interviewing Analysis and Techniques

 Click here to view the seminar details and register online: http://www.arsoncontrol.org/seminar/09seminar.htm

 Congresswomen Mary Bono Mack to Push Agenda « Republican Party of ...

Bono Mack said she is resolved to overcome her minority status and push forward with a legislative agenda that includes efforts to protect thousands of acres in Riverside County, save the Salton Sea and fight arson.

Burning Down The House… And It Is Not Arson-- Mortgage Buy Home

You would figure that burning down a house would get an arson charge, but the homeowner was cleared of that. He intentionally set the fire, but is not planning on filing an insurance claim.

Arsonists destroy thousands of acres of woodlands each year

Alabama's woods are more likely to be on fire in winter than any other season, and arson is the No. 1 cause, according to the Alabama Forestry Commission.

ATF Joins Palin's Church Arson Investigation

Acting Special Agent in Charge Douglas R. Dawson, Seattle Field Division, of the Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that agents from the Anchorage Field Office joined the Wasilla Bible Church arson investigation.

Insanity expected as arson defense

A Sharon woman who psychiatrists say could have as many as 20 different personalities is expected to use the insanity defense next year in her trial for setting fires at her former therapist's home and a stranger's home.

Wildfire Origin and Cause Determination Training - video

Enforcement and county fire investigators from Florida and Georgia participate in a week-long arson training session at Camp Blanding in Florida.

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