Fire Prevention Officer 101: Legislation and Standards – Ontario Fire College – (2012- 1 day)
Topics covered included Legislation that applies to fire departments, Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements as it applied to protective clothing for firefighters, mandatory requirements for PPE, requirements of the Fire Prevention Officer, municipal by-laws, reporting of fire events to the OFM. Review the FFPA and discuss authority for inspections and investigations.
FIRE INVESTIGATION RELATED
Advanced Fire Cause and Determination Course – NFPA 1033 Certification: Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator (2009 – 2011 – 2012 – 30 days) – Ontario Fire College
Course covering topics dealing with Chemistry of Fire, Spontaneous Combustion, Building Construction, Interviewing and Statement Taking, Vehicle Fires, Comprehensive Fire Investigations, Environmental Impact, Explosion Investigation, Clandestine Laboratory Fires, Origin and Cause, Criminal Code and Other Related Statutes, Roles and Responsibilities and the FPPA, Search Warrants, Motives, Fraud, NFPA 921, Incendiary Devices, High Temperature Accelerants as well as Related Case Studies.
(This standard identifies the professional level of performance required for Fire Investigators. It specifically identifies the job performance requirements necessary to perform as a Fire Investigator).
(March 2009 – 15 days)
April 2009 – present – practical field experience)
(March 2011 – Written exam)
(Refresher – 2012 – 15 days)
NFPA 921 Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (2012 – 5 day)
Topics covered included the legal requirements to conduct a fire scene examination, fire chemistry, fire pattern analysis, identifying and collecting physical evidence, origin and cause determination, fire suppression techniques. This course also consisted of participating in five live burn scenarios’ and a practical scene examination.
National Forum on Forensic Evidence in Fire Investigations: Criminal and Civil Proceedings (2011 – 1 day)
Expert panel examining key challenges and cutting edge issues within the fire investigation field. Keynote speakers include John LENTINI (Certified Fire Investigator), The Hon. Justice Stephen GOUDGE (Court of Appeal for Ontario) and Chris WILLIAMS (Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal, Office of the Fire Marshal, Ontario).
Investigation of Appliances and Small Equipment Failures Course (2010 – 1 day) – Canadian Association of Fire Investigators
Toronto Police Association
Course covering topics such as how to identify failures in common household appliances, current recalls and design of new energy efficient appliances, how to identify types of light fixtures and how they are designed to operate and end of life. Other topics included new trends and products in HVAC and issues associated with mechanical devices in confined compartments.
ISN Interviewing and Interrogation Course (2010 – 3 days)
Peterborough Police Service
Course covering topics as Law Relevant to Interviewing, Cognitive Interviewing, Confession Techniques, Detecting Deception, Interviewing Strategies – Behavioral Questioning, Personality Considerations/Assessments, False Confessions and Interviewing the Mentally Ill.
Death Investigation Course (2010 – 5 days)
Durham Regional Police – Police Learning Centre
Course covering topics dealing with Attempted Suicide, Coroners Act, Forensic Pathology, Pediatric Death Investigations, Water Recoveries, Death Scene Management and Security, Archaeological Forensic Recovery of Remains, Equivocal Deaths and applicable case law.
General Investigation Techniques (2009 – 10 days)
Durham Regional Police – Police Learning Centre
Course covering topics dealing with Crime Scene Management, Canvassing, Interviewing and Interrogation, Forensic Identification, Operational Planning, Evidence Collection, Notebooks, Search and Seizure with and without warrant, Eyewitness Identification, Terrorism and applicable case law.
Forensic Recovery of Human Remains (2009 – 5 days)
Ontario Police College
Course covering topics dealing with Forensics, Forensic Recovery of Surface Scattered Human Remains and Clandestine Burials, Forensic Anthropology and the Fatal Fire Victim, Forensic Recovery of a Large Vehicle Crash Site, Animal Scattering Patterns and applicable case law.
Origin and Cause Determination (September 2004 – 3 days)
Port Colborne, Ontario – Ontario Fire College
Topics included:
Office of the Fire Marshal (Fire Patterns & Cause Determination)
Forensic Investigators (Evidence Identification & Collection)
Crime Scene Management, Insurance Investigations
Private Sector Fire Investigations
Conduct live burn scene examinations
Car Fire examinations
Fire pattern demonstrations
St. John Ambulance – Standard First Aid/ CPR (2011 – 3 days)
Cobourg, Ontario – St. John Ambulance
