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All – PLEASE get this to the attention of your Tribal PD and FD staff, AND to your Conservation Officers. I would really like to see more of our “Squirrel/Elk/Fish” cops involved with us. I believe that every Tribal FD that responds to brushfires on their Res should have at least one staff trained up in basic Origin and Cause Determination. We (Indian Country) still have some real serious issues with intentionally set wildfires, and more of our youth are getting involved with this dysfunctional behavior.
FLETC usually teams up with a local BLM or USFS host to put these trainings on. Their classes are known to be serious and exacting, but excellent. Do NOT recommend staff to attend these sessions unless you EXPECT them to carry out the duty back at your home unit.
The FI-210 class would be helpful if your staff have already had the half-day FI-110, First Responders, but is not required. It is all week long.
FI-310 requires successful passing of 210, and this staff should already be carded and be in a serious mode of doing Origin and Cause back home. This one requires buckets of pre-work. Also, a full week.
Link to FLETC.gov or DHS.gov and link to their training sites. I don’t have the exact site handy. Their classes usually charge about $400, but again, they tend to be excellent.
Instead of deluging Michael Heath (lead FLETC cadre) with questions/inquiries, please route any issues to my attention first and I will attempt to run interference for you. Note that the next local class is in San Antonio in mid-September.
Thanks for your attention to this opportunity.
Val
Prevention-Investigation Coordinator
National Interagency Fire Center-BIA
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Advanced Arson - Alternative fuel Vehicles<https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=b896938d-a66a-4c08-aa3a-27d1487e133d> and Biodiesel
July 14-16 Prescott Resort and Conference Center, Prescott, Arizona
Approximate Costs: Class $210 Lodging $60 per night
This class will be 3 days of alternative fuels information. Day 1 Alternative Fuel Vehicles everything you wanted to know, Day 2 Biodiesel the issues and concerns of the commercial and home process and Day 3, electric vehicle charging systems.
Expert Witness Testimony – (valid for CFI points)<https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=ff194fab-80dc-4cb5-8eee-de02cef8b524>
August 13-15 Pima County Attorney’s Office, Tucson Arizona
Approximate Costs: Class $375 Lodging $70 per night
This class is an intense education into the world of testifying as an expert witness. Students have pre course work that must be completed. Students will be interviewed to determine their eligibility for the class. This class is eligible to count towards points for the CFI testimony portion.
Forensic Accounting: Understanding the Money and Your Case - Opening Soon
September 29, Location to be determined
Approximate Costs: Class $30
This will be a one day seminar to discuss how to follow the money trail and what it can do to assist or hurt your case. Expert financial auditors will tell you what records to get, how to get them and how to interpret them.
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October 5, Apache Junction, Arizona
Approximate Costs: Class $30
This will be a one day seminar to discuss safety issues both for the investigator and the processing of the scene. This will be an informative and exciting class with new innovative information.
Arson 1- Opening Soon
October 18-22, Location to be determined but will be in the Phoenix Area
Approximate Costs: Class: $375 Lodging $100 per night College Credits: $350
This class is the first of the 4 part basic fire investigations class. This class is only offered once every 2 years. If you do not get in now you will have to wait 2 years. For the first time we will be offering college credit for the classes in conjunction with Mesa Community College. Students getting the college credit will be eligible to work towards anew Associates degree in Fire investigations.
Homicide and Death Fire Investigations
November 12, Tucson Police Department Operations Center, Tucson, Arizona
Approximate Cost: Free
This will be a one day class on fire death and homicide investigations. This class will be in conjunction with the Arizona Homicide Investigators Association and the Medical Examiner’s Office. The class should be full of interesting information and case studies from the top death and homicide investigators from all aspects of the case.
International Annual Training Conference
May 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada
Approximate Costs: Class $500 Travel and Lodging $600
This is the annual conference for the IAAI our parent organization. There are typically over 500 people from all over the world who attend this conference. If you haven’t attended one in the past this one is relatively inexpensive and close to home that you should try to attend. It is an AWSOME networking and learning experience.
Additional Information
ALL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES OR CANCELLATIONS AND IS PROVIDED FOR A GUIDE AS YOU PREPARE YOUR BUDGETS AND SUCH. PLEASE LOOK TO THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
AZ Chapter - International Association of Arson Investigators.
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Save the Dates! Tribal Training:
www.epa.gov/water/tribaltraining/CWAwebcasts.html
Two-hour Audio Web Broadcasts
Eastern: 1:00pm-3:00pm, Central: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Mountain: 11:00am-1:00pm, Pacific: 10:00am-12:00pm
Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS) for the Water Quality
Standards (WQS) Program, Friday, September 17, 2010
Objective: discuss EPA's improved treatment in the same manner as a
state (TAS) process for the water quality standards program (WQS). The
webcast will focus on what needs to be included in a TAS application. It
will include a discussion of the Montana test, EPA's internal process
for reviewing TAS applications, and tips and suggestions related to the
TAS process and the WQS program. A tribal representative will discuss
experiences with the TAS process and share lessons learned and advice
for other tribes considering TAS for the WQS program. Presenters include
Fred Leutner, EPA Water Quality Standards Program; Dan Cozza, EPA Region
5; and Gretchen Watkins, Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa.
Introduction to Water Quality Standards (WQS), Friday, September 24,
2010
Objective: provide an introduction to Water Quality Standards (WQS). The
webcast will highlight the three major components of tribal and state
water quality standards (designated uses, water quality criteria, and
the antidegradation policy). It will also include a discussion of water
quality certifications under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and feature a
case study by a tribal representative who will describe how CWA-EPA
approved water quality standards protect the tribe's water resources.
Presenters are to be determined.
Registration
Details about registration will be made available on EPA's CWA Tribal
Training Web site approximately one month prior to the webcasts. You may
access that web site at:
www.epa.gov/water/tribaltraining/CWAwebcasts.html. You may sign-up for
the listserv to receive updates about these webcasts. To do so, send a
blank email to:
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(you will receive
a welcome message once you have joined).
Certificate of completion
A certificate of completion will be generated at the end of each webcast
for all attendees who participate in the live session. Participants must
attend for the full two hour session in order to receive a certificate.
Can't attend the live sessions?
If you are unable to attend the live sessions, you will be able to watch
the archived versions on EPA's CWA Tribal Training web site (
www.epa.gov/water/tribaltraining/CWAwebcasts.html). The archived
versions will be posted to the site approximately one month after each
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