My Department is sending 5 Surveyors to Wildland Fire Investigation, FI-210, Origin and Cause Determination training this week. We are not Fire Fighters but we do evidence mapping and the Department leadership feels that we should be trained so we have a better background on what we are out assisting with.
It should be interesting.
Now I have to read the pre-study homework guide.
I agree with the Department (it'll always be CDF to me).
Surveyors are already investigators In a very real sense.
Now you'll have some specific training and you'll be able to contribute even more.
It's a good thing.
Don
I am jealous!
I have been surveying over 30 years and a fire fighter for over 20 years. Until Labor Day of last year, there wasn't much opportunity to combine the two. I quickly found that it is not something you can do on the fly.
Keep us informed.
James
I'm reading the pre-homework assignment.
There's a lot of overlap. We investigate boundaries and they investigate fire origins. But then they are going into Miranda; you can question a witness but if the witness is also a suspect then you have to advise of their rights first.
We don't expect to be employed as fire investigators. They said we don't have to take the exam at the end but if I spend a week there I'm taking the exam.
This direction for us to be trained is coming straight from the top is what I understand.