CFITrainer.Net Podcast
The IAAI and CFITrainer.Net present these podcasts with a focus on issues relating to fire investigation. With expertise from around the world, the International Association of Arson Investigators produces these podcasts to bring more information and electronic media to fire investigators looking for training, education and general information about fire investigation. Topics include recent technologies, issues in the news, training opportunities, changes in laws and standards and any other topic that might be of interest to a fire investigator or industry professional affected by fire. Information is presented using a combination of original stories and interviews with scientists, leaders in fire investigation from the fire service and the law enforcement community.
- Update frequency
- every 48 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Fire Fatality Stories with Dr. Elayne Pope
Dr. Pope is here to share cases in which fire effects, patterns, and evidence associated with human bodies made a critical difference in origin and cause determination.
00:41:08 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
IAAI ITC 2025 Preview with Trace Lawless
IAAI ITC 2025 PREVIEW WITH TRACE LAWLESS
00:28:03 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Fire Investigator Behavioral Health with Captain Michael Brewer
What can fire investigators do to help themselves and each other stay mentally healthy given the difficult and sometimes emotionally challenging work they do?
00:29:12 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
IAAI Investigator of the Year Case Study
This month, the CFITrainer.Net podcast welcomes Captain Chase Hawthorne of the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal to talk about the bizarre case that won him the 2024 IAAI Investigator of the Yea…
01:11:32 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Discussing Mentorship from Both the Mentor and Mentee Perspectives with Steve Avato
We discuss mentorship, from both the mentor and mentee perspectives, with Steve Avato, retired ATF Supervisory Special Agent CFI and Fire Marshal Captain with the Loudoun County Virginia Fire Marshal…
00:49:13 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
A CONVERSATION WITH SPECIAL AGENT ADAM ST. JOHN AND CAPTAIN CRAIG MATTHEWS
Today, we’re taking a deep dive into fires where the ignition was associated with CSST — that’s corrugated stainless steel tubing.
00:51:18 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Laboratory Analysis of Fatty Acids, Oils, and Alcohols with Laurel Mason and Doug Byron
Today, we’re talking about using a lab in your investigations. More specifically, we are going to talk to two experienced forensic scientists about analysis of fatty acids, oils, and alcohols.
00:54:50 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
The Role of Metallurgical and Materials Science in Fire Origin and Cause Determination.
We’ve got something new and pretty interesting for you today — a closer look at the role of metallurgical and materials science in fire origin and cause determination. Our guide into this world is La…
00:37:24 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
What's new at the National Fire Academy
A conversation with Kevin Oliver on what’s new at the National Fire Academy.
00:19:57 |
Fri 19 May 2023
2022 IAAI Investigator of the Year
Today we're talking with Fire Arson Investigator Nicole Brewer of Portland Fire and Rescue in Oregon. Investigator Brewer was named the IAAI Investigator of the Year in 2022
00:57:44 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
Multi Unit Multi Fatality Fires
This month, we’re tackling a tough topic on the CFITrainer.Net podcast.
00:44:31 |
Thu 02 Feb 2023
NFPA 1321 is coming in 2023. Are you ready? December 2022
In 2023, NFPA will release a new standard, NFPA 1321: Standard for Fire Investigation Units. We preview this standard on the newest episode of the CFITrainer.Net podcast.
00:59:59 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Spoliation: What You Don't Know Can Jeopardize Your Investigation November 2022
Attorney Chris Konzelmann Discusses Lessons Learned from Recent Litigation
00:41:12 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
The Internet of Things: September 2022
Welcome to the CFITrainer.Net podcast. Today, we're talking about the Internet of Things. You're going to learn what that is and why it's an important investigative tool you might not be using.
01:01:05 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
News Roundup: July 2022
This month on a new episode of the CFITrainer.Net podcast, we’re talking about fascinating news that’s crossed our feed recently.
00:09:53 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
June 2022
On this month’s CFITrainer.Net podcast, we're going to get into an issue that seems to be increasing in regularity, and that's warehouse fires.
00:59:44 |
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Fire Investigator Health and Safety: March 2022
This month on a new episode of the CFITrainer.Net podcast, Dr. Gavin Horn, Research Engineer at UL's Fire Safety Research Institute, and Jeff Pauley, Chair of the IAAI’s Health & Safety Committee, di…
00:43:23 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
NFPA 1321: New NFPA Standard Affecting Fire Investigation Units: January 2022
On this month’s CFITrainer.Net podcast, we talk with Randy Watson, chair of the technical committee for NFPA 1321: Standard for Fire Investigation Units.
00:39:49 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
December 2021
On this month’s CFITrainer.Net podcast, we look back at 2021 and how CFITrainer.Net evolved to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly changing technology.
00:08:35 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
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