Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary with All Our Members!

In recognition of CAFI’s 40th Anniversary in 2020, we are pleased to introduce our Association’s Challenge Coin. These special commemorative coins are being released for sale on a pre-order basis.

Your cost is only $15.00 each plus shipping ($3.50 for two coins and an additional $1.00 for each additional coin ordered). Maximum of four (4) coins per order.

Once orders have been received, the Coins will be ordered. Delivery is expected to be six to eight weeks.

This early spring has caused some crazy wildfires here in Alberta. We have lost thousands of acres of woodland, thousands of families have been displaced, and a number of houses destroyed. Please keep all of our First Responders and their families in your prayers. There will be lots of files open with all of the properties that were lost and lots of investigations, so everyone please stay safe when Investigating these files as there are dangers we need to keep in mind.

Happy Spring Everyone!

The executive and I have been working on updating our profile and will be launching a Facebook page shortly so we can provide information about who we are and what we do. This page is for all of us to comment on and place information on investigations happening within Canada that we are working on. We will also be launching a LinkedIn page also so that the same information can be shared around the world. These sites will be monitored by a couple of the executives so we can make sure the information getting out is correct and follows our policies.

Title:  The Fire Science Behind Fire Patterns – Part 2
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Presenter:  Robert J. Shirer, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., C.Eng., Founder and Consulting Engineer at R.J. Shirer & Associates

REGISTER

Dear CAFI Members,

It is with great pride that I accept the position of President of CAFI. This National Organization has become and will continue to be a value to all our members across this great Country of ours. I would like to thank Val as he has led this organization with pride over the past two years and will continue to be a great wealth of knowledge for all of us.

Dear CAFI Members,

In speaking with CAFI members over the past few weeks I’ve noticed that maybe due to the length of my president’s messages, CAFI training news and happenings is not being disseminated.  I will thus attempt to make my message brief and to the point in the hopes that our news and events are better communicated to the greater membership.

Live fire exercises are one of the best training tools for teaching fire investigators about fire development, spread, ventilation effects, and fire patterns.

Join us on June 27th for an Upcoming CAFI Webinar on Arc Mapping, one of the four sources of information in Origin Determination with host Join Jason D’Ornellas, Electrical Engineer and Managing Partner at Roar Engineering in a review of the techniques of arc mapping, with case studies, utilizing arc mapping in fire investigations. Date: Wed, June 27, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT - REGISTER

The CAFI National Board of Directors is excited to announce a new and innovative forensic fire investigation training program in partnership with the Faculty of Forensic Sciences at Laurentian University, in Sudbury, Ontario. This university level training is a dynamic four course program providing successful graduates with a Statement of Professional Learning Certificate (SPL) Specialization in Fire Scene Management and Investigation.