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The Twenty-first Annual Fire Investigators Training Conference will be held March 23 - 25, 2012 at the Stoney Creek Inn in East Peoria, IL. All classes are tested and sanctioned by the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators. Exams for the IAAI-CFI program may be available if setup with the International office in advance. Visit the IAAI Illinois Chapter's website at www.il-iaai.com for more information. 
Certificates will be available after the conclusion of the Sunday session.
Strategic Aspects of Fire Investigation: Tactical and Practical Tips from 25 Years of Experience Investigating and Prosecuting Arson Peter Beering, ESQ., is an internationally-recognized expert in emergency preparedness, planning, response, counter-terrorism, arson and bombings. His professional focus is on preparedness and response to difficult problems. Beering delivers strategic risk management, threat assessment, emergency response planning, crisis communications and training services. Involved in antiterrorism efforts for almost two decades, Beering has served on numerous panels advising government, including the Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a joint initiative of Harvard University and the United States Department of Justice. This appointment placed Beering among the 20 leading experts on terrorism in the U.S. who studied the topic and published various recommendations to industry, government and the public. Beering is the lead author of Winning Plays: Essential Guidance from the Terrorism line of Scrimmage. Used extensively by the Department of Homeland Security, Winning Plays has been entered into the Congressional Record three times since its release. Beering also wrote a chapter on infrastructure vulnerability in First to Arrive: The State and Local Response to Terrorism published by MIT Press in November 2003. Beering is one of 10 experts selected by the Department of Defense who trained mayors, and senior officials throughout the U.S. in terrorism preparation and respond on behalf of the DOD. He has designed and conducted training exercise across the U.S. for organizations ranging from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the District of Columbia Department of Health, Indianapolis police, fire, medical, communications, public health and hospital systems and human service agencies, and the senior staffs of some of the country’s largest cities. Beering was a member of the Editorial Board of Homeland First Response and serves as a member of the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. As a faculty member for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Academy, he is the primary author of the worlds only advanced fire investigation course. He teaches Legal Issues in Emergency Response at George Washington University, where he is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine. Beering’s law enforcement experience included more than 15 years with the Indianapolis/Marion County Prosecutor’s Office as a Special Prosecuting Attorney for Arson and Bombings. As the first full-time Chief Arson Prosecutor, his average conviction rate was 85 percent – one of the highest in the country. Beering is a master Firefighter, a certified Fire Investigator, and was the only Arson Prosecutor in the U.S. who is also a Certified Fire Investigator. Beering has published extensively in trade publications and his comprehensive guidebook for the prosecution of arson Verdict: Guilty of Burning has been distributed worldwide. An Update on Electrical Investigation Topics John Reagan, P.E. John Reagan, P.E., has worked in the field of electrical engineering for more than 30 years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator with NAFI. Reagan has investigated more than 1,500 fires and overseen the investigation work of other engineering on more than 3,000 fires. He was recently appointed to an NFPA task force on electrical arcing and participated in the authoring of the 2014 Edition of NFPA 921. In this presentation, Reagan will offer his expert insight on current fire investigation topics, including arc mapping, lightning strikes, electric blankets, apartment building considerations and preservation of evidence. A question and answer session will be included. Thoughts on NFPA 1033 & NFPA 912: A Joint Discussion on the Two Most Important Guiding Documents for Fire Investigators Cory Reeves, IAAI-CFI, CFEI, CFII Cory Reeves, IAAI-CFI,CFEI, CFII, is an International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) Certified Fire Investigator. He is also certified by the National Association of Fire Investigators as a Fire and Explosion Investigator and a Fire Investigator Instructor. He is President of the fire investigation consulting firm Origin First, LLC. Reeves was a firefighter with the Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department, earning the rank of Lieutenant and Director of the Fire and Arson Investigation Squad. Reeves joined a private fire investigation firm, then moved to a large forensic engineering firm as a Senior Fire Investigator specializing in large-loss investigations before becoming a Senior Fire Investigator with a forensic engineering consulting firm. G. Terry Smith, IAAI-CFI G. Terry Smith, IAAI-CFI, became involved with the fire service and fire investigation fields in 1969. Smith was a member of his hometown fire department for more than 23 years, last serving as chief of the department. While in Iowa, he taught firefighter training for several years. Smith was director of Investigation/Prevention at the Illinois Fire Service Institute from late 1992 through early 2001. Since retiring from the University of Illinois, he has been employed as a fire investigator with EFI Global. He has also taught fire investigation for College of DuPage. Smith has been an International Association of Arson Investigators Certified Fire Investigator for more than 15 years. Smith serves as a member of the MFPA 1033 committee. Disclaimer: No liability is assumed by the Central Illinois Fire Investigators Association for changes in program content, speakers, or venue. The speakers presentation and content of program are the responsibility of the individual instructors and not necessarily endorsed by any of the persons or organizations associated with this seminar.
The Miller/Grier Memorial Scholarship was established in 1991 in honor of two founding CIFIA members and State Arson Investigators, Hollis Miller and James Grier. The conference established the funding and promotes the scholarships that are offered semi-annually.
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