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2010 - 44th Annual Fire & Fraud Investigators Professional Development Symposium
October 2nd - 6th - Embassy Suites Conference Center - St. Charles, Missouri
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Professional Fire and Fraud Investigators Association provides professional and continuing training for investigators as well as basic arson recognition training for emergency responders to fires and explosions. Additionally, P.F.F.I.A. strives to provide a means for communication and to exchange information between investigators and investigative agencies.

44th Annual Professional Development Symposium

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The 44th Annual Fire & Fraud Investigation
Professional Development Symposium
October 1-6, 2010

Friday Oct. 1st Registration
Session 1 -October 2nd and 3rd
Session 2 - October 4th through the 6th
Embassy Suites & Conference Center, St. Charles, MO

LODGING  SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 DEADLINE
The Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa, Two Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO, is providing a room rate of $99 per night for conference attendees. A breakfast buffet and evening reception is included in this room rate. Reservations will be made by individuals calling the hotel directly at 636-946-5544 or Embassy Suites Brand Reservations number, 1-800-EMBASSY.

Individuals must identify themselves as being with the Professional Fire & Fraud Investigators Association 44th Annual Conference at the time the reservation is made in order to receive the group rate. Reservations must be made on or before September 1, 2010 12:00 Midnight to receive the group rate. After the cut-off date, hotel will release the unreserved rooms for general sale. Embassy Suites - St. Charles, MO <--Click Here

 

REGISTRATION

The registration fee for Session I for P.F.F.I.A.
members
is $105 and $130 for nonmembers.
The registration fee for Session II for P.F.F.I.A.
members is $125 and $150 for nonmembers.
The registration fee for both sessions for
P.F.F.I.A. members is $180 and $205 for
nonmembers.

Interested individuals may apply for membership with their registration and receive the lower
registration fees. Membership applications are
available at www.PFFIA.com
Preregistration
must be mailed by Sept. 1, 2010. Walk-in
registration will be accepted at the seminar with an additional charge of $10. 
Registration includes lunch Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.


Meth Labs: First Responder Awareness Train-the-
Trainer, Oct. 2, 2010
This program will prepare conference participants to teach the Missouri Division of Fire Safety’s “Meth Labs: First Responder Awareness” at the local level. Each attendee will receive a copy of the Division of Fire Safety Meth Lab Awareness curriculum and presentation. Those completing this session will be able to register local delivers with the Division for issuance of certificates. Additionally, three hours of CEU’s for Missouri Fire Service Instructor recertification will be awarded for this session.

Kinesic Statement Analysis, Oct. 5-6, 2010
Glenn Foster returns this year and
takes the Kinesic Interview Technique to the next level with “Kinesic Statement Analysis.” Mr. Foster is widely known as the “father of the Kinesic Interview Technique” and is recognized as the leading exponent, practitioner and teacher of the renowned interview and interrogation system. This technique uses statement analysis to pinpoint specific areas of deception and high stress in the physical changes in writing style and how to identify the use and misuse of words in deceptive areas of statements.

On Oct. 6, symposium participants are invited to bring statements from their own investigations and apply the training to analyze their statements to reveal information previously unidentified as deceptive. 

TRAINING CREDITS

Hours from this conference will apply toward Fire Investigator Certification continuing education credit. 
On Saturday, Oct. 2, a train-the-trainer session will be held for the Division of Fire Safety "Meth Labs: First Responder Awareness" program.  This program will prepare conference participants to teach the Missouri Division of Fire Safety’s "Meth Labs: First Responder Awareness" at the local level. Each attendee will receive a copy of the Division of Fire Safety Meth Lab Awareness curriculum and presentation. Those completing this session will be able to register local delivers with the Division for issuance of certificates. Additionally, three hours of CEU’s for Missouri Fire Service Instructor recertification will be awarded for this session.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 July 2010 14:08 )