Basic Electrical for Fire Investigators

This program will be presented in two parts. Part one will be on “Electrical Aspects of Scene Examination” and will give an overview of building electrical components and then dive into differentiation between arc damage and melting, finishing off with an section on thorough arc mapping and how to begin to analyze the arc map for origin determination and fire flow. After a short break, the second part of the presentation will dive into typical appliances, commonalities in components and how those components work and sometimes fail.

Instructor: Jeremiah Pratt, PE, CFI, CFEI, CVFI – Firefighter/Investigator - Douglas Massachusetts FD and Managing Partner, Fire & Failure Analyst - Genesis Forensics, Inc.

Flyer with detailed information: OCAAFII January 2024 Quarterly Flyer

Cost: Free to OCAAFII members and $10 for non-members (see below).

YOU MUST RSVP TO ATTEND THE TRAINING. Use the RSVP link in the flyer or the button above to RSVP to OCAAFII.Secretary@gmail.com. Once we receive your RSVP we will add you to the Zoom meeting distribution and you will receive a calendar entry for the training session. Please accept the invitation as it will contain the information you need to log into the meeting.

NON-MEMBER PAYMENT: If you are not an OCAAFII member and want to participate in the training, after RSVP’ing (above), please click this link OCAAFII.Treasurer@gmail.com to send us an e-mail about how to pay the $10 fee.

Also, if you are not an OCAAFII member, please consider applying for membership at: https://www.ocaafii.org/membership.

NOTE: CE Point application have been submitted for 3-credit hours.