Mission Statement

The mission of the Maryland Fire and Explosion Investigators Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators is to provide and promote greater professional competence in the investigative technique and recognition of arson and kindred crimes. This shall be accomplished through continuing education, technical training seminars, information sharing, and communication between both the public and private sectors. This will promote and foster the exchange of technical information and developments in the field of Fire/Arson/Explosion Investigations. The goal will be to have all active investigators, both public and private certified and recognized as professional Certified Fire Investigators (CFI) with professional standards of conduct among all our investigators and to continue to work to suppress arson and kindred crimes.