Another quick reminder that registration is open for the 2010 Michigan Arson School in Mt. Pleasant.  The week kicks off with the Annual Golf Outing on May 10th and the School will fill the rest of the week.  We hope to see you there.  The registration forms for both can be found on the Training Page under the Michigan Chapter.

There is also a registration form for the Oakland County Association of Arson and Fire Investigators Annual Origin & Cause Seminar in Auburn Hills, MI.  The dates for that seminar are April 29th & 30th.

On a side note - This was emailed to everyone on the Chapter's email list today.  If you did not recieve it,  we do not have you email address yet or the email is not getting through your spam filters.  Please add michiganiaai@yahoo.com to your address book.

If you are inquiring about your membership dues or a contest etc. Please take a minute and find the Board Member who is on that committee.  I am happy to forward your emails but contacting the correct individual will quicken a response and avoid confusion.

Thanks everyone!  Look forward to seeing everybody at the Annual School!

The 2010 Michigan Arson School registration from was included in the January Arson News.  It can also be downloaded from the Training page.

This year's School is in Mt. Pleasant and will be held May 11th - 14th.  Some of this year's topics include: Profiling An Arsonist, Interviewing and Flashovers.

The deadline for early registration is April 19th.  If you do not register before, fees are increased.

OCAAFII is hosting it's 38th Annual Origin & Cause Seminar: Anatomy of a Fire Investigation, April 29 & 30, 2010.  The seminar will be held at Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills Campus.  The registration form and more details can be found on the Training page.

The Michigan Chapter of the IAAI is currently accepting nominations for Prosecutor and Fire Investigator of the Year.  If you know a prosecutor and an investigator who has gone above and beyond and is deserving of recognition, we would like to know.  All nominations must include the name and phone # of the person making the nomination as well as some basic knowledge and facts of the case and investigation.  Please submit all nominations to Craig Robertson, Secretary of the Michigan Chapter at crobertson@roseville-mi.com.  The Prosecutor and Investigator will be honored at the 2010 Annual Arson School banquet at the Comfort Inn on Thursday, May 13^th, 2010 at 6pm in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

After a very long process of making the switch, the first edition of the e-Arson News is finally posted on the web!  If you have not recieved your copy in your email, it should be there shortly.  If you have not recieved it in the next couple of days, please email us at michiganiaai@yahoo.com.  If you have already sent us your email address, please send it again and add our email address to your address book.  Spam blockers may block the email if we are not in your address book.

Please follow the Arson News link to the right and you can download the January edition.