Hawaii Chapter Annual Training Conference
August 6-8, 2019
Location
303 Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
580 Williston Ave., Building 762
Schofield Barracks, HI 96857
Training
Explosives and Fire Investigations
Clarity in Context: Effective Fire/Explosion Expert Documentation & Report Writing
Challenges to Expert Qualifications, Methodology, & Opinions
Instructors: Explosives Section
Chris Tuitele is a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and has been employed by ATF since 2009. He is a Certified Explosives Specialist (CES) and a Public Safety Bomb Technician. He is also an ATF Firearms Interstate Nexus Expert who testifies about the origin of manufacturing of firearms, a key required element to many federal firearms laws.
C. “Todd” Smith is a Senior Special Agent (SA) with ATF based in Spokane, Washington, with 24 years of law enforcement experience (17 with ATF). He is a Certified Explosives Specialist (CES) and recently completed the Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) program. His project for the ATF CFI program was exploding targets
and wildland fire causation. SA Smith is a member of the IAAI and the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI).
Jeff Laverman is a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and has been employed by ATF since 1989. He is a Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) and a Certified Explosives Specialist (CES). He is a member of ATF’s National Response Team starting in 1997, becoming a full-time member in 2010, with over 100 callouts.
Instructor for:
• Clarity in Context: Effective Fire/Explosion Expert Documentation & Report Writing
• Challenges to Expert Qualifications, Methodology, & Opinions
David E. Bridges is an associate in Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P.'s Catastrophic Loss Practice Group. His practices focuses on complex civil litigation, including fires, explosions, fire protection system failures, product failures, and other catastrophic losses and construction-related incidents across the United States. His assignments include forensic investigations of first-property and other catastrophic losses, including fires and explosions involving industrial, commercial, and residential facilities, agricultural and other commercial equipment and motor vehicles, and marine vessels. David brings the science and law together to investigate these incidents and provide defense and recovery representation. He is an International Association of Arson Investigation Certified Fire Investigator (IAAI-CFI) and Certified Instructor (IAAI-CI). Prior to law school, David performed fire and explosion investigations in conjunction with his work as a special agent / K-9 handler with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI). He currently serves on the IAAI-Board of Directors and is the Co-Chair of the IAAI’s Training & Education (T&E) Committee. David also serves as an Adjunct Instructor for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) and National Fire Academy’s (NFA) fire and explosion training programs.
Cost: Registration (till July 31,2019)
Active IAAI, HI-IAAI Members: $250.00
Non- Members: $300.00
Late Registration will not be allowed due to the venue
Lodging: Attendees can choose from any number of hotels depending on your personal
needs. No single hotel has been reserved for this event.
Airports: Honolulu International Airport
Rental Cars: Retailers are available at the airport depending on your travel needs.
Training Schedule
Tuesday August 6, 2019
0800-1700: Explosives Training
Wednesday August 7. 2019
0800 -1700: Explosives Training
Thursday August 8, 2019
0800 -1200: Clarity in Context: Effective Fire/Explosion Expert Documentation & Report Writing
1300 -1700: Challenges to Expert Qualifications, Methodology, & Opinions
CLASSROOM LOCATION DIRECTIONS
303 Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
580 Williston Ave., Building 762
Schofield Barracks, HI 96857
McNair Gate take the first right Ayres Ave follow it through to McMahon Rd past Nate Park take a left on Wright-Smith Ave take a right on Williston Ave Bldg. 762 is on the corner. 580 Williston Ave., Building 762 Schofield Barracks, HI 96857
Registration for this event is closed.