Advanced FFDIC 2024
“Students must bring their own standard field equipment, PPE and field apparel as per their agencies protocol for conducting a fatal fire investigation. If you are not sure what to bring please see our FAQ page. Laptop computers are strongly suggested as all training materials and handouts will be provided on a USB flash drive. SLOFIST will have shirts and hats available for purchase.” Self Contained Breathing Apparatus is not needed. Students are also welcome to bring (but not required) any investigation tools, vehicles, or equipment they have available to them.
Our video equipment is not compatible with Apple Mac computers. So when your team wants to put together a PPT for the last day, your program should be loaded on a PC.
Topics Include:
- Fire death scene preservation
- Duties of responding fire personnel
- Duties of responding law enforcement
- Investigative procedures at the death scene
- The team approach to death investigations
- Causes and manner of fire-related death
- Roadside body dump and burn cases
- Forensic means to determine time of death
- Processing burned vehicles and rooms
- Antemortem vs. postmortem burns
- Biological evidence related to fire deaths
Audience:
Detectives, coroners. crime scene investigators,fire investigators and medical examiners.
Checks or Money Orders preferred. Add 3.6% processing fee for credit card and Paypal transactions.(***Fees are non-refundable***)
The course fee includes tuition, all lunches and a USB flash drive with all student reference materials.
Note: materials will not be printed, therefore, laptops are highly recommended.
SLOFIST prefers checks and agency purchase orders made payable to SLOFIST,Inc. PO Box 5012, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-5102.
Credit card payments available (add 3.6% processing fee***Non-refundable!***).
The San Luis Obispo County Airport is within ten miles of the training location.
Transportation and Lodging:
Last day to book: TBD
Booking Link |
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Rate Start date: June 24th |
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Booking Code |
"SLOFIST" |
Hotel Name: |
Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo |
Hotel Address: |
333 Madonna Road San Luis Obispo, CA. 93405 |
Book By | TBD |
Phone Number: |
(805) 549-0800 |
Continuing Education Credits:
12 CEUʼs for Emergency Medical Technicians for medical recertification.
Event Information
Event Date | 06-24-2024 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-28-2024 5:00 pm |
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Seats Available | 5 |
Cut Off Date | 06-24-2024 |
Individual Price | $1,700.00 |
Location | Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo |
Attachment | FFDIC Brochure for 2024.pdf |
Speakers

Dr. Elayne Pope
Forensic Anthropologist and the Autopsy Supervisor at the Tidewater Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (TOCME) in Norfolk, Virginia.Her research focuses on how the human body burns in a variety of fire environments that include: structural, vehicular, and outdoors.

Jeremy Davis
Vice President and Director of Training for “Fire Investigation Industries.” sits on the “California Conference of Arson Investigators” Executive Board.