The main objectives of the UK-AFI are: The preservation of life and property and prevention of crime for the public benefit, in particular by: 

Fire & Explosion Investigation - Code of Practice

The draft Code of Practice for the investigation of fires and explosions within the Criminal Justice System in the UK is now available on the UK-AFI website for you to examine and submit your comments by the 29 August 2014.

The documents for this consultation are also being made available by other organisations including the IFE, CSFS and CFOA to ensure that the wider fire investigation community are aware of this process and have the opportunity to comment.

Please download the two documents (draft Code of Practice and Consultation Instructions) from the UK-AFI website and submit your comments, as instructed, by the due date.

All comments will be responded to and will be published (anonymously) on the UK-AFI website upon completion of the exercise.

This is your opportunity to contribute to the process and have your voice heard regarding your profession.

Kind regards,

John Galvin.

President. UK-AFI.

Consultation FICOP instructions 1.2 MB pdf

FICOP Draft for Consultation 488 KB pdf

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2014 Summer Training Conference cancellation

It is with regret that, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have to cancel the UK-AFI Summer Training Conference, scheduled for the 14^thJuly 2014, at which you may have been a delegate
 
The reason for the cancellation is the announcement by the Fire Brigades Union of industrial action being carried out on that day. This industrial action will be having a direct effect on many of the delegates, some of the speakers and of course the venue in which the event was to be held.
 
We wish to thank you for your support of the UK-AFI and we hope that you will attend one of our future training events. The UK-AFI will continue to provide cost effective training to the UK’s fire investigators.
 
Arrangements will be made to refund delegates, or their organisations that have paid in advance for this event.  Alternatively, the treasurer will make arrangements to credit individuals or organisations for our next training event.
 
Once again we thank you for your continued support of the UK-AFI. 

Best wishes and thank you for your support,

John

John Galvin
UK-AFI President
www.uk-afi.org

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Australian Institute of Forensic Fire Investigation 

The Australian Institute of Forensic Fire Investigation Pty Ltd (AIFFI) is an Australian company owned and managed by Kate Grimwood and Sonia Scott with a background in Fire Investigation, Forensic Science, Chemistry and Business Management.

AIFFI was formed to help grow and improve services available to Fire Investigators when determining origin and cause for structural and wildfires. AIFFI is currently developing the Incendiary Device Database (IDD) for the Fire Investigation Industry, to chronicle incendiary devices found during the processing of fire scenes. The IDD will also include the results of independent research surrounding incendiary devices.

To contribute to the IDD, please go to the AIFFI website

The AIFFI poster presented at the IAAI-ITC in Las Vegas is available for members to download in the Member Navigation

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New link to East Sussex 'Black Museum' website.

The Community Fire Safety Department of East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service have published a website that highlights the dangers of real life fires click here 'Black Museum' or see the link in our Useful Links.

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UK-AFI Board Election results.

The board election results were announced at the UK-AFI AGM on Monday 27 January 2014, the results are.

1st Vice President: Nick Carey

2nd Vice President: Mike Flanagan

Board of directors:  Gary Asquith, Mark Watson, Deon Webber

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Developing coordinated approaches to investigating and preventing fires report.

 

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UK-AFI Accounts

The 2012 accounts summary for 2012 our now available to download UK-AFI Accounts 2012.

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Email to active UK AFI Members: Subscription Confirmed

Members will have been receiving emails from Peter Mansi about confirming their subscription recently.  This is not a scam, we are updating our contact lists and database and aligning those with our email system.  The email system we use to contact all members is Mailchimp and it requires us to ask your permission to add you to our email subsciber list, hence the latest batch of emails.

If member choose not subscribe they will not receive any future 'All Member' emails, we see no other way around this.

If you have any questions please contact Chris Clarke at chris.clarke@uk-afi.org 

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Remote Data Backup - Special Offer for UK-AFI Members

Remote Data Backup (also known as Cloud Backup) is a service which replicates important business data off-site and is aimed to protect business continuity in the event of data loss.

UK-AFI is proud to announce that members can now receive preferential pricing on a Remote Data Backup service from PCM, a Leeds based IT company.

The service is secure, flexible and fully managed by a team of technical engineers who are always on hand to help via telephone or e-mail.

The cost for UK-AFI members is £25 per month for 250GB of secure storage, or £45 per month for 500GB (prices exclude VAT).

Please click the link below to find out more information and sign up, quoting your UK-AFI username:

http://www.pcmltd.eu/landing/remote-data-backup-special-offer-uk-afi-members

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Product Recall database

The Product Recalls section has been updated with the new website (January 2013). It allows the fire investigation community and public to search a database of over 500 UK product recalls dating back to 1985.