President's Message

It is a pleasure to introduce you to The Minnesota Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (MNIAAI) web page. The website provides access to obtaining information about our many membership led committees, educational opportunities, and resources available in the fire investigation field.

The MNIAAI’s was founded in 1973 and currently has over 380 members from across Minnesota and neighboring states. The MNIAAI has a board of directors comprised of 9 members that volunteer their time/resources, and one Executive Director. Our mission statement is,

 To unite for mutual benefit those public officials and private persons engaged in the control of arson and kindred crimes.

To provide for exchange of technical information and developments.

To cooperate with other law enforcement agencies and associations to further fire prevention and the suppression of crime.

To encourage high professional standards of conduct among fire investigators and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with the administration of crime suppression.

To foster greater professional competence in the investigative techniques and recognition of the crime of arson.

For those of you that are not currently members of our organization, please take a few minutes and research our organization to see if we can help you in reaching your personal and professional goals. If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to any of the MNIAAI board members or myself, and we will do our best to help in any way. Membership applications can be found under the membership tab of the website.

Thank you and again, welcome to the MNIAAI.

 

Sincerely,

Brian R. Whitemore, CFI

MNIAAI President

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