Oregon Chapter 31 International Association of Arson Investigators

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MISSION STATEMENT

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 members and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with administration of justice.

ETHICS STATEMENT
I will conduct both my personal and official life so as to inspire the confidence of the public.

I will not use my profession and my position of trust for personal advantage or profit.

I will regard my fellow investigators with the same standards as I hold for myself.

I will never betray a confidence nor otherwise jeopardize their investigation

I will regard it my duty to know my work thoroughly. It is my further duty to avail myself of every opportunity to learn more about my profession.

I will avoid alliances with those whose goals are inconsistent with an honest and unbiased investigation.

I will make no claim to professional qualifications which I do not possess.

I will share all publicity equally with my fellow investigators whether such publicity if favorable or unfavorable.

I will be loyal to my superiors, to my subordinates, and to the organization I represent.

I will bear in mind always that I am a truth-seeker not a case maker, that it is more important to protect the innocent than to convict the guilty.

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Thank you to all who attended the September 2025 Training Seminar.

2025 AWARD WINNERS

Travis Neubauer was awarded the C. Walter Stickney Award
Jason Cane with awarded the William S Hood Life Member Award
Emmanual Arrellin-Lara was awarded the Oregon IAAI President’s Award
Rich Anderson was awarded the Amusing Award
Emily Forte was awarded the Donald Petruzzelli Award of Recognition
Eric Palmer was awarded the Donald Petruzzelli Award of Recognition
April Flowerdew was awarded the Donald Petruzzelli Award of Recognition
Ryan Fields was awarded the very first Instructor of the Year award, to be known from here on as the Ryan Field’s Investigator of the Year Award
Ryan Fields - Best Accidental Fire Photo Award
Valere Liljefelt - Best Arson Fire Photo Award

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2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Virginia Chapman, NEFCO Fire Investigations

1st Vice President: Miquel Bautista, Scappoose Fire District

2nd Vice President: Travis Neubauer, Oregon State Police

Treasurer: John Wolff, TVF&R-Retired

Immediate Past President: Rich Stenhouse. Clackamas Co. Fire Dist. #1 -Retired

Directors:

Joe Feland, Fire Cause Analysis

Shannon Miller, Oregon State Fire Marshal

Nicole Brewer, Envista Forensics

Lora Ratcliff, Albany Fire Department

Craig Gault, Portland Fire
Mark Shay, Medford Fire

RESOURCES

CPSC Recalls

The International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc. (IAAI) announces the release of its Health and Safety Committee’s white paper, “Fire Investigator Health and Safety Best Practices. This paper is the culmination of two years of work by the committee and its advisory panel of subject matter experts and has been approved by the Training and Education Committee and the Executive Board for dissemination.

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https://www.theclm.org/Magazine/articles/suppressing%20the%20burn/1077

Oregon Chapter 31, IAAI is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization.

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