Awards

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Lifetime membership is granted to those individuals who are found to be members in good standing for 15 years and contribute greatly to the running of the organization.

2023 - Glen Powell

Tim Lauda

Ivan Hibbert

Reggie Edwards

We are pleased to announce the new Idaho chapter award for, “Excellence in Fire Investigation“.

This award will be presented by the Idaho Chapter of the International Association of Arson

Investigators and is sponsored by Fire Cause Analysis of Idaho (F.C.A.). Only one award will be

presented annually at the training conference in November.

To be eligible for the award, the recipient must be a member in good standing of the Idaho Chapter

of the International Association of Arson Investigators and have demonstrated their excellence in

fire investigation through one of the two following criteria.

1. The investigator, or an investigative team, performed an exemplar investigation of a

complex fire or explosion that resulted in a successful conclusion of the case. Some examples are,

but not limited to, serial arson investigations resulting in an arrest, highly valued complicated

investigations resulting in either an arrest or an identification of a responsible party in a civil action,

or other investigations that are deemed “remarkable” compared to regular fire or explosion

investigations.

Or;

2. The investigator has demonstrated, over an extended period of time, a great devotion

and dedication to the field of fire investigation, exemplifying the Idaho Chapter’s goal of

promoting better training, education, and job performance within the field of fire investigation.

Submissions, with supporting reports if possible, can be emailed directly to

awards@FCAIdaho.com. By October 1, 2025. For submissions relating to individual

investigations, the investigation must have come to a conclusion between September1, 2024 and

September 1, 2025, regardless of date of the original incident. Both public and private investigators

are eligible for the award. (With the exception of any investigator whose work product was

completed as an employee of Fire Cause Analysis of Idaho.) A committee will review the

submissions after the names of the nominees, and their agencies/companies have been redacted.

This committee will then vote for one recipient. The award will be presented at the annual

conference banquet.

Questions may be directed to Dennis Zigrang IAAI-CFI at dennis@FCAIdaho.com.

Our members being recognized for their work in the field of Fire Investigation