PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

• informing the media on how fire and arson investigations are conducted
• techniques associated with investigations, including the polygraph
• exposure to interactive fire investigation computer programs (inter-FIRE)
• tour of the State Fire Marshal’s Forensic Laboratory
• demonstration by the canine detection unit (“arson dogs”)
• one on one interviews with the State Fire Marshal, Chief of the Investigations Bureau and other key members of his staff

WHEN: Tuesday, May 2nd from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Seminar on the dynamics of a fire investigation,
arson investigation and use of polygraph, lab samples, interviews and fire science techniques to determine the cause and origin of a fire.

                              11:00 -11:30 a.m. Arson dog demonstration

                              11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Forensic laboratory tour

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. One on one interviews with State Fire Marshal Rielage, Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Terry Weber, Chief of Investigations Charles McGrath, Chief of the Forensic Laboratory Mohammed Gohar and several investigators.

WHERE: State Fire Marshal’s facility, 8895 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg

NOTES: Ohio’s State Fire Marshal’s office recently celebrated its 100^th Anniversary and is the oldest continuous office of its kind in the United States. Since its inception, the State Fire Marshal’s office has battled the crime of arson across the state. In 1998, Ohioans experienced 4,393 arson fires resulting in 10 deaths, 101injuries and nearly $41,000,000 in property loss.

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