Great Falls Forum: Accelerant Detection K-9S in Fire Investigation
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The 25th season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, December 8th, featuring Mark Roberts, Senior Investigator and K-9 Handler, Office of the State Fire Marshal, with a talk entitled “Accelerant Detection K-9s in Fire Investigation.” This free, public program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library and will also be streamed live via Zoom and the Lewiston Public Library Facebook page.
In his Great Falls Forum talk, Mark will touch on a variety of topics, such as the demographics of the Office’s K-9 team; purpose and uses of K-9s, both in the investigation and prevention of fires; information about the biological capabilities of K-9s; comparisons to conventional methods of evidence collection without the assistance of K-9 teams; and the reasons why K-9s are so effective as a tool employed in the field of fire investigation. He will also discuss the State Farm Arson Dog program and acquisition of the K-9s.
Mark Roberts has over 25 years of experience in public safety, including municipal police service, volunteer fire service, and most recently, 14 years as a fire investigator for the State of Maine. He has been an IAAI-CFI (Certified Fire Investigator by the International Association of Arson Investigators) since 2012 and partnered with K-9 Deacon since 2016.
Admission is free to all Forum events and reservations are only required if attending via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted to the Library website and Facebook prior to the event. The onsite program is a bring-your-own, brown-bag lunch event. For more information, please contact the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.
The Great Falls Forum speaker series is co-sponsored by Bates College, Lewiston Public Library, and the Sun Journal. The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street.
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