CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Brian Fengel, Director
Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu
Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu
Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu
FIRE DEATH SCENE INVESTIGATIONS
October 22 – 23, 2025
8am – 5pm
Instructor: Ed Nordskog
Fire Death Scene Expert; Court Case Consultant
Criminal Profiler/Case Analyst-Serial Arsonist
Master Certified Fire Investigator
Complete the attached registration form and email to Registration Form
Class will meet at: Starved Rock State Park, 2668 East 875th Road, Oglesby
There will not be a registration fee for this training.
To introduce students to the proper, most efficient, and safest techniques required when processing a fire death scene. To have the students recognize who dies in fires in America, and why those persons die in fire.
At the end of this unit the trainee will be able to:
- Recognize that all fire deaths are “suspicious” events
- Understand the Victimology of Fire Death
- Understand the Causal Factors associated with accidental fire deaths
- Recognize the personnel necessary to process a fire death scene
- Understanding the best practices for fire death scene processing
- Recognize the Effects of fire on the human body
- Recognize the traits of various fire death scenes; murder, suicide, body dumps, etc
- Understand the challenges of Mass Casualty fire death scenes
AVAILABLE LODGING: Lodging is available at Starved Rock State Park. Reservation may be made by calling 815.667.4211. Be sure to mention that you are attending the Coroner Training on Thursday for the state of $110.00 plus tax for single occupancy and $120.00 plus tax for double occupancy. Room block will expire September 26, 2025
Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Meets the following mandatory training criteria: 1 hour Procedural Justice and 16 hours of Lead Homcide Investigation
