EARLY BIRD (ends
October 1st) &ndash\; Full Registration 3.5 Days
\nChapter Member:&n
bsp\; $225
\nNon-Member: $300 \;
\nAFTER OCTOBER 1\, 2023
\nChapter Member: $300
\nNon-Member: $375
\nPER DAY RATE
\nChapter Member: $100
\nNon-member: $150
\n
\n**Attendee
may sign up for a Chapter membership for $30 and receive the membership ra
te.
\n**Registration Cancellation Date: October 8\, 2023\, to receive
a full refund. Failure to cancel by date\, 15% will be retained for admin
istrative and processing fees.
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\nHost Hotel: \; $149 per
night plus sales and occupancy tax (Includes Self-Parking\, Wi-Fi\, and 1
breakfast voucher per room guest\, per night)
\nhttps:
//be.synxis.com/?Hotel=78302&\;Chain=13924&\;Dest=HRH&\;template=
RBEDB&\;shell=RBE&\;locale=en-US&\;arrive=11/5/2023&\;depart=1
1/9/2023&\;adult=1&\;child=0&\;group=FIRE112023
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\nA minimal number of rooms per night at that rate - Reservation must be m
ade by 10/14/23 to obtain rate. \;
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\nAny attendee needing
to cancel or change a room night reservation must do so by 4:00pm EST 72
hours prior to arrival date. \;
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\nHard Rock Hotel 918 N A
tlantic Ave. Daytona Beach\, Florida 32118
\nHotel: 386-947-7300 In-H
ouse Reservations 386-947-7352
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\nFor any information on the c
onference such as instructors\, flyers\, scholarships\, vendor/sponsors\,
or awards\, please visit www.fla
iaai.com and click on the Training and Education Section.
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\nFor questions\, please contact David Tucker @ 813-323-5645 or fliaaipresident@gmail.com&nbs
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\nConference Training Schedule
\n
\nMonday November 6th ~ Sign-in: 7
:30 am \; \;AM Session: 8 am &ndash\; 12:00 pm / PM Session: 1:00
pm &ndash\; 5 pm \; \;
\nSteven Avato\, ATF Retired\, Hypoth
eses Development in Fire Investigation\; Theory and Practice 8 Hrs.
\
n
\nSteven J. Avato is a retired Captain who was with the Loudoun Cou
nty (VA) Fire Marshal&rsquo\;s Office from 2016 until 2022. Prior to his e
mployment with Loudoun County\, Avato was employed by the United States De
partment of Justice\, Bureau of Alcohol\, Tobacco\, Firearms and Explosive
s (ATF) from May 1989 until his retirement in 2016. \; During that tim
e\, he served in numerous fire and explosion related specialty positions i
ncluding ATF Division Chief at the National Explosives Task Force (NETF)\,
Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) of the Falls Church I (Arson / Explosives)
Field Office (2005 &ndash\; 2013) Training Manager (Arson and Explosives
Division)\, National Response Team (NRT) Supervisor and the National Respo
nse Team Program Manager. Mr. Avato was an ATF Certified Fire Investigator
(CFI) and an ATF Certified Explosives Specialist (CES) investigating inci
dents in Southeastern Pennsylvania while assigned to the Philadelphia Arso
n Task Force and in Southern New Jersey while assigned to the Trenton (NJ)
Field Office. \; \; \;
\n
\nMr. Avato is currently
an International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) Certified Fire
Investigator. \; In 2000\, he was honored by the IAAI as Investigator
of the Year in recognition of his involvement in the investigation of a d
ouble fatal fire in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
\n
\nPrior to joi
ning ATF\, Avato served the Philadelphia (PA) Police Department from 1981
to 1989 as a sergeant and police officer. \; He holds a bachelor&rsquo
\;s degree (BA) in Biology from Temple University\, a bachelor&rsquo\;s de
gree (BS) in Fire Science from the University of Maryland University Colle
ge\, a master&rsquo\;s degree (MS) in Biodefense from George Mason Univers
ity and a post-graduate Certificate of Intelligence Studies in Leadership
and Management in the Intelligence Community from the National Intelligenc
e University. \; \;
\n
\nTuesday November 7th ~ Sign-in: 7:30 am \; \;AM Session: 8 am &ndash\; 12 pm /
PM Session: 1:00 pm &ndash\; 5 pm \; \;
\nDino Balos\, ATF Sp
ecial Agent\, Strategic Suspect Interview Techniques 8 Hrs. \;
\n
\nATF Special Agent Dino Balos is a 25‐year federal law enforcement
officer. He is a certified ATF instructor who has investigated hundreds of
firearms\, explosives\, and arson cases -- many of which were supported b
y reliable confessions as evidence -- and has testified concerning confess
ions or admissions made to him as part of the prosecution's case-in-chief.
S/A Balos is assigned to the ATF Tampa Field Division. Other duty assignm
ents include the ATF Boston Field Division&rsquo\;s Arson &\; Explosive
s Group and the U.S. Bomb Data Center at ATF Headquarters in Washington DC
. Prior to ATF\, he was a special agent at the Office of Inspector General
investigating fraud\, waste\, and abuse in programs administered by the U
.S. Department of Agriculture.
\n
\nTuesday November 7th
~ Chapter General Meeting 5:30 pm &ndash\; 6:30 pm &ndash\; 1 Hr
.
\n
\nWednesday November 8th ~ Sign-in: 7:30 a
m \; \; AM Session: 8 am- 12 pm/ PM Session 1 pm &ndash\; 5 pm
\nTrace Lawless and David Bridges\, Legal Issues or something similar \
, 4 Hrs
\n
\nPaul Haas\, Wildland Fire Investigation\, A Walk in
the Woods 4 Hrs
\n
\nMr. Haas is a Board Certified Internationa
l Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) Certified Fire Investigator wi
th Vehicle Fire Investigation Indorsement\, Board Certified Fire Inspector
\, Board Certified Plans Examiner\, and has exceptional experience in fire
investigation\, fire service\, and fire inspection expert opinions with m
ore than 38 years of fire service experience\, and over two decades of inv
estigating complex automobile\, agricultural and heavy equipment\, industr
ial &ndash\; commercial and forest &ndash\; wildland fires. \;
\n
\nThursday November 9th ~ Sign-in 7:00 am \; &n
bsp\; AM Session: 8:00 am &ndash\; 12:00pm \;
\nDr. Carlos T. Mat
ta\, Chief Technology Officer\, Scientific Lightning Solutions\, LLC \, Li
ghtning and Fire Investigations 4 Hrs. \;
\n
\nDr. Mata is c
urrently the Chief Technology Officer at SLS\, a company founded in 2014 s
pecializing in state-of-the-art lightning protection\, lightning transient
monitoring\, lightning location\, lightning detection\, lightning modelin
g\, grounding\, and lightning safety. Dr. Mata and his team have helped mu
ltiple government agencies and commercial companies with their lightning n
eeds\, including space ports\, DoD facilities\, power utilities\, chemical
plants\, fuel storage facilities\, manufacturing facilities\, mines\, etc
. \;
\nDr. Mata was awarded the &ldquo\;NASA Distinguished Public
Service Medal\, the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a gov
ernment employee when the service was performed. The award is granted only
to individuals whose distinguished accomplishments contributed substantia
lly to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that ot
her forms of recognition would be inadequate."
\n