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Re: What happens when you SAY you meet 1033 but don't
Posted by: J L Mazerat (IP Logged)
Date: July 17, 2022 10:55AM
Where I fully support the concept and goal of NFPA 1033, there are problems with the document’s requirements that I do not believe the committee has addressed. As an example of this is the requirement that the investigator attend 40-hours of training over five years. This sounds reasonable. Now let’s look at the other side of this story.
The investigator is working for a public agency. This agency has not adopted NFPA 1033 as a requirement for its employees. Because it is not a requirement, the agency is not willing to pay for the amount of training needed to meet the NFPA 1033 requirements. The employee does not have the funds to travel and pay for the courses necessary to meet the requirements. This investigator conducts his own research and reads articles to keep up-to-date with what is taking place in his profession. If his ability to testify is based on him meeting the requirement of NFPA 1033, then he has not met the requirements and should not be allowed to testify. This may seem to be a little extreme but if one follows what some are saying about not meeting the requirements of 1033 being sufficient reason to deny the person’s ability this is what they are suggesting.
Jim Mazerat
Forensic Investigations Group
The investigator is working for a public agency. This agency has not adopted NFPA 1033 as a requirement for its employees. Because it is not a requirement, the agency is not willing to pay for the amount of training needed to meet the NFPA 1033 requirements. The employee does not have the funds to travel and pay for the courses necessary to meet the requirements. This investigator conducts his own research and reads articles to keep up-to-date with what is taking place in his profession. If his ability to testify is based on him meeting the requirement of NFPA 1033, then he has not met the requirements and should not be allowed to testify. This may seem to be a little extreme but if one follows what some are saying about not meeting the requirements of 1033 being sufficient reason to deny the person’s ability this is what they are suggesting.
Jim Mazerat
Forensic Investigations Group
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