The NC Chapter, IAAI will be presenting two awards at the Fall NC/SC IAAI Joint Conference in October 2026.

One award will recognize an individual Fire Investigator of the Year.

A second award is to acknowledge a Fire Investigation Team of the Year.

Please complete the required information and attach a summary with the basis of the nomination.  The description must detail the case work for the investigator or team investigation.

Nominations must be completed/submitted by a person/persons who were not involved in the investigation (i.e. no self-nominations accepted).

For questions about the application process, please contact NCIAAI Board Member and Chair of the Scholarship/Awards committee Patrick Barker.

Application deadline is September 1, 2026.

Nominations are limited to one per email address through this system.  If you'd like to nominate more than one person (for individual), group (for team), or one nomination for each category, please contact Geoff Woolard (NCIAAI Membership) for assistance.