The mission of the ETAIA is to unite for mutual benefits those public officials and private persons engaged in the investigation of the origin and cause of fires, for the control of arson and kindred crimes; to provide for exchange of technical information and developments; to encourage cooperation between public service agencies and associations to further fire prevention, investigation and the suppression of crime; to encourage high professional standards of conduct among fire investigators and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with administration of crime suppression; and to foster greater professional competence in the investigative techniques of fires and recognition of the crime of arson ...