Introduction to Provincial Fire Investigations

  • October 24, 2025
  • 1:00pm-3:00pm
  • Queen Elizabeth Community and Cultural Centre -- 2303 Bridge Rd, Oakville, ON L6L 2G6

Facilitated by Jennifer Woodcroft

Participants will gain insights into fire investigations conducted by the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office, which will include basic fire science and fire dynamics principles, investigative methodologies, scene analyses, and evidence collection.

Jennifer Woodcroft

Jennifer is currently a Fire Investigations Supervisor with the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) under the Ministry of the Solicitor General. Previous to this, Jennifer served as a Fire Investigator after joining the OFM in early 2021, and she has been an Investigator with the Ontario Public Service for 25 years. Jennifer offers a wealth of knowledge to the field of fire investigations and has an extensive training background including with Regulatory Compliance Ontario, which is a provincial training body aimed at teaching best practices for investigators across all provincial ministries. Jennifer also assists with the training delivery for newly-hired Fire Investigators in addition to training members from external agencies such as municipal re service department