to soonbff fist of all i have never heard of the nysp haveing a fire investigation team, they have investigators trained in fire investigation,also they do not and will not respond to every fire incendiary or accidental or other cause , in putnam county the c&o team does and will respond to any and all fires, and also to set you straight on how we work with the S.P. the c&o team makes a determination of a incendiary fire we then turn the case over for the S.P. to take over ,as far has training the volunteer c&o team of putnam county has more training and more experince investigating fires then the S.P. or the P.C.S.O. right now in putnam co. there are (16) investigators on the team (9) are level (2) investigators and (4) are nationally certified investigators that do a great job.