The Rhode Island Chapter of the IAAI was created to accomplish the following goals:

• To unite for mutual benefit, those public officials or private concerns engaged in the control of arson and other kindred crimes.
  

• To provide for an exchange of technical information and developments.

• To encourage cooperation between public service agencies and private associations to further the suppression of arson.
  

• To encourage high professional standards of conduct among arson investigators and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with the administration of crime suppression.
  

• To foster greater professional competence in the investigation techniques and recognition of the crime of arson.