Fire Investigation and fire consulting SERVICES

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Fire is a rapid oxidation process that provides an exothermic chemical reaction causing smoke, heat and fire damage making it difficult to locate the origin.  Whether it is a residential or commercial structure, wildland, vehicle, vessel or personal property fire, we will discover the ignition source that caused the fire and rule out all other ignition sources.

Appliance(s), equipment, electrical wiring and fire debris found near fire origin areas must be examined to determine a possible fire cause.  Proper identification and information must be obtained from these items to determine if product failure occurred or manufactured defect.

Interviewing is an art form, and we can assist our clients in obtaining the truth.  Through the Art of Reading Body Language, Mr. Reisen is able to identify half-truths and missing details. We can exam written statements to reveal lies and missing information of events when analyzing a witness or suspects statement.

Evidence examination is an important part of all civil ligation fire investigations.  We are experts in leading evidence examinations to find the fire cause or rule out a cause by examining failure analysis.  As your case management coordinator, we can schedule a joint evidence examination with all interested parties and maintain evidence storage for our clients and ensure evidence protocols to maintain a safe environment.

Photographs or videos from a fire scene investigation or fire code incident can tell a story of What, Where, When, and sometimes How the incident progressed.  Photos can show how smoke, heat, and fire traveled through the structure and what stages the fire advanced through.

Analyzing documents, written statements and deposition transcripts can determine the timeline of a fire, how victims played a role in the incident and if someone is not telling the truth.

Legal considerations impact every phase of a fire investigation, product failure or human negligent cases.  Our goal is to produce reliable documents, fire debris samples, witness and expert statements, and a final hypothesis of what happen at the incident.

Having experience in different types of fire scenes helps in giving testimony in depositions and at trials to provide successful outcomes for our clients.

We collect, secure and preserve evidence for our clients and store it in a climate-controlled environment until it is use in an evidence examination or court proceeding.

Fire detection, suppression, and alarm systems are an important part of building safety.  All devices and systems should be inspected and reviewed for compliance.

Every fire department should conduct their own LDSI or LODD Investigation to reduce liability. Our services include conducting this type of investigation or assisting your department in this important task.  All PPE and equipment should be photographed, collected, and preserved as evidence in a possible future civil litigation.  We can become your departments evidence custodian.