Fire Investigation and 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 these areas and must be examined by a fire causation experts and electrical engineers to determine a possible cause.  Proper identification and information must be obtained from these items to place all interested parties on notice.

Interviewing is an ART form, and we can assist our clients in obtaining the truth.  Liars do not want to get caught at lying so they tell the truth until they must lie or not tell the whole story.  

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 schedule a joint evidence examination using 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.

Giving testimony in depositions and at trial with successful conclusions as an expert witness in the field of fire causation.

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. We can conduct this investigation or assist your department in this serious task.  All PPE and equipment should be photographed, collected, and preserved as evidence in a possible future civil litigation.  We also teach a training course on how to conduct a LODD Investigation.