Fire is a common loss type. We recognize that fire is merely the result of an accident, breakdown, misuse or failure that got out of hand. Certainly arson is a possibility. Considering civilian forensic investigators only get a scene after the fire department and Office of the Fire Marshall, if one assumes they do their job well most of the time, few arsons will slip past them. The client wants an investigator who keeps this in perspective and is equally able to detect other causes with a science-based investigation.
If you would not send anyone but your best engineer to an accident, breakdown or failure then, why would you send anyone but your best engineer when it really got out of hand and there was a fire?
From candles and careless smoking to a lithium battery plant fire, we have experience in investigating fire cause. We have experience with fire in the following occupancies:
We also have experience with fires in vehicles:
We have investigated a wide array of fire causes including some less common ones like: