Fire Investigations

One of the more common jobs a Forensic Engineer may encounter is carrying out a fire investigators. Fire investigations can be requested for a number of different reasons, all of course involving a fire. Requirements for the services of a forensic engineer are usually as follows:

- Large Fire
- Fire in an Urban Setting
- Fire that resulted in Death or Injury
- Fire that is product of a technical or mechanical failure
- Fire that caused property damage

These different scenarios all cause some sort of courtroom battle that requires the use of an expert. The Forensic Engineer(s) who works the investigation may even be called upon as an expert witness. In this case, the Engineer must trust his own judgment based on know-how of Engineering Rules and Scenarios to ensure that his opinion is trusted and founded in logic.

Bill Mahan