Fire Protection Forensics

Expert fire and life safety systems consultation services, focused on fire investigations and fire proctection systems failure analysis.

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Fire Safety Consultants Inc. offers exceptional and technically advanced fire protection and detection systems, forensic engineering, and consulting services. Our extensive experience specializing in fire detection, fire alarm, and fire suppression systems is based on over 40 years of designing, installing, programming, maintaining, monitoring, and servicing fire protection systems. Our expertise, gained through the hands-on management of thousands of fire protection systems, provides a unique perspective and understanding of why fire protection systems can fail to perform properly, compromising the protection of life and property.

Why Choose Fire Safety Consultants Inc.?

You can expect that Fire Safety Consultants Inc. will bring the synergy of knowledge and experience in the field of fire protection systems, fire, and life safety code and standards requirements, and fire department operations to your case or project as fire investigation and forensic experts, we are dedicated to the investigative and scientific methodologies, as defined in the universally accepted NFPA 921, the National Fire Protection Association's Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations. Our objective is to pursue the facts and truth with precision, dedication, and integrity, assisting our clients throughout the project.

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Forensics in Lieu of Investigations

Since 1991, we have been assisting our clients in navigating the technically complicated field of fire protection systems forensics. Our specialized expertise in fire and life safety systems is based on over 37 years of experience in designing, installing, and maintaining fire protection systems.

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We focus on compiling factual data and analyzing complex forensic incidents with skill, technology, knowledge, and science, accomplished objectively, truthfully, without expectation bias, preconception, or prejudice.

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Our systematic approach is based on the well-established and accepted scientific method, as defined in NFPA 921, which provides the organizational and analytical framework necessary for consistently delivering results that can be relied upon.

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Can you tell me more about Fire Safety Consultants Inc.?

Fire Safety Consultants Inc. conducts fire and life safety systems fire investigations for both commercial and residential properties. We take pleasure in offering high-quality origin fire investigations at affordable pricing. We have the required qualifications, and we believe we are among the best fire alarm and protection systems forensic engineering companies in the country. Our team collaborates closely with the law firms representing the client, insurance adjusters, and emergency response teams, and we are known for our meticulous attention to detail and professional investigations.

Our goal is to respond quickly to investigation requests and to deliver thorough, ethical fire investigations based on the most up-to-date technological processes in the field of fire investigations at a reasonable cost to our clients.
Fire Safety Consultants Inc. offers cutting-edge fire prevention, protection, forensic engineering technology, and consulting services. Our professionals can carry out site evaluations, loss prevention analyses, water supply tests,
Our team demonstrates integrity, objectivity, and credibility while investigating and delivering the best and most accurate results for each loss.

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How long does a fire investigation take?

A fire investigation can take anything from a few days to many years, depending on the size of the fire, what is left after the fire, the loss of life or property, and if the case goes to trial. However, all fire investigations follow a similar pattern of recognizing the need to identify what factors contributed to the loss and identifying the problem, collecting facts and data, analyzing the data, developing hypotheses, testing hypotheses, and selecting final hypotheses that are the basis of conclusions.

What do fire investigators do?

Once Safety Consultants investigators are retained on a case, we start collecting facts, data, and information related to the loss. The initial process of the fire investigator can be as simple as reviewing fire department reports, fire alarm monitoring signals, fire protection systems maintenance, and test records. The volume of information can be overwhelming for significant loss cases if not handled within a well-established process. Reading through depositions and documenting all of the relevant case facts are all part of the collecting data phase, which is then used to develop and test the hypothesis of what went wrong that contributed to the loss. Opinions are then formed to be presented as part of the process to settle the case, or used as the basis of expert testimony if the case goes to trial.

What are the main causes of fire losses?

Most fires should be detected by fire alarms or fire and life safety systems where they are installed. Where water-based fire sprinkler systems or other fire suppression systems such as clean agents or carbon dioxide are used, the fire protection system should confine the fire to the area of origin. It's critical to investigate the causes of fire protection system failures to determine what went wrong to allow the fire to develop past the incipient stage and create the loss.

Some of the common findings that Fire Safety Consultants Inc. has determined to contribute to the loss include.

Sprinkler valves were found to be shut at the time of the fire.
The fire alarm system did not activate.
The fire alarm monitoring company did not receive the alarm.
The fire damaged the system wiring, disabling the alarm system.
The fire alarm and protection systems were not maintained as required by NFPA-72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, and NFPA-25 Inspection and Testing of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems.

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What type of clients rely on the expertise of Fire Safety Consultants Inc.?

Fire Safety Consultants Inc. is primarily retained by attorneys and legal firms representing a wide variety of clients. Many Fire Safety Consultants Inc. projects involve subrogation work for insurance companies. In addition, cases can involve supporting the owner seeking reimbursement from parties potentially responsible for their actions or failure to act that contributed to the loss. Fire safety consultant investigations can also be related to the defense of the system designers, system installers, or equipment manufacturers who have been put on notice of a potential case. Regardless of the client, all Fire Safety Consultants Inc's investigations follow the published NFPA-921 scientific method and are geared to find out what went wrong that contributed to the loss, regardless of who the responsible parties may be.

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