Fire
Investigations and Explosion Analysis by Certified
Fire Investigators
Fire
Investigations and Explosion Analysis needs range
from large, catastrophic industrial incidents
to residential, commercial, or vehicular fires.
Acquiring
the services of a qualified fire investigator
can be deceptively challenging. On the surface,
it appears logical that Certified Fire Investigators
(CFIs), that achieve certification only after
years of training, experience, and substantial
trial experience, should suffice, but it is not
always quite that simple.
What’s
Needed?
Accurately
determining fire and/or explosion causation requires
the interrelated disciplines of both fire dynamics
and engineering. For example, electrical components
are often indiscriminately identified as the cause
of a fire. When that occurs, the perceived reality
demands verification, and verification may require
engineering expertise. In short, when a fire and/or
explosion must be forensically investigated, licensed
professional engineers and a Certified Fire Inspector
(CFI) with extensive training and experience in
the field and in the courtroom must collaborate
to accurately determine the cause of the fire
and/or explosion.
Bison’s
CFI and licensed professional engineers are available
for complex explosion investigations. These capabilities,
plus the company’s data acquired through
prior testing of various gaseous and liquid propensities,
such as soil gas migration, permeability, and
dilution, allow it to perform investigations and
analyses with substantial – and vital –
comparative insight.
The
company’s fire investigations and explosion
analysis have helped resolve fire and explosion
incidents nationwide for chemical and petrochemical
plants, as well as residential, commercial, and
other industrial facilities. Incidents have ranged
from civil analysis of the deflagration/detonation
of an entire processing system to the simple release
of gaseous vapors and the subsequent burn pattern.
Bison
. . . Fire Investigations and Explosion Investigations
by Certified Fire Investigators and Engineers.
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