FIRE EXPERT & FORENSIC INVESTIGATION REPORTS
Specialist Knowledge. Independent Analysis. Defensible Reporting.
Complex fire losses require more than a conventional assessment. They may require specialist technical knowledge, investigation and an understanding of the factors that may have contributed to an incident.
Our Fire Expert and Forensic Investigation service provides professional technical investigation and reporting for fire-related matters, including complex, disputed or high-value claims.
Areas of Specialist Support
■ Fire cause and origin investigation
■ Forensic fire investigation
■ Technical expert reports
■ Fire risk and contributing-factor analysis
■ Review of disputed or complex claims
■ Technical auditing and evidence analysis
■ Independent expert opinion for insurance and related matters
Expertise Behind the Service
Our consultant brings 30+ years of experience across fire safety, emergency management, risk management, compliance, fire investigation and operational firefighting. His background includes 18 years with Eskom in senior fire risk, technical auditing and emergency management roles, as well as extensive industrial fire risk experience.
His qualifications include a master's in applied science: Fire Technology, a BA Honours in Forensic Science and Technology, and an undergraduate degree in Fire Technology. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Science, focusing on cognitive bias in fire investigations.
The objective
Not simply to report what happened, but to provide a technically informed and professionally defensible understanding of the incident.
Illustrative Fire Scene Documentation
The examples below are representative of the types of fire scenes examined as part of our on-site investigation and reporting work, spanning structural, vehicle and plant/equipment fire losses.
Fire-damaged building structure — roof, brick gable and internal fittings destroyed by fire.
Heavy earthmoving equipment examined during a fire investigation, with numbered evidence markers in place.
Close-up of fire damage to plant machinery componentry, documented as part of the on-site investigation.
Vehicle fleet stored under a corrugated-iron shelter, extensively burnt out by fire.
Further view of the same vehicle storage area, showing the extent of fire spread across multiple vehicles.
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