This fire Expert Witness is court qualified having testified over 100 times in deposition or trial.  He has 40 years of experience in fire service administration, including strategic fire planning and evaluating public fire services.  Additionally he is qualified to testify in the administration of building and fire codes as well as laws, regulations, ordinances and standards, to evaluate fire and life safety.  The training of fire professionals is another area of his expertise. He also was the Chair of California’s Special Arson Task Force and has extensive experience in the investigation of fire origin, cause and spread and also negligence of fire department operations and management.  He is a leading expert in window safety and serves on the National Safety Councils Window Safety Task Force. He is a leading expert in fire safety roofing and wildland fire safety and serves as Executive Director of the National Code Services Association a division of The Western Fire Chiefs Association.

• Analysis and Development
• Codes, Ordinances and Standards
• Fire Services Administration
• Fire and Arson Investigation
• Legislation, Regulation and Statutes
• Life Safety
• Public Protection Evaluation and Planning
• Risk Analysis and Evaluation
• Training and Instruction

• Master of Public Administration - Fire Protection Emphasis
• Bachelor of Arts - Management and Fire Protection Emphasis
• Associate of Arts
• Certificate in Fire Science

Expert Witness Services;

• Technical Consultant