fire and explosion investigation

ARCCA is a multidisciplinary engineering consulting firm serving litigation, insurance, military, sports, and other clients. Founded in 1987 by engineer Alan Cantor, it evaluates injury causation, equipment failure modes, accident and incident reconstruction, human factors, and property and premises liability, supporting cases from initial investigation and evidence preservation through design, testing, expert reports, depositions, exhibit preparation, and trial testimony.

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Envista Forensics is a global provider of forensic consulting and engineering services, serving insurance and legal professionals. Its multi-disciplinary teams of forensic engineers and subject matter experts investigate failures, disasters, and claims, with expertise spanning failure analysis, fire investigation, digital forensics, construction, accident reconstruction, and equipment restoration.

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Fire and Materials Research Laboratory, LLC (FMRL) in Livonia, MI performs failure analysis, fire investigation, research and testing. Its forensic laboratory, equipped with analytical equipment, is used for scientific examination of artifacts from product failures, fires and explosions. The burn facility has an indoor instrumented hood for small- to intermediate-scale burn testing. Clients include corporations, insurance companies, and law firms.

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Fire Research & Technology, LLC (FRT) is a nationally recognized forensic investigation firm and the nation's first fully accredited forensic investigative firm. It specializes in fire and explosion investigations, electrical and mechanical failure analysis, and comprehensive forensic laboratory support, with offices and laboratories in Florida and New York and three laboratories overall.

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Halliwell is an independent, multidisciplinary engineering, forensic architecture, construction, industrial loss and fire services consulting firm. Its specialists provide technical evaluations for property damage investigations, failure analysis, and repair/replacement solutions, from origin and cause to structural failure and large-scale CAT events, across APAC, North America and EMEA.

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IFO Group is a team of specialized experts in incident management and process safety management, frequently called upon by law firms to provide incident management expertise, litigation support, and guidance after catastrophic events. They investigate fires, explosions, structural collapses, toxic chemical releases, pipeline failures, and occupational fatalities, and provide process safety management, audits, training, and forensic evidence storage.

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