We specialize in commercial vehicles and equipment with direct experience that includes over twenty years as the primary fire experts and corporate technical representatives for a major commercial vehicle manufacturer, and prior/subsequently as independent fire origin and cause engineering failure analysis experts. 

 

We have:

• Investigated 

• Researched 

• Analyzed

• Reported on

• Testified to

the origin and cause of  a wide range of commercial vehicle and equipment fires, including:

• Trucks

• Tractor-trailers

• Buses

• RVs

• Equipment including:

  • Truck Mounted Apparatus

  • Construction

  • Agricultural

  • Industrial Equipment

 

Commercial vehicle and equipment fires can result from a multitude of issues and a wide range of root causes, associated with:

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Hydraulic

• Pneumatic

• Human and accidental factors

 

A working knowledge of the systems and components potentially involved in a fire is necessary to properly analyze origin and cause possibilities of any involved product. 

 

We have investigated fires dealing with: 

• Potential involvement of vehicles and equipment in structure fires

• Post-Collision Fuel Fed Fires (PCFFF) with ignition and/or fuel supplied by the subject vehicle or other vehicles or objects

• Electrical issues involving electrical wiring and components including high voltage hybrid electric drive systems

• Wheel end and power transmission fires involving brakes (service and parking), bearings, and tires

• Release of flammable fluids from brake, steering, transmission, fuel, hydraulic, and engine systems

• Turbocharger and exhaust systems

• Cargo and auxiliary equipment

• Cigarettes, candles, reflective lenses, and other miscellaneous accidental causes

• Arson or other intentional causes

 

These potential failures and fires have resulted from a wide variety of contributing factors including lack of or improper maintenance, usage, or repairs, OEM or supplier product design, manufacture, or assembly defects, after-market modifications.

 

Contact Us now to discuss your vehicle or equipment fire origin and cause failure analysis issue!