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A Team Approach 

 

Utilizing Broad-Based Expertise

 

STAFF EXPERTS

Gregory E. Gorbett, CFEI, IAAI-CFI, CFPS

 

Kathryn C. Kennedy, CFEI

 

Staff Expert, Fire Investigator.

Awarded a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Forensic Science and a second in Fire Science, Gregory Gorbett is a skilled fire and explosion scene investigator, evidence collection and handling technician, published fire researcher, codes and standards specialist, and skilled forensic fire science and technology laboratory technician.  He is currently undertaking graduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for his Master of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering.  He carries the designation of a nationally certified fire and explosion investigator and nationally certified vehicle fire investigator.  He is educated and well versed in using computer fire modeling programs for fire analysis.  He also has experience in fire suppression and fire service activities. 

 

Gregory Gorbett has knowledge of large fire-loss case management and fire investigation experience including the $45 million Chateau du Triomphe fire in Dallas, Texas (at seventy-thousand square feet, the largest single house fire in history) and many other commercial losses.

 

   

Staff Expert, Fire Investigator.

Educated in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati and Eastern Kentucky University, Kathryn Kennedy is a very skilled fire and explosion scene investigator, codes and standards specialist, and published fire science researcher and skilled forensic fire science and technology laboratory technician. 

 

She has participated in the actual on-scene investigations of some of the largest and most important fire cases in recent history including: the $500 million, one million square foot, River Cities Warehouse fire in Davenport, Iowa (prior to 9/11, the largest fire loss in the United States in 2001); the $45 million Chateau du Triomphe fire in Dallas, Texas (at seventy-thousand square feet, the largest single house fire in history).  Her winning record of fire trial cases began with her very first fire scene with an $8 million verdict in Akron, Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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