Richard Taylor, NAFI-CFEI, has personally investigated over 4,000 origin and cause investigations spanning 22 years of public service and 20 years of private fire investigations. His assignments involved the crimes of arson, arson-murder, capital murder, burglary, theft and other organized crimes as a certified law enforcement officer.  His private investigative work included assignments for personal injury, death, subrogation, first party insurance, third party insurance defense work, plaintiff’s work, consumer product liability, contractor liability, and file review. His technical/vocational training provided advanced college level training in heat transfer, metallurgy, welding, hydraulics, fuel systems, mechanical and electrical theory and repair of both DC and AC circuits. This training also included maintenance and repair of internal combustion and gas turbine engines which is a direct asset in consideration of failure modes or operation issues resulting in a fire or explosion.

About Richard:

• Qualified as an expert witness in Texas District Courts
• Qualified as an expert witness in Federal Courts of the United States
• 42 years of public safety/investigative training and experience
• College level training in electrical and mechanical criteria that can be directly applied to fire cause and failure analysis