Appliance Fire and Failure Investigation

While products are manufactured and sold with the best of intentions, design, manufacturing, and safety defects can put consumers and property at risk of death, injury, fire, and flooding.  

 

The experts at Genesis Forensics have thousands of appliance fire and failure investigations behind them and are ready to support your next case. Our versatile experts have backgrounds in a variety of areas to support your appliance fire and failure investigation needs, such as Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial industry product design, defect analysis, and product safety. Give us a call today for a free consultation on your complex and challenging cases.  

 

The Genesis Forensics team is ready with appliance fire and failure investigation services any time. We have expertise on home and commercial appliances, including:

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• Kitchen range fire 

• Microwave fires 

• Toaster fires 

• Dishwasher fires and water losses 

• Blender fires 

• Coffee maker fires 

 

 

Genesis Forensics is proud to employ one of the country’s top dryer fire experts, Michael Stoddard. He has performed thousands of dryer fire investigations, participated in dozens of depositions and trial testimonies, and has aided in the successful completion of a Class Action suit against a major dryer manufacturer. Mr. Stoddard has also been following recent fire trends involving inadvertent activation of kitchen ranges equipped with front-mounted controls. They are being investigated and warrant further analysis and assessment for fire risks and design safety. 

 

Genesis Forensics’ in-house licensed professional engineer, Jeremiah Pratt, P.E., has a vast portfolio of industry experience, having worked in the medical device industry, Department of Defense (DoD) industry, and the consumer product industry. He has been involved in all aspects of product development from concept to quality control. Jeremiah has worked within various accreditation standards and development processes. These standards and processes involve management and development of a large amount of data and documentation. 

 

Many times, an appliance fire and failure investigation involves volumes of documentation. Genesis Forensics has the expert team and experience to help weed through the documentation and discover key pieces of information to aid in your case. Our experts are fluent in design documentation such as: