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Given his keen understanding of fire behavior and fire dynamics, he has often been asked to consult on the investigation and analysis of major wildland fire incidents. Those historical wildland fire incidents included:
- Chariot Fire, San Diego County, California, July, 2013
- Witch Creek Fire, San Diego County, California, November, 2017
More recently, he was retained by the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) overseeing the comprehensive North Bay Wildland Fires litigation in Northern California which was comprised of a number of different wildland fire incidents. At the time of settlement of that litigation, he was actively assisting in the development of demonstrative trial exhibits to be utilized in the Tubbs Fire civil trial as part of that assignment. Those incidents included:
- Wall Fire, Butte County, California, July, 2017
- Tubbs Fire, Napa/Sonoma County, California, October, 2017
- Redwood Valley Fire, Mendocino County, Califronia, October 2017
- Atlas Fire, Napa County, California, October, 2017
- Sulphur Fire, Lake County, California, October, 2017
- Cascade Fire, Yuba County, California October, 2017
- Cherokee Fire, Butte County, California, October, 2017
- Patrick Fire, Napa County, California, October, 2017
- Nuns Fire, Napa County, California, October, 2017
- LaPorte Fire, Butte County, California, October, 2017
- Lobo Fire, Butte County, California, October, 2017
- McCourtney Fire, Butte County, California, October 2017
- Honey Fire, Butte County, California, October 2017
- Pocket Fire, Sonoma County, California, October, 2017
- Pythian Fire, Sonoma County, California, October 2017
- 37 Fire, Sonoma County, California, October, 2017
- Camp Fire, Butte County, California, November, 2018
Most recently, he was retained by a consortium of multiple clients to also consult on the investigation and analysis of a series of wildland fire incidents and associated debris flows which occurred in California, Oregon and Washington in recent years. Those incidents include:
- Mission Fire/Madera County, California, September, 2017
- Thomas Fire, Ventura County, California, December, 2017
- Koenigstein Fire, Ventura County, California, December, 2017
- Creek Fire, Los Angeles County, California, December, 2017
- Holiday Fire, Santa Barbara County, California, July, 2018
- Woolsey Fire, Ventura County, California, October, 2018
- Getty Fire, Los Angeles County, California, October, 2019
- Kincade Fire, Sonoma County, California, October, 2019
- Beachie Creek Fire, Marion County, Oregon, August, 2020
- Santiam Canyon Fire, Marion County, Oregon, September, 2020
- Whitney Fire, Lincoln County, Washington, September, 2020
- Glass Fire, Napa County, California, September, 2020
- Zogg Fire, Shasta County, California, September, 2020
- Archie Creek Fire, Douglas County, Oregon, September, 2020
- Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County, California, September, 2020
- Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, California, October, 2020
- Silverado Fire, Orange County, California. October, 2020
- Pope Fire, Napa County, California, October, 2020
- Calwood Fire, Boulder County, Colorado, October, 2020
- Laura 2 Fire, Lassen County, California, November, 2020
- Pinehaven Fire, Washoe County, Nevada, November, 2020
- Mountain View Fire, Mono County, California, November, 2020
- Creek Fire, San Diego County, California, December 2020
- Cerritos Fire, Riverside County, California, December, 2020
- Bonita Fire, Riverside County, California, January, 2021
- Dixie Fire, Butte County, California, July, 2021
- Fly Fire, Plumas County, California, Ju;y, 2021
- Caldor Fire, El Dorado, California, August, 2021
- West Wind Fire, Judith Basin County, Oregon, November, 2021
- Coastal Fire, Orange County, California, May, 2022
- McKinney Fire, Siskiyou County, Oregon, July, 2022
- Mosquito Fire, Placer County, California, September, 2022
- Mill Fire, Siskiyou County, California, September, 2022
- Fairview Fire, Riverside County, California, September, 2022
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