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Eric Smith, IAAI-CFI

Fire Investigator

Location:

Jackson Service Center (EFI Global)
3010 Lakeland Cove, Ste. E
Flowood
Mississippi
39232

Telephone

601.956.1590

Telephone 2

800-809-0701

Mobile

601-715-8436


 

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  • Professional summary

    With over thirty-five years combined experience with the fire service and mechanical field, Mr. Smith has specialized insight and knowledge into origin and cause investigations for structural properties, private passenger automobiles, semi-trucks and heavy equipment.  My background and experience in fire suppression and fire cause determination make me particularly valuable in the determining the origin and cause of a loss.

    The twenty-six years with the fire service has provided hundreds of hours of live fire training in the areas of fire behavior, effects of ventilation, fire effect to different construction types, fire effect to compartments and contents, juvenile fire setters, effects of fire scenes due to suppression activities, basement fires, attic fires and fires due to natural causes.

    The numbers of fires investigated for Origin and Cause on the public and private side are estimated to reach approximately 500-700 in number. These fires include residential, vehicle, earth moving equipment, semi-trucks and commercial losses.

    Mr. Smith has investigated fire losses that involving over ten million dollars in losses.

  • Education

    Mississippi State Fire Academy, 1995

     Lincoln High School, Brookhaven, MS, 1980

  • Certifications

     IAAI-CFI Certification, # 120730

    Certified Fire Fighter, Mississippi Fire Academy, 1001-1-11

    Certified Fire Investigator, Mississippi, NFPA 1033

    Certified Fire Instructor, Mississippi, NFPA 1041-1

    Private Investigator, Louisiana # 9756-080420-LA

  • Disciplines
    • Fire Investigations
    • Fire Investigations - Failure Analysis
    • Fire Investigations - Incendiarism
    • Fire Investigations - Liability
    • Fire Investigations - Origin and Cause
    • Fire Investigations - Subrogation
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