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After 20 years of service in in the private sector Mr. Ramirez made the transition to Public Safety obtaining a Peace Officer Certification and joining the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office as an Arson Investigator.  Mr. Ramirez’ responsibilities included conducting origin and cause investigations and working criminal cases for fires within the unincorporated county. In addition to fire investigations Mr. Ramirez conducted life safety inspections for commercial properties in the unincorporated areas in the county. Mr. Ramirez was responsible for the property and evidence room as well as evidence submittals to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Austin.  While at Fort Bend County Mr. Ramirez was promoted to a full-time fire investigator with the county.  In 2022, Mr. Ramirez was hired as a full-time fire investigator for EFI Global in the Houston Metroplex and promoted to Senior Fire Investigator in January of 2024.

Mr. Ramirez has been conducting fire investigations for over six years. He has personally participated or been lead investigator for over 600 fires. The investigations include commercial fires, fatality fires, vehicle fires, and multi-family and single-family structure fires. Mr. Ramirez has extensive training in fire origin and cause determination, arson investigations, complex scene management, evidence collection & management and both fraud & subrogation investigations.

Areas of Expertise:

• Life Safety Code
• Fire Safety Systems
• Fraud Investigations
• Property and Evidence Management
• Scene Management
• Large Loss Resource Management
• Cold Case Investigations Management