Mr. Patterson has thirteen years of experience in the fire service and has investigated 200+ fires in his career. He has investigated residential/commercial structure fires, vehicle/heavy equipment fires, fatality fires, wildland fires, and explosions. Mr. Patterson has led instruction of courses on topics such as evidence preservation, fire investigation, and fire inspection. He has 500 hours of training specifically in the field of fire investigations. Mr. Patterson is an IAAI-CFI, and licensed FAA drone operator. He has taken detailed aerial photos of thirteen fire loss scenes.