PLC has several specialists with experience in fire and explosion investigations. The objective of our loss investigation service is to provide a sound technical explanation to fire or explosion events. Services include:
Cause Determination
Identification of Contributing Factors to Loss
Evaluations of the Contribution of Protection Measures
Modeling of Fire Events
Explanation of Explosion Events
Our activities in the loss investigation and forensic engineering field range from file/report review to full investigations and detailed reports. Specialists providing this service also have court experience and have been declared experts in the previously referenced areas.
Fire Facts
On January 16, 1967, with the National Housewares Manufacturers' Association exhibit about to open, the great building was destroyed by fire. The resulting Mayor's Committee to Investigate McCormick Place Fire recommended a number of revisions to the Chicago Municipal Code.