With over 30 years experience in the British Fire Service in London and over 10 years in the private sector I have attended over 3000 fires and investigated over 2000 including 40 fatal fires which required my testimony at inquest. I was a Met. Police constable before moving into the London fire brigade (LFB) as a fire fighter in Soho in 1976. In 1996 I made the move into full time fire investigation within the LFB and, on leaving the LFB in 2006, continued as an independent investigator. I have since been called upon throughout the UK and overseas for incidents ranging from vehicle and structure fires, shipping, homicides and product liability issues to the terrorist bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad in 2007. I have been engaged as a fire expert for live and studio National news services for TV and Radio and assisted and presented on a number of historical documentaries, industrial/commercial projects and consumer affairs programs. I joined IFIC Forensics in May 2012 as a Senior Fire Investigator. In May 2016 I joined Andrew Moore and Associates (AMA) as the Principal Fire Investigator at AMA's Hong Kong office. I am a Fellow and active member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) and founder, former chair and continuing member of the IFE's Fire Investigation Special Interest Group. I am also a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Scientists.