On 05/25/2017, KHFC hosted a Continuing Education Course on Residential Structure Fire Investigations for Security First Insurance Company. Kevin shared his presentation on this topic, while Stephen Dollar assisted with demonstrating the different scenarios. We anticipate offering many more classes like this in the future.

We are delighted to report our two newest members of the team: Keli Langley, joining on February 7, 2017, is our new Administrative Assistant, and Sky Santos, joining just a month later on March 6, 2017, has been appointed Business Relations Manager. We look forward to the continuing expansion of our team!

Meeting Announcement – Training Opportunity

MEETING DATE: June 23, 2016

LOCATION:  Palm Beach County Fire Rescue – 405 Pike Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33411

TOPIC:  Examining Fire Scenes Involving Lithium Ion Batteries and Their Potential for Electrical Fire Causations

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE:  This course is designed to examine multiple different lithium ion battery ignition sources and their competency to ignite resulting in a fire. For the purpose of this course different styles of lithium batteries will be discussed along with their operational designs. The course will cover investigating fire scenes involving suspected lithium battery failures while utilizing the current industry guides and standards. Analytical evaluation of the physical evidence will be discussed to provide an understanding of failure modes and the challenges presented during post fire examinations. The course is presented utilizing power point slides, video clips, test examples and case studies.

SPEAKERS:

Peter D. Layson – Applications Engineering  Group, Inc.              

Kevin B. Hays – Kevin Hays Fire Consulting, LLC.

EDUCATION CREDITS: 2 Hours submitted for approval

MEETING TIME:  9:00 am – Meet and Greet

10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Meeting and Training

CONTACT: Michael Grubowski –

mgrubowski@pronetgroup.com

(800) 996-8377

(Stephen Dollar)

Congratulations to our very own Stephen Dollar for passing his ECT (Evidence Collection Technician) test on Friday, April 29, 2016 at the IAAI Conference in Orlando, FL.

Please stop by and visit our booth during the upcoming FIFEC Conference, which will be held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL from June 8^th -10^th, 2016. We look forward to seeing you then!

Steven Dollar (left) attended the Orlando Claims Association to show off Kevin Hays Fire Consulting, LLC.

Thanks to all who stopped by our booth at the 2016 5^th Annual OCA CEU Seminar and Cook-Off – It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet some new people!

KHFC would like to welcome our newest team member, Mr. Robert “Andy” Redding”. Andy is a Certified Fire Investigator (CFI); and Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator (CFEI). We are glad to have Andy on board!

We are pleased to announce that we have added an additional 2500 square feet of secured evidence storage to accommodate the growing need for secured preservation of evidence. We offer full service evidence handling, which includes collection, maintenance and secured preservation for any evidence that is, or may become, involved in litigation – even those items not involving fire.

We are excited to announce that Kevin will be speaking at the upcoming FACAP / IASIU meeting, which is being held on August 20, 2015 at Homeowners Choice. Homeowners Choice is located at 5300 West Cypress Street in Tampa, FL. This will be a 2 hour CE class on Examining Possible Residential Electrical Fire Causations. 9:00am will begin the meet and greet, and the class will begin at 10:00am. If you would like to attend, or have questions, please contact Barbara Slawiak @ Barbara@winklertreger.com or Ken Mizell @ kmizell@hcpci.com.