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Thank You for Visiting us at the 2025 IASIU Oregon Fraud Conference

Our team enjoyed seeing you all at the 2025 Annual Oregon Chapter IASIU Conference in Portland, Oregon.

If you want to learn more, Fire Cause Analysis offers various CE approved trainings & webinars including this topic:

For more information, contact Carol McDonald, CPCU AIM, Director/Industry Relations | (805) 405-9891 | Carol.McDonald@FCAFire.com

About FCA
• We are a One-Stop-Shop for your Forensic Investigation needs!
• Subrogation Support through our Engineering Department.
• Evidence Collection, Storage, and Inspection Services.
• Our team is led by Nationally Recognized Experts & Claims Professionals who have earned their CPCU Designation. 
• NFPA 921 and 1033 Committee Members.
Thank you for attending “Paradise Lost: A Deep Dive Into the Lahaina Fire Tragedy

We hope you had the opportunity to attend our presentation: “Paradise Lost: A Deep Dive Into the Lahaina Fire Tragedy.”

This workshop provided a historical perspective, the current perspective, and a view to the future in order to understand the complex issues that have surrounded this wildfire peril. We also provided insight into the investigation and liability evaluation issues that arise in the wake of the destruction.

If you want to learn more, Fire Cause Analysis offers various CE approved trainings & webinars including this topic:

For more information, contact Carol McDonald, CPCU AIM, Director/Industry Relations | (805) 405-9891 | Carol.McDonald@FCAFire.com

About FCA
• We are a One-Stop-Shop for your Forensic Investigation needs!
• Subrogation Support through our Engineering Department.
• Evidence Collection, Storage, and Inspection Services.
• Our team is led by Nationally Recognized Experts & Claims Professionals who have earned their CPCU Designation. 
• NFPA 921 and 1033 Committee Members.
Welcome Russell Armstrong!
Please help us welcome Russell Armstrong as a new Fire Investigator Trainee with Fire Cause
Analysis!

Russell Armstrong, IFSAC-CFI is based in Pierce County Washington (Tacoma area), which will be a great asset for our Pacific Northwest fire investigations. Mr. Armstrong is the Deputy Fire Marshal with the Pierce County Fire Prevention Bureau with over three decades of comprehensive experience, notably 12 years specializing in advanced fire investigation. Mr. Armstrong is a certified fire investigator through the International Fire Services Accreditation Congress and conducts fire and explosion origin and cause investigations, meticulously examining scenes. Expertise includes fire origin and cause determination, evidence collection, fire science, fire behavior dynamics, and chemistry, along with proficiency in interviews and courtroom testimony.

Interested in Seminars & Training?

Learn more about FCA’s extensive course offerings available for CE and Non-CE, online and in-person.