GARY H. BASSETT – ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Gary Bassett, our Electrical Engineer since 2007, came to us with years of experience from NASA.

Gary Bassett , is an electrical engineer with an MBA and Gary brings a unique business approach to each case he works on. He has 25 years of failure analysis experience with NASA and the last four years as Chief of the NASA Electrical Failure Analysis Laboratory. Since he has been with Fire Reconstruction Consultants he has a proven track record of working with all kinds of failure analysis.

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ROBERT DENABURG, P.E. – METALLURGICAL ENGINEER

METALLURGICAL ENGINEER

Have you ever wondered what caused the Challenger to explode? Our Metallurgical Engineer Robert Denaburg did the failure analysis of the Solid Rocket Motors, Delta. He also did the failure analysis of two Atlas Centuar unmanned rockets and other failure analysis for NASA. Bob has been working with Fire Reconstruction Consultants since 1983. He has given many depositions and his court experience as an expert witness is of the highest caliber.

Robert Denaburg specializes in; Metallurgical Engineering, Fracture Mechanics, Thermal Fatigue, Fittings: Crevice Stress, Corrosion Cause and Prevention, Resonant Frequency Failures and Ductile and Stress Failure.

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BARBARA FLOYD – PROJECT COORDINATOR

Project Coordinator, Fire Reconstruction Consultants, Inc.

Actively discover and PURSUE EXISTING & NEW MARKETS and COORDINATES the PROGRAMS & SYNCHRONIZES the TEAMS. Foremost with the PRIVATE SECTOR, but also with STATE, FEDERAL, & INTERNATIONAL Agencies.

1981 to 1990, President, Rehabilitation Advisors:

(Sold on November 14, 1990, Principal Owner.)

Designed, developed and implemented strategies for the CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT of comprehensive quality programs for the Corporation in administration, financial and marketing.

Held the responsibility for obtaining the case referrals that GENERATED ALL THE REVENUE for the Corporation. Hired all the PERSONNEL. ORGANIZED several large open houses of 500/1000 people, as well as organizing many SEMINARS from 20 to 800 attendees. Did extensive PUBLIC SPEAKING for groups as small as 5 too as large as 800. Active LOBBYIST in the Florida State Legislature from 1993 to 1990, both for my own company as well as the Florida Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector (FARPPS). Served on BOARDS dealing with Rehabilitation and APPOINTED by the GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA to the Workers’ Compensation Oversight Board.

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CAPT. WALTER P. GODFREY, JR.

SENIOR FIRE & EXPLOSION EXPERT


Capt. Walter P. Godfrey, Jr. is the founder and president of the Port Canaveral, Florida based Company. He is also the Senior Fire & Explosion Analyst with over 40 years of investigative experience.

He is a National Board Certified Fire Investigator, National Board Certified Fire Investigation Instructor, Florida Certified Investigator, Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator, National Board Certified Anti-Terrorism Specialist and a U.S. Coastguard 100 ton master licensed Captain. He has been the lead investigator on more than 1500 vessel fire investigations, and also lead investigator in over 2000 vehicle/structure cases. He shares his knowledge and expertise by teaching seminars on structure fires and surface and sub surface vessel fires for insurance underwriters, (ex. Lloyds of London), claims personnel, attorneys, and investigative arms of various government agencies as well as civic and professional groups. The U.S. Coast Guard inspectors have worked along side him and used the case to set up procedures for their instruction courses. Instructing and sharing knowledge has helped to make Captain Godfrey one of the most successful origin & cause expert witnesses in the courtroom.

 

Mr. Godfrey rendered a detailed report that both technically and clearly explained his findings, conclusions and opinions.   The report and detailed thoroughness / expertise of Mr. Godfrey was sufficient to persuade the Prosecutor to drop all the charges against my client.

Richard A. Barlow, Esq.
KIBBEY & BARLOW

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Over 25 Yacht Fire Cases for Osprey Special Risks Ltd

In Yacht Fire Cases, “I trust Walt to tell me how it is and be able to answer questions in detail about his findings. That’s the mark of a good expert, not just an expert. It’s as my grandfather used to say, there are many experts, (especially in the US!!) but not many good ones.” On the case immediately below, regarding the “Virgin Islands Nightclub and Vessel Fire”, Mark said “When Walt and I discussed his initial findings, as always he had found the origin and cause of the fire. Walt is the best in his field.”

Alexander Mark Thomas LLB
Director & Marine Claims Manager
Osprey Special Risks Limited
Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) part of the Munich Re group