Advanced Fire Investigation Training for the Professionals Who Need Answers
Red Ember Forensics provides specialized instruction for fire investigators, law enforcement, crime scene personnel, medicolegal investigators, and private-sector professionals. Training can be delivered to requesting agencies across the United States, with international programs considered by request.
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RED EMBER
Prepare Investigators for Investigative Success
A fire scene presents challenges from the moment the response starts. Safety decisions, observations, photographs, notes, evidence handling, and interviews can all affect what investigators are able to determine and explain later.
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Red Ember Forensics develops training around the full investigative picture, from first arrival through case review and final adjudication. Programs connect fire science, scene documentation, multidisciplinary coordination, and the practical demands investigators face in the field.
Training Built Around Real Investigative Responsibilities
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Fire Investigation Training
Strengthen the core skills investigators use to process a scene, document observations, collect evidence, analyze data, and communicate their work. Available topics include scene safety, fire dynamics, fire scene photography, field notes, evidence collection, and origin-and-cause report writing.
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Fatal Fire Investigation Training
Develop a more complete approach to scenes involving a fatality. Specialized topics may include forensic anthropology and burned remains, pathology and toxicology considerations, burned remains processing, and line-of-duty death investigations.
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Case Consultation
Legal professionals handling fire-related matters can request a focused review of investigative materials, particularly in cases involving a fatality. The goal is to help counsel understand the investigative record, identify questions that merit closer examination, and prepare for informed case decisions.
A Multidisciplinary View of the Fire Scene
Fatal fire investigations can bring together fire investigators, law enforcement, crime scene personnel, medical examiners, coroners, forensic specialists, and legal professionals. Red Ember Forensics approaches training with that multidisciplinary team in mind.
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Relationships with Western Carolina University’s forensic anthropology and forensic science programs, federal agencies, and private laboratories help connect instruction with current research, scene-processing practices, and fire investigation methodology. The result is training that moves beyond a presentation and gives participants techniques they can take back to their work.
Bring Specialized Training to Your Agency
Mobile delivery allows agencies and organizations to host training where their personnel work. Program scope can be discussed around the audience, investigative responsibilities, and subjects that matter most to the requesting organization.
Fire service and fire investigation units
Law enforcement and crime scene personnel
Medicolegal death investigation professionals
Private fire investigators and related professionals
Legal teams handling fire investigation matters
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YEARS OF LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT & INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE
Professional Background That Supports the Instruction
Dr. Darren Solomon founded Red Ember Forensics after retiring as a Senior Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He brings more than 33 years of local and federal law enforcement and investigative experience, including 25 years with ATF and 12 years as an ATF-Certified Fire Investigator.
An IAAI-CFI and adjunct instructor at Western Carolina University, Dr. Solomon has instructed domestic and international audiences on fatal fire scene investigations and burned human remains.
