William Hagerty - Tire, Wheel and Fire Forensics Expert - Investigative Services
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      Fire Forensics Related Training

 
FIRE FORENSICS TRAINING 10/08-7/96
 
 
Course - Seminar
Date
Location
Expert Speaker
 
           
  Forensics Fire Related Training
Auto Fires – Insurance Fraud
10/28/08 California District Attorney’s
Anaheim, Ca
Bill Hagerty delivered a 1-hour presentation to 57 Ca Districts Attorney  
  Auto fires – Accidental or Arson?
10/17/07 California District Attorneys - Sacramento, Ca Bill Hagerty delivered a 1-hour Presentation to 45 Ca Districts Attorney  
  Principles of Electrical Fires
12/12/06
12/13/06
Central Texas Fire Investigators – Austin, TX - Dr Vytenis Babrauskas  
  Vehicle Fire Investigation 6/25/07
6/26/07
San Diego, Ca Bill Hagerty -taught a three-day course to 35 Insurance Public/Private fire Investigators  
  Fire Investigation - 4-hour presentation to 34 State Farm Insurance Investigators 7/27/06 Rancho Cucamonga, Ca Bill Hagerty gave the presentation  
  Vehicle Fire Investigation -
2 hour presentation to 21 State Farm Insurance adjusters
6/29/06 San Diego, Ca Bill Hagerty gave the presentation  
  Progress in the Individualization – Gasoline Residues
6/28/06 Intl Symposium of Fire Investigation Cincinnati, Oh Dr J. Rankin – Marshall University  
  Sampling and Analytical Methods – Utilized for Confirmation of Ignitable
Laboratory Liquids from Fire Debris
6/28/06 Intl Symposium of Fire
Investigation
Cincinnati, Oh
Dr A. Armstrong – Armstrong  
  Fractional Vaporization of Ignitable Liquids
6/28/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation Cincinnati, Oh Patrick Kennedy – Kennedy and Associates  
  NFPA 921 – Past, Present and Future 6/28/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation – Cincinnati, Oh Daniel Churchward – Chairman of NFPA 921 Technical Committee (Kodiak Fire & Safety)  
  The Physics of Heat Transfer from Electrical Faults
6/27/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation – Cincinnati, Oh Michael O’Connor, PE – EFI Global  
  Principals of Electrical Fires 6/27/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation – Cincinnati, Oh Dr Vytensis Babrauskas  
  Electrical Fires caused by Arc Tracking In low voltage (12V-14V) Systems
6/27/06 Intl Symposium. Fire
Investigation –Cincinnati, Oh
Dr C. Beyler  
  Fire Technology involving Vehicles 6/26/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation – Cincinnati, Oh Cam Cope –Auto Fire and Safety Consultants  
  Vehicle Fire Pattern Recognition 6/26/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation – Cincinnati, Oh Jeff Morrill – Applied Technical Services  
  Investigation of Fraudulent Arson
Involving a Race Car
6/26/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation –Cincinnati, Oh Mike Jones, PE  
  Fire Investigation for Hybrid and
Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles
6/26/06 Intl Symposium. Fire Investigation –Cincinnati, Oh Orrin West, Ford Motor Co  
  NHTSA – Recalls, Complaints,
and Investigations
5/2/06 IAAI Training Conference – Denver, CO Bruce York  
  Fire Investigations – View from the Bench 5/2/06 IAAI Training Conference – Denver, CO Judge Craig Shaffer  
  Vehicle Fires
1/24/06 IAAI Rogue River, Medford, OR Bill Hagerty delivered a 4-hour presentation to 52 Public/private fire investigators  
  Servicing the Hybrid Vehicle
6/25/05 SAE Cerritos College, CA - Jim O’Neill – Chino Auto Tech  
  Electrical Component Fires
6/8/05 PAAI State College, PA - Mark Hoffman, Ford Motor Co  
  Fuel System Design
6/8/05 PAAI State College, PA - Jim Molinar, Ford Motor Co  
  Engine Operation
6/8/05 PAAI State College, PA - Jim Engle, Ford Motor Co  
  Fire Investigations
6/8/05 PAAI State College, PA - Chuck Adams, Ford Motor Co  
  Vehicle Fires Origin and Cause
6/7/05 PAAI State College, PA - Ralph Newell  
  4 vehicles Burned
Fire Origin and Cause
6/6/05 PAAI State College, PA - William Grom, ATF Pittsburgh  
  Electrical Review for Fire Investigators 4/28/05 IAAI Arlington, VA
    - John Olsen, PhD  
  Vehicle Fires
4/27/05 IAAI Arlington, VA - Steve Mackaig  
  NFPA 921
4/27/05 IAAI Arlington, VA - Joe Toscano (Chilworth)  
  Testimony – Daubert and Beyond
4/26/05 IAAI Arlington, VA - Sandy Burnett, ESQ  
  Forensic Photography
4/26/05 IAAI Arlington, VA - John Twomey US Secret Service  
  Fire Investigation Problem Solving Techniques
4/26/05 IAAI Arlington, VA James Allen Hancock College
- Vytenis Barbraskus, PhD
 
  Vehicle Fires
3/31/05 CCAI Roundtable, San Diego, CA Bill Hagerty delivered a 4-hour presentation to 40 Public/private fire investigators  
  Hands On Vehicle
Fire/Arson Investigation
11/29-12/1/04 NAFI- Henderson, NV - Tim Yandell & Steve Riggs  
  Vehicle Fires
10/25-27/04 IAAI workshop, Pretoria South Africa Bill Hagerty delivered a 24-hour presentation to 41 public/private fire investigators
and insurance adjusters
 
  Vehicle Fires
8/12/04 CCAI Roundtable Camarillo, CA Bill Hagerty delivered a 3-hour presentation to 21 public/private fire investigators
and insurance adjusters
 
  Field Burn 2 cars in identical
Garage Structures
7/27-28/04 CCAI, Monterey, CA - John DeHaan
- Steve Mackaig
 
  Fire Modeling
7/26/04 CCAI, Monterey, Ca - Dan Madrzykowski, NIST  
  Reliability of Fire Modeling
4/23/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO - John DeHaan  
  Expert and Lay Testimony
4/21/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO Richard Sweebe, Esq. and Michael Carrocci, CFI  
  Interviews and Interrogation
4/21/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO - Dave True, ATF  
  NFPA 921 Update
4/20/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO - Randy Watson, CFI (921 Committee)  
  Arson, The Plaintiff’s Perspective
4/20/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO James Plummer, Esq.  
  Electrical Ignition Sources
4/20/04 IAAI General Mtg, St Louis, MO John Olsen, P.E.  
  Fire Debris Analysis
4/19/04 IAAI General Mtg St Louis, Mo Julia Dolan ATF
Eric Stauffer, MME Engineers
 
  Expert Witness Requirements, Qualification and Selection 1/28/04 CCAI Seaside, Ca
Sandy Burnette, Esq.
 
  Lawyer Tricks and Witness Tools 1/27/04 CCAI Seaside, Ca Doug Woods, Esq  
  Basic Fire Dynamics and
Fire Pattern Analysis
1/26/04 CCAI Seaside, Ca John DeHaan/David Icove  
  Lee Cole Vehicle Fire School
6/23-25/03 Monterey, Ca Bill Hagerty assisted in training 33 students in fire origin and cause and burn pattern Interpretation  
  Post Crash Fuel Fed Fires 6/6/03 OTLA Seminar – Las Vegas, NV Christine Spagnoli PA – Santa Monica, CA  
  Auto Theft, Arson &
Forensic Examinations
4/5/03 NJ Locksmith Convention ILCO Staff  
  Servicing Automotive Transponders
4/3/03 NJ Locksmith Convention ILCO Staff  
  Electrical Fire Investigation
-Documenting Vehicle Fire
-Live fire examination
-Vehicle Arson
2/12-14/03 NAFI Rancho Santa Fe – Steve Riggs, Ray Powell
– Mike Schultz
– Ron Hopkins
– Tom Thurman
 
  Vehicle Fire, Arson & Explosion Science & Technology Seminar
9/30-10/2/02 NAFI Univ Of Eastern Kentucky FMVSS updates - Patrick Kennedy
Exam of burned vehicles - Jeffery Morrill
NFPA 921 Chapter 22 -Jeffery Morrill
Basic Automotive Design -Cam Cope
 
  Fire Pattern Recognition
7/16-17/02 PATC Honolulu, HI - Ray Powell  
  Fire legal Issues
7/15/02 PATC Honolulu, HI -Steve Riggs  
 
Lee Cole Vehicle Fire School
6/5/02 Bakersfield Fire Training ***(Note: Bill Hagerty Instructed the live burn section of this course)  
  Automotive Investigation Locksmithing
4/20/02 Master Locksmith Assn of NJ - Bruce Sumner  
  Field Service Methods for Auto Locks
4/19/02 Master Locksmith Assn of NJ - Red Howell  
  Basic Locksmithing 4/18/02 Master Locksmith Assn of NJ - Jim Watt  
  Vehicle Fire Cause and Origin
1/23/02 CCAI Monterey, Ca - Russ Auker  
  Automotive Fire Investigations
1/22/02 CCAI Monterey, Ca - Greg Barnett  
  Current Trends in Fire Investigation
12/14/01 CCAI San Diego - John DeHaan  
  Vehicle Crash Retrieval Systems
11/17/01 SATAI San Diego - Dave king – McGinnis Engineering
- Forest Folck
 
  Air Bag Systems
11/17/01 SATAI San Diego - Sam Massey SRS Systems  
  Investigating Automotive Fires
4/9-10/01 IAAI Vancouver, BC Bill Hagerty presented an 8-hr course to 57 IAAI members for Lee Cole-Lee Cole ill)  
  Defeating Car Security Systems
3/15/01 MarinLee Cole -a Del Rey - Herb Miller, Forensic Locksmith  
  Automatic Transmissions
11/15-16/00
SAE Troy, MI - Mark McVea, PhD  
  Lee Cole Vehicle Fire School
9/6-8/00 - Lake Tahoe, Ca ***(Note: Bill Hagerty presented parts of this seminar to 55 students)  
  Automotive Electronics 8/21-22/00 SAE Irvine, Ca - David De France EE  
  Expert Witness Seminar
-Impeachment of the witness
-Communication in the courtroom
-Preparation for Daubert challenges
-How to stand up under cross exam
-Expert witness trial tactics
6/15-16/00 SEAK Hyannis, Ma - Dennis Curran, Esq.- Alfred Scanlon, Esq.- Keith Kasper, Esq.- James Goldstein Esq.- Barry Chafetz, Esq.  
  Law School for Experts
-Civil procedure- discovery
-Civil trial practice
-Expert liability
-Evidence/motions
-Expert testimony and impeachment
6/14/00 SEAK Hyannis, Ma - James Mangraviti, JD
- James Mangraviti, JD
- James Mangraviti, JD
- James Mangraviti, JD
- James Mangraviti, JD
 
  LP Gas handling/storage
7/27/99 CCAI SLO - Skip Ferdinand  
  Vehicle fires/Subrogation
7/27/99 CCAI SLO - Steve MacKaig  
  NICB and Arson Investigation 7/26/99 CCAI SLO - Mike McKee  
  Vehicle Fire Investigation
(10 vehicles burned)
7/6-8/99 (IAAI – Hawaii) - Jack Ward  
  Interviewing Techniques
6/19/99 Lee Cole & Associates - Detective Peter Klaput  
  Mechanics of Vehicle Theft
6/18/99 (College of Marin) - Bob White  
  Mechanics of Vehicle Fires 6/16-17/99 (College of Marin) - Bob White  
  Arson & Fire Investigation
-Phys Evidence and Forensic Science (Arson)
-Fire Cause Experts in Litigation
-Fire Scene Investigation - Daubert
-Spoliation of Evidence
-Insurance Fraud - Rick Hammond
3/19-20/99 ABA Chandler, AZ - Dr Henry Lee
- Pamela Levin/Stuart Sklar
- Guy (Sandy) Burnette
- T. Jakubowski/S. Marmur
 
  Lamp Examination
11/14/98 SATAI San Diego    
  Florida Arson Seminar 1998 9/29-10/1/98 Orlando, Fl **(Note: Bill Hagerty presented the Automobile Fire Section of this Seminar)  
  State Farm SIU operations 9/11/98 CCAI Poway, Ca    
  Vehicle Fire Investigation
-40 cars burned -
7/20-21/98 CCAI San Luis Obispo Steve MacKaig, Mary Pozzi, Don Stasiowski  
  Expert Witness Seminar(SEAK)
-Expert Witness Testimony
-Trick Questions/Trial Tactics -
6/18-19/98 SEAK Hyannis, Ma - R. Homant, PhD
- Eric Swan, Esq.
 
  Insurance Fraud/Bio Mechanics
-Deposition Conduct
-Working with Juries
3/21/98 SATAI Laughlin - David Dodge, CSP
- Jeffrey Kroll, Esq.
 
  Expert Witness Preparation
-Use of Expert Witnesses
11/15/97 SATAI San Diego - Jan Schlictmann, Esq.  
  Lee Cole Vehicle Fire School 9/25-26/97 Larkspur, Ca - Lee Cole  
  Vehicle Fire Investigation
-2 vehicles burned/1 Bombed
-Vehicle theft
9/15-17/97 IAAI Minden, NV - Dave Stephan
- Ray Unsell, NICB
 
  NFPA 921-Guide for fire Investigation 9/3/97 CCAI La Habra - Jack Ward, Bob Whitemore  
  Photogrammetry in accident recon 7/19/97 SATAI Phoenix    
  Expert witness preparation 7/18/97 SATAI Phoenix    
  Advanced Vehicle fires
-Evidence in Civil Cases
7/14-15/97 CCAI San Luis Obispo -Special Investigation units (SIU) - Steve MacKaig  
  Lamp examinations 3/4/97 SATAI Las Vegas    
 
 
Former owner/operator of Automotive Tire/Brake/Repair business. Has inspected/reported on over 2600 vehicles and appeared at a combined 72 Depositions, Trials, Arbitrations and Mediations for the following items: Vehicle Fire Origin and Cause - is a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator - qualified to testify in State and Federal Courts - Licensed California Private Investigator. Brake Failure - Certified ASE Brake Technician. Tire Examination - qualified to testify as to the Standard of Care of a Tire business - Automotive Product Liability - qualified to testify as to repair defects

William O (Bill) Hagerty
Investigative Services
Automotive / Tire / Fire Specialist


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