Steven Cottingham

Mr. Cottingham has over 20 years of experience as a fire origin and cause investigator working within the fire service. He has investigated and/or supervised well over 1500 fire and explosion incidents. Many of these investigations have involved product liability/subrogation issues, multi-million-dollar loss exposures and those with multiple fatalities. He also has over 16 years of experience inspecting new construction and existing occupancies for compliance with state building, mechanical, electrical and fire codes.

Area of expertise:

• Fire Investigations – Origin and Cause
• Fire Investigations – Incendiarism
• Fire Investigations – Liability
• Fire Investigations – Subrogation
• Fire Investigations – Heavy Equipment, Farm Equipment and Implements, Automobile