Bundy, Gale & Shields: The Fire Experts

Bundy, Gale & Shields, L.L.C. THE FIRE EXPERTS

SERVICE SECTORS

BG&S Services to the Legal and Insurance Communities include:

Fire and Explosion Investigation
Origin, Cause and Root Cause Determination
Damage Exacerbation and Contributing Factors Assessments
Product Liability and Failure Analysis
Material and Systems Examination and Testing
Fire Protection Systems Failures/Water Damages Causation Assessment
Human Factors: Operator Error/Organizational Failure Evaluations
Confined Space Accidents and Hot Work-Related Incidents
Computer Simulation and Fire Modeling – Heat Transfer Determinations
Loss Prevention Program Evaluations and Adequacy Assessments
Process Safety Management and Hazard Analysis Adequacy Critiques
Research and Investigation of Fire and Building Code Issues and Analysis
Litigation Support and Trial Exhibit Preparation

BG&S Incident Sectors

Natural gas explosions and fires
Propane and liquid petroleum gas explosions and fires
Dust explosions and fires –
- (flour, grain, metals, rubber, plastics, hybrid, etc.)
Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosions (UVCEs)
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions (BLEVEs)
Flammable/combustible liquid-fueled fires of all kinds –
- (gasoline, distillates, lube and crude oils, LPG and LNG)
Two phase aerosol explosions and fires
Flammable mist explosions and fires
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Ignitions of flammable fluids
Electrical Fires of all kinds
- switchgear and motor control centers
- wiring and cable trays
- transformers and capacitors
- generators, including wind turbines nacelles
- service panels and receptacles
- classified electrical equipment (XP) per NEC Art. 500
- electrical component fires – low and high voltage
- motherboard and electronic component failures
- high limit and TOC protective device analysis
Self-heating and spontaneous ignition of substances
- animal and vegetable oils containing polyunsaturated fatty acids such as alpha-linolenic acid (linseed oil, tung oil, and other drying oils, etc.)
Pyrophoric Materials (sodium, potassium, zirconium etc.)
Reactive chemical incidents (sodium hydrosulfite, hydroxylamine, ammonium perchlorate, etc.)

BG&S Service Sectors

Residential Sectors
- Single family
- Condominium and townhouse complexes
- Apartment buildings and residential dwelling complexes
Urban/Wildland Interface Sector
- Wildland fire analysis – large and small
Commercial Sectors
- High Rise/High Occupancy Buildings
  - Hotels and motels
  - High Rise condos, townhouse, and apartment complexes
  - High-rise office and multi-tenant buildings
  - Hospital/health care/nursing homes
  - Race tracks and stables
  - Casino and entertainment complexes
  - Libraries and rare books/document storage
  - Nightclubs and discotheques
  - Restaurant and commercial kitchens
  - Wineries and wine storage
  - Educational Facilities –
    - University dormitories and assembly halls
    - High school and middle school classroom facilities
    - Kindergarten and day-care establishments
- Shopping Malls and Retail Outlets
  - Large Urban Center Malls
  - Strip Malls and Member Discount Warehouses
  - Department Stores and mercantile outlets of all kinds
  - Automobile/truck repair garages and oil change facilities
  - Automobile Tire Shops and Warehousing
  - Grocery outlets
  - Equipment Rental Outlets and service yard
Industrial/Manufacturing – Energy/Utility Sectors
- Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical plants
- Power Plants and Co-generation Facilities
- Steam Generation and Boiler plants
- Steam and Gas Turbine Power generation sets
- Wind Turbines and Solar Arrays
- Motor Control Centers and Electrical Switch Gear
- Cable Tray and Power/Control Systems
- Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas production facilities/platforms
- Oil and Gas Gathering Facilities/Enclosed Modular Construction
- Cross-country Pipelines and local distribution systems
- Pipeline Stations and terminals
- Natural Gasoline and Gas plants
- LP gas distribution/storage yards
- Crude Oil, Gasoline and Distillate Tank Farms and bulk plants
- Oil and Gas marketing terminals and pipeline facilities
- Bio-diesel refineries and storage tank farms
- Solvent extraction plants
- Steel Mills and metal fabrication plants
- Automobile and Truck Assembly plants
- Semi-conductor fabrication facilities and Clean Rooms
- Foundries and Metals and Mining Operations
  - Roller Mills, Forges, Metal Stamping
  - Aluminum, Magnesium and Titanium plants
- Automated Machine Shops and Assembly Lines
- Timber and Wood Processing plants/Saw Mills
- Timber Harvesting Machinery/Timber Feller-bunchers
- Industrial/Chemical/Commercial Warehouses and Storage –
  - Cold Storage Warehouses
  - Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Pool Chemical Storage
  - Sodium Hydrosulfide and Sodium Hydrosulfite operations
  - Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) tanks/facilities
  - Cellulose Nitrate film storage vaults
  - Other toxic and highly hazardous chemicals
- Textile and Polyester Fiber manufacturing plants/fabrication mills
- Food Processing and Poultry Plants, Chicken and Hog Operations
- Commercial Jet-stream Oven Operations – Bakeries, Poultry, etc.
- Grain Processing and Storage Operations, Silos and Head-houses
- Rubber manufacturing and reprocessing operations
- Crumb rubber plants
- Recycling plants and facilities
- Pharmaceutical plants and medical supplies
- Furniture Manufacturing plants
- Polyurethane and foamed plastic storage facilities
- Polyurethane and plastic manufacturing plants – extrusion and forming operations
- Compressor and engine fires of all kinds
- Hydraulic system failure incidents
- Conveyor systems
- Loss of Containment – Release of Hazardous Materials
  - High pressure pump, piping, and vessel failures
  - Construction incidents – underground pipelines
  - Contractor-caused releases – failure to call before digging
  - Material failures – corrosion/lack of safeguards, etc.
  - Improperly marked/located underground facilities
  - Failure to properly specify and/or safeguard
  - Safety relief valve effluent venting and scrubbing issues
  - Process Safety Management (PSM) Analysis
  - Adequacy of Loss Prevention and Safeguard Assessments
- Exotic and High Energy Materials Handling
  - Pyrophoric and Hypergolic Materials
  - Ammonium Perchlorate/Rocket Fuel Manufacturing Plants
  - Polycrystalline silicon and Silane Operations
  - Ethylene Oxide handling and filling systems
Maritime Sectors –
- Marine Terminals (Liquid and Dry)
  - Crude Oil and Gas
  - Fuel Storage Depots
  - Container and Cargo Terminals
  - Bulk Mining/Coal/Coke /Grain/Chemical Terminals
  - Material Transportation and Storage Systems
  - Ship Loading and Unloading Systems/Conveyor Fires
  - Storage Warehouse and Tank Farm Fires
- Ship and Engine Room Fires
  - Container Ships
  - Bulk Ore and Coal Carriers
  - Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCCs)
  - Inter-coastal Shipping and barge transport
  - LNG and LPG transport vessels/barges
  - Mobile Drilling Rigs/Jack-ups & Semi-submersibles
  - Passenger and Cruise Ships
  - Large and Small Commercial Fishing vessels
  - Pleasure craft – large and small
Other Transportation Sectors
- Truck Transport Terminals
- Rail Stations, Transport and Change Yards
- Aviation and Air transport
- Air Cargo and passengers
- Airport infrastructure and refueling facilities
- Aircraft crash analysis and fire modeling