Northern California Forensic Engineering & Fire Investigation
Objective, Scientific, Defensible, Bona Fide.
Bona Fide Forensics provides independent fire investigation, forensic engineering, and failure analysis services throughout Northern California.
Based in Sacramento, we regularly serve the Sacramento region, San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley, Sierra foothills, and surrounding communities.
We assist insurance carriers, attorneys, property owners, manufacturers, and other parties with technical investigations and loss evaluations.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COVERAGE
Serving Sacramento & the San Francisco Bay Area
Bona Fide Forensics serves both of Northern California's major metropolitan regions, with assignments throughout the Sacramento area and San Francisco Bay Area as well as the communities and regions between them.
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Sacramento & Central Valley
Based in Sacramento, Bona Fide Forensics provides convenient access to losses throughout the Sacramento metropolitan area, Central Valley, Sierra foothills, Lake Tahoe and surrounding communities.
COMMON SERVICE AREAS INCLUDE:
Sacramento • Roseville • Rocklin • Folsom • Elk Grove • Rancho Cordova • Davis • Woodland • Auburn • Stockton • Modesto • Redding • Eureka • Fresno • Lake Tahoe
San Francisco Bay Area
Bona Fide Forensics regularly accepts assignments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including the East Bay, South Bay, Peninsula, North Bay, and surrounding communities.
COMMON SERVICE AREAS INCLUDE:
San Francisco • Oakland • San Jose • Berkeley • Walnut Creek • Concord • Fremont • Hayward • Santa Rosa • Marin County • San Mateo County • Santa Cruz • Monterey
BEYOND THE METRO AREAS
Forensic Investigation Throughout Northern California
Assignments are also accepted throughout Northern California beyond the Sacramento and Bay Area metropolitan regions. Bona Fide Forensics travels throughout the North State, northern coast, Sierra foothills, and Central Valley.
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North State
Redding • Chico • Red Bluff • Shasta • Yreka & surrounding communities
Northern Coast
Eureka • Humboldt County • Crescent City & surrounding communities
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Central Valley & Foothills
Stockton • Modesto • Fresno • Bakersfield • Auburn • Placerville & surrounding communities
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Central Coast
Santa Cruz • Monterey • Salinas • Watsonville & surrounding communities
FORENSIC INVESTIGATION SERVICES
Services Available Throughout Northern California
Forensic engineering and investigation services available throughout the region include:
REGIONAL INVESTIGATION SUPPORT
From Loss Site to Evidence Examination
Forensic assignments do not always occur at a single location. An investigation may involve an initial loss-site examination followed by evidence collection, storage, joint examination, testing, or additional inspection at another facility.
Bona Fide Forensics coordinates investigations throughout Northern California based on the location of the loss, condition of the evidence, parties involved, and questions being evaluated.
Services may include:
Loss-site examinations
Evidence documentation and preservation
Joint examinations
Component and appliance testing
Engineering analysis
Technical reports
Deposition and expert witness support
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORENSIC ENGINEER
Engineering Experience Applied to Real-World Losses
Bona Fide Forensics is led by Kirk LuMaye, PE, a licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator with more than a decade of forensic investigation experience.
Based in Sacramento, Kirk conducts investigations throughout Northern California involving fires, water losses, mechanical failures, appliances, vehicles, and equipment.
His work includes scene examinations, evidence preservation and testing, engineering analysis, technical reporting, joint examinations, and expert witness support.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Northern California Forensic Engineering FAQs
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSIGNMENTS
Have a Loss to Investigate in Northern California?
Tell us where the loss occurred, what happened, and the questions you need answered.
Whether the matter is in Sacramento, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, or elsewhere in Northern California, we can discuss availability, evidence, and the appropriate investigation scope.