An independent forensic science consultancy established in 1980, with purpose-built examination laboratories in Durham and a second office in Huntingdon. Its fire team determines origin and cause, analyses fire debris and accelerants and critiques existing fire reports for criminal, civil and family proceedings; Dr David Schudel is an IAAI Certified Fire Investigator (BSc PhD CChem MRSC CFI) and the serving President of the UK Association of Fire Investigators, and has given expert testimony in the UK, the USA, the Cayman Islands, Guyana and Ireland. The firm is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory, No. 4252.