Forensics +

Empathy in Action

Two decades of military experience and leadership and more than 3k fires investigated.

Welcome to FIRE-pi

Certified Veteran-Owned Fire Investigation Firm

Lorne Brunner founded Fire-pi, Inc., after 15+ years with national fire investigation firms and a 20-year U.S. Navy career encompassing six deployments, serving as a Chief Petty Officer/Electronic Warfare Cryptologist and fighting ship and aircraft fires. He is one of few fire and explosion experts holding an advanced forensics education. He has performed more than 3,000 investigations, including leadership of national and international expert teams. Lorne is a certified expert court witness, has published forensic fire research, and lectures regularly to attorneys, adjusters and other professional groups. Fire-pi is a VA-certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business and as such, accepts and has performed fire and explosion work for government entities. Complete details are available in Lorne’s downloadable CV.

Why Fire-pi?

  • Assignments are confirmed within 30 minutes of receipt
  • We arrive on the scene within 72 hours of your call
  • We use DocuSketch to share a detailed, immersive 360-degree view of the scene/service to adjusters
  • We provide a verbal or email summary from the scene.
  • Licensed, bonded and insured in MN, WI, ND, SD, IA and IL

OUR SERVICES

House fire

Structures & Dwellings

Fire-pi has significant forensic fire and explosion investigation experience in a wide variety of structures…

Farm combine after a fire

Agriculture, Vehicles, and Heavy Machinery

Lorne Brunner, MS-CFI, has investigated fires in a wide variety of vehicles, from cars to commercial vehicles…

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Defense & Liability

Lorne is a licensed private investigator and a certified expert court witness in forensic and explosion investigations.