About Joseph C.
Mr. Joseph Geitgey holds certifications through NAFI and IAAI as a Certified Fire Investigator, a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator. He has 15 years of experience in commercial and residential structures, heavy equipment, logging equipment, tractor-trailers, and vehicles. His vehicle experience also includes being licensed as an Automobile Technician through the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence. Additionally, Mr. Geitgey is experienced in Vehicle Event Data Recorder...
Mr. Joseph Geitgey holds certifications through NAFI and IAAI as a Certified Fire Investigator, a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator. He has 15 years of experience in commercial and residential structures, heavy equipment, logging equipment, tractor-trailers, and vehicles. His vehicle experience also includes being licensed as an Automobile Technician through the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence. Additionally, Mr. Geitgey is experienced in Vehicle Event Data Recorder (EDR)/black box data downloads and HVEDR (Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorder) downloads, forensic automobile failure analysis, and has obtained his CDR Technician Certification (Crash Data Retrieval) as well. He has a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management and an Associate of Science in Fire Science from the University of Akron. He has performed over 1,000 fire investigations including several international large/complex loss investigations and was a member of the team which investigated multiple wildfires in central Chile in 2017. Mr. Geitgey has also conducted and assisted with live burn training sessions involving structures and vehicles as well as continuing education seminars for both the fire service and insurance industry.
Mr. Joseph Geitgey holds certifications through NAFI and IAAI as a Certified Fire Investigator, a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator. He has 15 years of experience in commercial and residential structures, heavy equipment, logging equipment, tractor-trailers, and vehicles. His vehicle experience...
Mr. Joseph Geitgey holds certifications through NAFI and IAAI as a Certified Fire Investigator, a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator. He has 15 years of experience in commercial and residential structures, heavy equipment, logging equipment, tractor-trailers, and vehicles. His vehicle experience also includes being licensed as an Automobile Technician through the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence. Additionally, Mr. Geitgey is experienced in Vehicle Event Data Recorder (EDR)/black box data downloads and HVEDR (Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorder) downloads, forensic automobile failure analysis, and has obtained his CDR Technician Certification (Crash Data Retrieval) as well. He has a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management and an Associate of Science in Fire Science from the University of Akron. He has performed over 1,000 fire investigations including several international large/complex loss investigations and was a member of the team which investigated multiple wildfires in central Chile in 2017. Mr. Geitgey has also conducted and assisted with live burn training sessions involving structures and vehicles as well as continuing education seminars for both the fire service and insurance industry.
Areas of Expertise
- 3D Camera Operator
- 3D Modeling
- Event Data Recorders
- Fire Investigation
- Fire Origin and Cause
- Heavy Equipment
- Heavy Equipment Fire and Explosion
- Multi-Residential Complex Fire and Explosion
- Passenger Vehicles
- RV Fire and Explosion
- SIU and Fraud Investigation
- Subrogation
- Trucking Equipment
Education
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Fire Protection / Emergency ManagementThe University of Akron
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Electronics TechnologyKent Roosevelt Vocational
Joseph C. Geitgey, IAAI-CFI(V), CFEI, CVFI, ASE
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Fire and Explosion
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What Our Clients Say About Joseph Geitgey
“Joe Geitgey is always efficient and thorough. It is a pleasure working with him.”