Fire Safety Engineers
Contact: Mr Alastair R Brown 3a Bridge Street Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6AN	Tel: 01357 528 999 Email: info@rushbrook.com Web site: www.rushbrook.com

BACKGROUND TO RUSHBROOK CONSULTANTS

Established by chartered engineers to provide a Scottish Centre of Excellence in the field of professional fire engineering. Company principals have extensive career experience of fire safety engineering, risk assessment and contingency planning in some of the most challenging industrial sectors, including microelectronics manufacture and cleanroom environments, papermaking, power generation and nuclear plants and installations. Expert witness capability covers investigation and reporting of fires, electrical and mechanical equipment breakdown and hazardous material incidents, and the health and safety aspects arising from these hazards for all types of domestic, commercial, industrial and public utility applications.

Other offices offering expert services

Edinburgh

Experts in branch

Mr Alastair R Brown

Specialist areas of work

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE COLLECTION/ANALYSIS/INTERPRETATION   electrocution/electromurder   fire/arson/explosion investigation PERSONAL INJURY/FATAL ACCIDENT   commercial premises hazards   workplace hazards   domestic hazards   fire/explosion/chemical spills (accident causes) BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS   risk assessment (property insurance) BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERING   fire safety (buildings)   building mechanical services ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   environmental impact/risk assessment INDUSTRIAL DESIGN   process design ENGINEERING TESTING/FAILURE/DISPUTES   machine failure/defect analysis   forensic engineering ENGINEERING/PRODUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY   hazard assessment (health and safety) CHEMICAL HAZARDS/INCIDENTS   chemical explosion/fire hazards ENERGY ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   forensic electrical engineering   design verification (electrical engineering)

Experience of

Personal injury, Professional negligence, Acting for pursuer, Acting for defender, Giving evidence in court

Types of work - instructions/reports/court appearances
Average number of instructions per year:	5
Number of court appearances in the last three years:	2
Number of reports in the last three years:	7

Trained

In the legal aspects of report writing and giving evidence in court

Geographical areas of work

Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, worldwide

Professional qualifications and accredited experience

Mr Alastair Brown: BSc (1981), Chartered Engineer (1995), MIMechE (1995), MSFPE (1995), MIFireE (2000)

Languages

French, German