"CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHN D. DEHAAN, PH.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDIP
PRESIDENT, FIRE-EX FORENSICS, INC.
3505 SONOMA BLVD., #20, PMB 314
VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA 94590
EDUCATION:
B.S. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – CHICAGO CIRCLE, 1969
MAJOR – PHYSICS
MINOR – CRIMINALISTICS
PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, 1995
PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY – FORENSIC SCIENCE..."
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BACKGROUND: (Wikipedia); Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004), born in Carter County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to death by the state of Texas for murdering his three daughters—two year old Amber Louise Kuykendall, and one year old twins Karmon Diane Willingham and Kameron Marie Willingham— by setting his house on fire. The fire occurred on December 23, 1991 in Corsicana, Texas. Lighter fluid was kept on the front porch of Willingham’s house as evidenced by a melted container found there. Some of this fluid may have entered the front doorway of the house carried along by fire hose water. It was alleged this fluid was deliberately poured to start the fire and that Willingham chose this entrance way so as to impede rescue attempts. The prosecution also used other arson theories that have since been brought into question. In addition to the arson evidence, a jailhouse informant claimed Willingham confessed that he set the fire to hide his wife's physical abuse of the girls, although the girls showed no other injuries besides those caused by the fire. Neighbors also testified that Willingham did not try hard enough to save his children. They allege he "crouched down" in his front yard and watched the house burn for a period of time without attempting to enter the home or go to neighbors for help or request they call firefighters. He claimed that he tried to go back into the house but it was "too hot". As firefighters arrived, however, he rushed towards the garage and pushed his car away from the burning building, requesting firefighters do the same rather than put out the fire. After the fire, Willingham showed no emotion at the death of his children and spent the next day sorting through the debris, laughing and playing music. He expressed anger after finding his dartboard burned in the fire. Firefighters and other witnesses found him suspicious of how he reacted during and after the fire. Willingham was charged with murder on January 8, 1992. During his trial in August 1992, he was offered a life term in exchange for a guilty plea, which he turned down insisting he was innocent. After his conviction, he and his wife divorced. She later stated that she believed that Willingham was guilty. Prosecutors alleged this was part of a pattern of behavior intended to rid himself of his children. Willingham had a history of committing crimes, including burglary, grand larceny and car theft. There was also an incident when he beat his pregnant wife over the stomach with a telephone to induce a miscarriage. When asked if he had a final statement, Willingham said: "Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man - convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return - so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, road dog. I love you Gabby." However, his final words were directed at his ex-wife, Stacy Willingham. He turned to her and said "I hope you rot in hell, bitch" several times while attempting to extend his middle finger in an obscene gesture. His ex-wife did not show any reaction to this. He was executed by lethal injection on February 17, 2004. Subsequent to that date, persistent questions have been raised as to the accuracy of the forensic evidence used in the conviction, specifically, whether it can be proven that an accelerant (such as the lighter fluid mentioned above) was used to start the fatal fire. Fire investigator Gerald L. Hurst reviewed the case documents including the trial transcriptions and an hour-long videotape of the aftermath of the fire scene. Hurst said, "There's nothing to suggest to any reasonable arson investigator that this was an arson fire. It was just a fire."
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The vulnerability of arson "science" to wrongful convictions with possible deadly results has been powerfully illustrated by the Cameron Todd Willingham case and the recently broadcast ABC series which probed the role played by arson investigator John DeHaan in the Amanda Kelley death penalty case. DeHaan's biography reads as follows:
Harold Levy;
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Curriculum Vitae
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
President, Fire-Ex Forensics, Inc.
3505 Sonoma Blvd., #20, PMB 314
Vallejo, California 94590
Education:
B.S. University of Illinois – Chicago Circle, 1969
Major – Physics
Minor – Criminalistics
Ph.D. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1995
Pure and Applied Chemistry – Forensic Science
Experience:
Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, Pleasanton, California. Criminalist, 1970 –
1974. (Expertise in trace evidence, firearms and photography)
California Department of Justice, Sacramento, California. Criminalist III, 1974 –
1983. (Expertise in arson, explosives, trace evidence, impression evidence)
United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, San Francisco Laboratory Center, San Francisco, California.
Physical Scientist, 1983 – 1987. (Expertise in explosives, devices, fire and
arson)
California Department of Justice, California Criminalistics Institute, Sacramento,
California. Program Manager, 1987 – 1998. (Responsible for professional
training in fire debris, explosive residues, fire and explosion investigation,
and latent fingerprint techniques, plus special case consultations)
Fire-Ex Forensics, Inc. President, 1999 to date. Consulting in investigation and
reconstruction of fires and explosions.
University of New Haven, Master’s in Forensic Science (California Campus).
Practitioner in Residence (Fire Science), 1997 – 2000.
Engineering & Fire Investigations (EFI), Roseville, California. Consultant (1999 to
2001).
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University of California – Davis, Master’s in Forensic Science. Lecturer (2001 to
2007).
Publications and Papers:
See Appendix 1
Special Training and Classes Received:
Arson and Bomb Investigation (ATF), 1971 and 1975
Organic Chemistry (California State University – Hayward), 1972
Pharmacology (University of California, Berkeley), 1972
Advanced Blood Grouping (UCB), 1972, (California Department of Justice), 1974
Questioned Documents (UCB), 1973
Advanced Firearms and Toolmark Examination (Calif. DoJ), 1974
Forensic Geology and Soils (UCB), 1976
Firearms (San Mateo County, California, Sheriff’s Office), 1976
Forensic Pathology (Calif. DoJ), 1976
Forensic Laboratory Instrumentation Course (Calif. DoJ), 1977
Evaluating Training (U. S. Government OPM), 1979
Arson Fraud Investigation (Yolo County, California), 1983
Courtroom Testimony (United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, BATF), 1983
National Response Team (BATF), 1984
Fire Investigation Ia/Ib (Solano Community College, California), 1988
Fire Instructor (Calif. Fire Services Training & Education System), 1987-89
Fire Science and Fire Investigation (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), 1993
Mass Spectra – Theory and Interpretation (Calif. DoJ – CCI), 1996
Advanced Fire Debris Analysis (Calif. DoJ – CCI, audit), 1997
Interpretation of Gas and Electric Appliance Fires (Fire Findings), 1997
Organic Chemistry for Fire Debris Analysts (National Center for Forensic Sciences,
Tallahassee, Florida), 2000
Fire Dynamics and Smoke Control (U.C. Davis Extension), 2003
Automatic Sprinkler Systems (U.C. Davis Extension), 2003
Special Hazard Suppression Systems (U.C. Davis Extension), 2004
Investigating Natural Gas Related Fires and Explosions (Nevada Chapter IAAI),
2004
Forensic Assessment of Vehicle Fires (CAC), 2004
Wildland Fire Observations and Origin Scene Protection for First Responders
(NWCG:FI110) (University of Tennessee), 2006
Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination (NWCG:FI210) (U.S. Forest Service,
San Diego, CA), 2006
Fire Alarm and Detection Systems (U.C. Davis Extension), 2007, 30 hrs.
(See Also Appendix 3)
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Lectures and Courses Taught:
See Appendix 2
Conferences, Seminars and Special Events:
See Appendix 3
Diplomas, Certifications:
Certificate in Criminalistics (California Association of Criminalists), 1989
Diplomate in Criminalistics (American Board of Criminalistics), 1993
Fellow – Fire Debris Analysis (American Board of Criminalistics), 1994 to date
Fellow (Forensic Science Society (U.K.)), 2007
Diploma – Fire Investigation (Forensic Science Society), 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008
(expires 2013)
Diploma – Fire Investigation (Institution of Fire Engineers), 1993
Fire Service Instructor – Fire Investigation (CFSTES), 1989
California Community College Teaching Credential (Police Science), Lifetime
Certificate
Certified Fire Investigator (International Association of Arson Investigators), 2003
(renewed 2008, expires 2013)
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (National Association of Fire
Investigators), 2006
Certification in Fire Investigation (National Board on Fire Service Professional
Qualifications (PRO-Board), NFPA 1033), 2008 (expires 2013)
Awards:
Distinguished Member Award (California Association of Criminalists), 1994
P. W. Allen Award (Forensic Science Society (U.K.)), 2000
Alfred Biasotti Award (Best Paper) (California Association of Criminalists), 2000
Paul L. Kirk Award (American Academy of Forensic Sciences – Criminalistics
Section), 2003
Alfred Biasotti Award (Best Paper) (California Association of Criminalists), 2004
W. Jack Cadman Award (California Association of Criminalists), 2008
Curriculum Vitae, John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
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Memberships:
California Association of Criminalists, 1971 to date
Member: Certification Committee, 1977-78
North Area Regional Director, 1978-79
Secretary, 1980-82
President Elect, 1982-83
President, 1983-84
Past President, 1984-85
Chair: Founders Lecture Committee, 1987 to date
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1972 to date
Member: 1972-75
Fellow: 1975 to date
Program Co-Chair: Criminalistics Section, 2002-3
Program Chair: Criminalistics Section, 2003-4
Secretary: Criminalistics Section, 2004-5
Chair: Criminalistics Section, 2005-6
International Association of Forensic Sciences, 1972 to date
International Association of Arson Investigators, 1980 to date
Member: Forensic Science and Engineering Committees
Made honorary member of IAAI-U.K. Chapter and IAAI-New South Wales
Chapter for recognition of long-standing encouragement for IAAI
membership in their groups (2003)
Pan-American Association of Forensic Sciences, 1982 to date (President, First Inter-
American Congress of Forensic Sciences, 1982)
Institution of Fire Engineers (Member)
National Fire Protection Association (Member)
Fire Investigation 921 Committee, 1991-99
American Society for Testing and Materials (Forensic Science E30 Committee)
International Association of Fire Safety Sciences, 1992 to date
Technical Working Group on Fire and Explosives (Founding Member), Executive
Committee, 2000 to date
European Working Group on Fires & Explosions (Guest), 1998 to date
Forensic Science Society (U.K.) (Fellow), 2007
Member, Editorial Review Board:
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Science and Justice
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General Laboratory and Court Experience:
Conducted analyses on evidence from an estimated 2,000 criminalistics cases
involving human and animal hair, fibers, soil, glass, paint, blood, accelerants, fires,
explosives, firearms, mechanical failures, impression evidence and crime scene
reconstruction, and fingerprint identification. Accepted as an expert witness on
various types of evidence in over 300 cases in over 22 counties in California and
Nevada, and in U.S. state and federal criminal and civil courts in Alaska, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,
Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin, as well
as internationally in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Depositions:
See Appendix 4
Court Testimony:
See Appendix 5
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010
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Publications and Papers 3/8/10 Page 6 of 40
“Some Forensic Applications of Thermal Analysis”, J. D. DeHaan, Internatl. Mic. J. Leg.
Med., Vol. 8, No. 1, 1973 (Sixth International Meeting of Forensic Sciences, Sept.
1972)
“A Multi – Purpose Thermal Analysis System”, J. D. DeHaan and J. M. Rynearson, MPI
Applications Notes, Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1973, McKee-Pedersen Instruments, Danville,
CA
“Logarithmic Gas Chromatography”, J. D. DeHaan, MPI Applications Notes, Vol. IX, No. 1,
1974, MPI, Danville, CA
“Thermal Analysis Resource Manual”, J. D. DeHaan, California Department of Justice,
1974
“Quantitative Differential Thermal Analysis of Nitrocellulose Propellants”, J. D. DeHaan,
J. For. Sci., Vol. 20, No. 2, 1975
“A Survey of Men’s Footwear”, R. J. Davis and J. D. DeHaan, J. For. Sci., Vol. 17, pp. 271-
285, 1977
“Laboratory Aspects of Arson: Accelerants, Devices and Targets”, J. D. DeHaan, Fire &
Arson Investigator, Vol. 29, No. 3, Jan. – Mar. 1979
“Role of Forensic Science in Arson Investigation”, J. D. DeHaan, Arson Analysis Newsletter,
Vol. 3, No. 2, 1979
“Laboratory Aspects of Arson Reconstruction”, Calif. Conf. of Arson Invest., June 1980
“Animal Abuse – How to Collect and Preserve Physical Evidence”, J. D. DeHaan, Mod. Vet.
Practice, Feb. 1980
“Arson and Forensic Science”, Chapter 13 of Arson Prosecution, Calif. District Attorneys
Association, Sacramento, CA, 1980
“Arson Evidence”, Chapter of CDAA Arson Trial Procedure Manual, Sacramento, CA, 1980
“Evaluation of Kapak Plastic Pouches”, J. D. DeHaan and F. A. Skalsky, Arson Analysis
Newsletter, 1981
“A Low-Cost Information Retrieval System”, presented at California Association of
Criminalists Fall Seminar, Yosemite, CA, Nov. 1980
“Homicide With a Black Powder Handgun”, presented at CAC Fall Seminar, Lake Tahoe,
CA, November 1981. Published in Journal of Forensic Sciences, Apr. 1983
“A Non-Automated Information System”, Laurie Rawlinson and J. D. DeHaan, presented at
the First Inter-American Congress of Forensic Science, Sacramento, CA, Nov. 1982
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010 (Continued)
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“Training of Arson Investigators”, presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
Orlando, FL, 1982, (published as letter to the editor, Journal of Forensic Sciences,
Oct. 1983)
Kirk’s Fire Investigation, 2nd Ed., J. D. DeHaan, John Wiley and Sons, N.Y., 1983
“The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre”, presented at the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 1983
“The Evidential Value of Some Fire Diagnostic Signs”, presented at the 10th International
Association of Forensic Sciences Meeting, Oxford, England, Sept. 1984
“A Forensic What?”, Vortex, American Chemical Society – Northern California Chapter,
1985
“Determining the Point of Origin – Diagnostic Signs and Laboratory Analysis”, Fire &
Arson Investigator, Vol. 36, No. 4, June 1986
“The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 – A Cause and Origin Investigation”, presented at the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Diego, CA, Feb. 1987
“The Physical Evidence of Fire Behavior”, presented at the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences, San Diego, CA, Feb. 1987
“The DuPont Hotel Fire Disaster – The ATF Laboratory Role”, presented at Pan-American
Association of Forensic Sciences, Wichita, KS, Aug. 1987
“Bomb Evidence in Wounds and Clothing”, presented at Pan-American Association of
Forensic Sciences, Wichita, KS, Aug. 1987
“Bombing in America – Cases and Trends”, R. A. Strobel, J. D. DeHaan, and R. E.
Tontarski, presented at the 11th IAFS meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 1987
“Are Localized Burns Proof of Flammable Liquid Accelerants?”, Fire & Arson Investigator,
Vol. 38, No. 1, Sept. 1987
“Training of Arson Investigators and the Changing Role of the Laboratory”, presented at
the 11th IAFS meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 1987
“Bomb and Explosion Investigations”, J. D. DeHaan and W. R. Dietz, presented at the
National Association of Medical Examiners, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 1987
“From Flame to Flashover – Fire Propagation in Structures”, presented at the 10th Annual
Australian International Forensic Science Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 1988
“After the Blast – Analysis, Interpretation and Reconstruction”, presented at IAAI – NSW
Chapter, Sydney, Australia, May 1988
“Fire Scene Interpretation”, presented at the IAAI – NSW Chapter, Sydney, Australia, May
1988
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010 (Continued)
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Publications and Papers 3/8/10 Page 8 of 40
“The Critical State of Lab Services in Arson and Bomb Cases”, presented at Symposium IV,
California State Fire Marshal, May 1989
“Quality Control of Fire Scene Investigations”, Fire & Arson Investigator, Feb. 1990
“Arson – A Problem of Attitudes”, presented at IACP – Bomb & Arson Committee, Chicago,
IL, May 1990
“What Do You Mean – The Lab Report is Negative?”, presented at the IAAI – NSW
Chapter, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 1990
“The Effects of the Fire Environment on Physical Evidence”, presented at the IAAI – NSW
Chapter, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 1990
“Evaporation Rates of Volatile Hydrocarbon Accelerants”, J. D. DeHaan and A. R.
Greenfield, presented at the AAFS meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 1991
Kirk’s Fire Investigation, 3rd Ed., J. D. DeHaan, Brady Publishing, New Jersey, 1991
“Fire-Fatal Intensity: A Third View of the Lime Street Fire”, Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol.
43, No. 1, Sept. 1992, pp. 55-59
“Spontaneous Ignition – Mechanism and Investigation”, presented at the New York State
Fire Seminar, Montour Falls, NY, Nov. 1992
“Gas Chromatography of Arson and Explosives Analysis”, co-author with Mary Lou Fultz,
Ph.D., in Gas Chromatography in Forensic Science, Ian Tebbett, Ed., Ellis Horwood
Publ., Chichester, U.K., 1992
“Combustion Explosions – Whoosh, Thump or Bang?”, presented at the 44th IAAI Annual
Seminar, Auckland, NZ, May 1993
“Vacuum Metal Deposition and Cyanoacrylate Detection of Older Latent Prints”, co-author
with Nancy E. Masters, presented at the International Symposium on Fingerprints,
Quantico, VA, May 1993. Published in Journal of Forensic Identification, 1996
“CCAI Vehicle Fire Tests: A Photographic Report”, R. K. Marley and J. D. DeHaan, Jan.
1994
“Canine Accelerant Detection: Validation and Certification”, CAC News, July 1994.
Presented at CAC Spring Seminar, Oakland, CA, May 1994 (Voted best paper)
“From Alchemy to Mass Spectrometry”, CCAI Fire Investigator, Summer 1994. Presented at
CAC Spring Seminar, Oakland, CA, May 1994
“The Dynamics of Flash Fires Involving Flammable Hydrocarbon Liquids”, Am. J. of For.
Med. & Path., Mar. 1996
“Spontaneous Ignition – What Really Happens?”, Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol. 46, Nos.
3 & 4, Mar. and June 1996
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010 (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Publications and Papers 3/8/10 Page 9 of 40
“Reconstruction of Fires Involving Highly Flammable Hydrocarbon Liquids”, Ph.D. Thesis,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, Apr. 1995 (published through
University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, 1996)
“A Case of Not-So-Spontaneous Human Combustion”, Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol. 47,
No. 4, June 1997
“Combustion Explosions Involving Household Aerosol Products”, co-author with W. A.
Howard, Presented at International Conference of Fire Safety, Millbrae, CA, Jan.
1995. Published in Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol. 48, No. 1, Sept. 1997
Kirk’s Fire Investigation, 4th Ed., J. D. DeHaan, Brady Publishing, New Jersey, 1997
“The Combustion of Animal Fat and Its Implications for the Combustion of Human Bodies
in Fires”, Science & Justice, Jan. 1999
“The Influence of Temperature, Pool Size, and Substrate on the Evaporation Rates of
Flammable Liquids”, published in the Proceedings of InterFlam 99, Interscience,
Greenwich, U.K. Presented at InterFlam, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1999
“The Challenge of Fire Investigation”, Arson Prevention Bulletin, London, Aug. 1999.
Presented at InterFlam (keynote address), Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1999
“Sustained Combustion of an Animal Carcass”, presented at IAFS, UCLA, Aug. 1999
“Deflagrations of Heavier-than-Air Vapor Mixtures”, presented at IAFS, UCLA, Aug. 1999
“Deflagration of Stratified Heavier-than-Air Vapor Mixtures”, presented at SFPE, Chicago,
IL, Oct. 1999
“Our Changing World of Fires and Fuels”, presented at Australia-New Zealand Forensic
Science Society, Mar. 2000
“Cubicle Fires (1996-98),” presented at CAC Spring Seminar, Napa, CA, May 2000 (voted
best paper – Alfred Biasotti Award)
“Overhauling for Successful Fire Investigation”, Mark Wallace and John DeHaan, Fire
Engineering, Dec. 2000
Editor: Fire & Arson Scene Evidence: A Guide for Public Safety Personnel, NIJ, 2000
“Full-Scale Compartment Fire Tests”, CAC News, Second Quarter 2001
“Deflagrations Involving Stratified Heavier-than-Air Vapor/Air Mixtures”, John DeHaan,
Martin Shipp, David Hoare, et al., Fire Safety Journal, Sept. 2001
“Sustained Combustion of an Animal Carcass and its Implications for the Consumption of
Human Bodies in Fires”, J. D. DeHaan and S. Nurbakhsh, Journal of Forensic
Sciences, Sept. 2001
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010 (Continued)
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Publications and Papers 3/8/10 Page 10 of 40
“Our Changing World: Part 1 – Furnishings” and “Part 2 – Ignitable Liquids: Petroleum
Distillates, Petroleum Products, and Other Stuff”, The Fire Place, Washington State
Chapter IAAI, June – Aug. 2001. “Part 3 – Detection Limits – Is More Sensitive
Necessarily More Better?” and “Part 4 – A Matter of Time”, Sept. – Nov. 2001. “Part
5 – The Candle Threat”, Sept. – Dec. 2002. Also in Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol.
51, No. 2, Jan. 2002 (Part 1); Vol. 52, No. 3, Apr. 2003 (Part 2); and Vol. 52, No. 4,
July 2002 (Parts 3 and 4); Vol. 53, No. 2, Jan. 2003 (Part 5)
Kirk’s Fire Investigation, 5th Ed., J. D. DeHaan, Brady Publishing, New Jersey, 2002
Kirk’s Fire Investigation Instructor’s Manual, John DeHaan, David Icove and Carolyn
Blocher, Brady Publishing, New Jersey, 2002
“Fire Investigations and the Forensic Lab”, CAC News, Fourth Quarter 2002
“Reconstruction of a Fatal Fire in a Parked Motor Vehicle”, J. D. DeHaan and F. L. Fisher,
Fire & Arson Investigator, Jan. 2003
“High Temperature Accelerants – Are They Real?”, The Detonator, 30, 2, Mar./Apr. 2003
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, D. J. Icove and J. D. DeHaan, Brady Publishing, New
Jersey, 2003
“NFPA 921’s Impact on Fire Scene Reconstruction”, D. J. Icove and J. D. DeHaan, Fire
Protection Engineering, Winter 2004
“Reliability of Fire Tests and Computer Modeling in Fire Scene Reconstruction”, presented
at the IAAI Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 2004, published in Fire & Arson
Investigator, Vol. 55, No. 3, Jan. 2005, pp. 40-47 (Part I)
“Exploding Gas Cans and Other Fire Myths”, CAC News, Third Quarter 2004, pp. 22-28.
Presented at CAC Spring Seminar, San Mateo, May 2004 (Voted best paper – Alfred
Biasotti Award)
“Advanced Tools for Use in Forensic Fire Scene Investigation, Reconstruction and
Documentation”, published in the Proceedings of InterFlam 2004, Interscience
Communications, London, 2004. Presented at the 10th Annual InterFlam
Conference, Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2004
“Volatile Organic Compounds from the Combustion of Human and Animal Tissue”, John
DeHaan, David Brien, and Robert Large, presented at Forensic Science Society,
Oxford, U.K., Mar. 19-22, 2003, and at the Technical Working Group Symposium,
Orlando, FL, Nov. 20, 2003, published in Science & Justice, Vol. 44, No. 4, Oct.-Dec.
2004, pp. 223-236
“Reliability of Fire Tests and Computer Modeling in Fire Scene Reconstruction, Part I”,
presented at the IAAI Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 2004, published in Fire
& Arson Investigator, Vol. 55, No. 3, Jan. 2005, pp. 40-47
Appendix 1: Publications and Papers, 1973 – 2010 (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Publications and Papers 3/8/10 Page 11 of 40
“Reliability of Fire Tests and Computer Modeling in Fire Scene Reconstruction, Part II”,
Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol. 55, No. 4, Apr. 2005, pp. 35-45
“The Great Fire of 1871 That No One Knows”, Presented at Last Word Society, American
Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA, Feb. 23, 2006
“Fire Scene Reconstruction” Chapter in Crime Scene Reconstruction, W. J. Chisum and B.
Turvey, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2007
Kirk’s Fire Investigation, 6th Ed., J. D. DeHaan, Brady Publishing, New Jersey, 2007
“Fire Dynamics” Chapter in Analysis of Burned Human Remains, S. Symes and C.
Schmidt., eds., Elsevier, 2008
Foreword in Fire Debris Analysis, E. Stauffer, J. A. Dolan, R. Newman, Academic Press,
2008
Edited and revised “Arson” and “Explosives” Chapters in Scientific Evidence, 4th Ed., P. C.
Gianelli and E. J. Imwinkelreid, Lexis Nexis, 2008
“Combustion Properties of Human and Large Animal Carcasses”, J. D. DeHaan and E.
Pope, presented at Interflam, London, U.K., September 2007
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, 2nd Ed., D. J. Icove and J. D. DeHaan, Brady
Publishing, New Jersey, 2008
2009:
“Sustained Combustion of Bodies: Some Observations”, J. D. DeHaan and E. Pope,
presented at American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Denver, CO, Feb. 2009 (in
press)
“Taphonomic Effects of Burning on Ivory: Preliminary Results”, B.W.Baker, J. D. DeHaan,
D. Healahl, J. A. Chamberlain, and E. O. Espinoza. Current Research in the
Pleistocene, Vol. 26, 2009, pp 129-131
Appendix 2: Lectures and Courses Taught, 1974 - 2010
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Lectures and Courses Taught 3/8/10 Page 12 of 40
Lecturer – Instructor:
Practitioner in Residence, University of New Haven, Fire Science Program, 1997 –
2000
Lecturer, University of California – Davis, Forensic Science Program, 2001 to date
Fire and Arson Investigation:
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, 1991 – 1998
University of British Columbia, Canada, 1997
Institution of Fire Engineers, Scotland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland and United
Kingdom (North) Branches
University of Seville (Spain), for Spanish Society of Fire Investigators
California State Fire Marshal
Yolo County (California) Arson and Bomb Unit
California Conference of Arson Investigators, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000
Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, California)
Solano Community College (Fairfield, California)
College of San Mateo (San Mateo, California)
California Fire Academy (Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California)
California Department of Justice, Bureau of Forensic Services, 1974 – 2000
Berkeley (California) Conference on Physical Evidence, 1979
California Association of Criminalists, 1996 – 2002
Shasta County (California) Arson Committee
Tuolumne County (California) Arson Task Force
Bay Area (San Francisco, California) Arson Strike Force
Redwood City (California) Fire Department
North Texas Fire Investigators Association
Mendocino County (California) Arson Task Force
Oregon Fire Chiefs Association
Lancashire (U.K.) Fire Brigade, 1997
Sacramento County (California) Fire Department
Stockton (California) Fire Department, 1998
Training Operations Management (Walnut Creek, California), 1998
British Columbia Fire Commissioner (Canada), 1990 to date
Tennessee Advisory Committee on Arson
Texas Association of Fire Educators
Maricopa County (Arizona) Attorney
Ontario (Canada) Fire Marshal
Queensland (Australia) Association of Fire Investigators
New York State Fire Academy, 1992
Appendix 2: Lectures and Courses Taught, 1974 – 2010 (Continued)
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Arizona State Fire Marshals, 1991 – 1997
New Zealand Fire Service
International Association of Arson Investigators:
Anaheim, California, 1979
Orlando, Florida, 1983
Atlanta, Georgia, 1986
Las Vegas, Nevada, 1987
Auckland, New Zealand, 1993
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002
Sparks, Nevada, 2003
St. Louis, Missouri, 2004
International Association of Arson Investigators, Regional Conferences: New Mexico,
Mississippi, New Jersey, Louisiana, Oregon, Kansas, New York, Michigan,
Colorado, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida,
Virginia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New South Wales (Australia), Ontario
(Canada), British Columbia (Canada)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Cincinnati, New Orleans, Seattle, San
Francisco, Dallas
Other Fire Training Presentations:
United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms (BATF) – Advanced Cause and Origin, Glynco, Georgia 1992 to date
BATF – Arson Accelerant Detection Course, 1984 – 1986
BATF – Systematic Analysis of Low Explosives, 1987
American Chemical Society – Technician Affiliate Group
BATF – Fire Investigation Research Establishment, 1997
Training in Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction and Trace Evidence:
Butte College, Oroville, California
California DoJ – BFS, Course in Identification of Hair
Yuba City, California, Police Department
California Homicide Investigators Association
California Association of Criminalists
California Department of Forestry Academy, Ione, California
Napa Valley College (Napa, California)
California DoJ – CCI, Crime Scene Investigation
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1998:
Flashover and Fire Dynamics, Sacramento, CA, FI 1A, 1/6/98, 2 hrs.
Fire Dynamics, Indicators, and Reconstruction, Stockton, CA, 1/12/98, 8 hrs.
Forensic Fire Investigations – A Fifty Year Retrospective, AAFS, San Francisco, CA,
2/12/98, 0.5 hr.
Fire & Explosion Investigation (with Monty McGill), BFS-CCI, San Diego, CA, 3/2-5/98,
32 hrs.
Advanced Fire and Explosion Investigation, Illinois Fire Investigators Assoc., Peoria, IL,
3/14-15/98, tested
Analysis of Low Explosives, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA, 3/23-27/98, 32 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Behavior, Wash. State Patrol, Moses Lake, WA, 4/22-24/98, 20 hrs.,
tested
Combustion Explosions, U.C. Davis, Forensic Engineering, 5/14/98, 2 hrs.
Dynamics of Fires and Explosions, TACA, Murfreesboro, TN, 5/18-19/98, 12 hrs., tested
Dynamics of Fires and Explosions, IAAI-MI Chapter, Mt. Clemens, MI, 5/21-22/98, 12 hrs.,
tested
Latent Print Techniques, BFS-CCI, Santa Ana, CA 6/1-5/98, 38 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Indicators, CCAI Inland Valley, 6/11/98, 7 hrs.
Fire & Explosion Investigation (with Monty McGill), BFS-CCI, Camarillo, CA, 6/18-22/98,
32 hrs.
Flammable Liquid Fires and Indicators, International Fire & Arson Conference, Brunel
Univ., U.K., 6/29-30/98, 3 hrs.
Fatal Fire Investigations, CCAI, San Luis Obispo, CA, 7/21/98, 3 hrs.
Arson Accelerant Detection, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA, 7/27-31/98, 38 hrs.
Canadian Fire Investigation School, Level II (with Monty McGill), Kamloops, B.C.,
8/24-28/98, 40 hrs.
Biology of Friction Ridge Skin, Latent Print Comparison Course, Santa Ana, CA, 8/31/98,
3 hrs.
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Adv. C&O Course, Glynco, GA, 9/98, 3 hrs.
Advanced Fire Investigation (with Monty McGill), T.O.M., Walnut Creek, CA, 9/21-23/98,
16 hrs.
Human Combustion, CAC Seminar, San Diego, CA, 10/16/98, 1 hr.
NFPA 921 and Canines, ATF Canine Recertification, Tucson, AZ, 10/20/98, 2 hrs.
Fire & Explosion Investigation, Univ. of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, 10/27-29/98, 20 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Spontaneous Combustion, CCAI, Fallbrook, CA, 11/13/98, 6 hrs.
Forensic Science, Monte Vista HS, Sunnyvale, CA, 11/24/98, 1 hr.
Fire Death Investigation, CCAI, Salinas, CA 11/25/98, 6 hrs.
Latent Print Techniques, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA 12/7-11/98, 38 hrs.
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Adv. C&O Course, FLETC, 12/14/98, 8 hrs.
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Forensic Science 625, Chemistry of Fires and Explosions, Univ. of New Haven, Master’s
Program (Graduate Level), 12 3-hr. lectures, Jan. – Mar. and Sept. – Dec. 1998
Forensic Science 649, Investigation of Fires and Explosions, Univ. of New Haven, Master’s
Program (Graduate Level), 12 3-hr. lectures, Apr. – Jun. 1998
1999:
Flashover and Fire Dynamics, Sacramento FD, FI 1A, 1/15/99, 2 hrs.
New Concepts in Fire and Explosion Dynamics, Longmont, CO, 1/25-26/99, 14 hrs., tested
Fire Investigation: Challenges, Los Angeles, CA, Women in Fire Service, 2/24/99 7 hrs.
Basic Fire Investigation, Washington State Patrol, Kennewick, WA, 4/26-27/99, 15 hrs.
Investigative Resources and Assessment, Washington State Patrol, Kennewick, WA,
4/28/99, 1 hr.
Advanced Fire Investigation, Washington State Patrol, Kennewick, WA, 4/29/99, 12 hrs.,
tested
Advances in Fire Investigation, NWFIA, Springfield, OR, 5/4/99, 7 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Indicators, CCAI, Susanville, CA, 5/6/99, 7 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics and Advanced Investigation, PARCO, Clearwater, FL, 5/20-21/99, 13 hrs.
Latent Print Techniques, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA, 5/24-28/99, 38 hrs.
Combustion Explosions, U.C. Davis, Forensic Engineering, 6/1/99, 1.5 hr.
Lab Analysis of Arson Evidence, CCI, Sacramento, CA, 6/12/99, 4 hrs.
Explosives Analysis, CCI, Sacramento, CA, 6/15/99, 1 hr.
Investigation of Fatal Fires, Sonoma Co. Arson Task Force, Healdsburg, CA, 6/16/99, 7 hrs.
The Challenge of Fire Investigation, InterFlam (keynote address), Edinburgh, Scotland,
6/29/99
Quality Assurance in Fire Investigation, International Fire & Arson Conference, Brunel
Univ., 7/1/99
The Fire Dynamics of Fatal Fires, VA Chapter, IAAI, Williamsburg, VA, 7/26-27/99, 14 hrs.
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Adv. C&O Course, Glynco, GA, 7/28-29/99,
8 hrs.
Fire Death Investigation, IAFS Workshop (with Monty McGill), UCLA, 8/23-24/99, 16 hrs.
Sustained Combustion of an Animal Carcass, IAFS, UCLA, 8/25/99
Deflagrations of Heavier-than-Air Vapor Mixtures, IAFS, UCLA, 8/25/99
Canadian Fire Investigation School, Level II (with Monty McGill and Art Hunter),
Cranbrook, B.C., 8/30-9/3/99 40 hrs.
Latent Print Techniques, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA, 9/13-15/99, 24 hrs.
Arson Accelerant Detection, BFS-CCI, Sacramento, CA, 9/27-10/1/99, 38 hrs.
Deflagration of Stratified Heavier-than-Air Vapor Mixtures, SFPE, Chicago, IL, 10/6/99
Advanced Fire Behavior, CCAI, Garden Grove, CA, 10/12/99, 7 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation, Airth Castle (Stirling), Scotland, 10/18-22/99, 24 hrs.
Quality Assurance in Fire Investigation, Horsham (Sussex), England, 10/27/99, 2 hrs.
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Advanced Fire Behavior, IAAI-Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada, 11/15-16/99, 15 hrs., tested
Arson & Bomb Investigations, U.C. Davis (Extension), Sacramento, CA, 12/8/99, 3 hrs.,
tested
Forensic Science 649, Investigation of Fires and Explosions, Univ. of New Haven, Master’s
Program (Graduate Level), 12 3-hr. lectures, Jan. – Apr. 1999
Forensic Science 684, Reconstruction of Fires and Explosions, Univ. of New Haven,
Master’s Program (Graduate Level), 12 3-hr. lectures, Apr. – Jun. 1999
Forensic Science 625, Chemistry of Fires and Explosions, Univ. of New Haven, Master’s
Program (Graduate Level), 12 3-hr. lectures, Sept. – Dec. 1999 and Jul. – Aug. 1999
2000:
Fire Investigation, U.C. Davis, Forensic Science Program, Sacramento, CA, 2/2/00, 3 hrs.
Advanced Fire Investigation (with Monty McGill), Ventura Co. Fire Dept., CA, 2/7-10/00,
32 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Advanced Fire Dynamics, Queensland Association of Fire Investigators, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, 3/4-5/00, 16 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Getting it Right in Fire Investigations (Plenary Lecture), Australia-New Zealand Forensic
Science Society (ANSFSS), Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 3/6/00
Human Combustion (Invited Lecture), ANZFSS, 3/7/00
Criminalistics and Fires (Guest Lecture), California DOJ/DNA Lab, Berkeley, CA, 3/29/00,
2 hrs.
Advanced Fire Dynamics and Indicators, Oakland Co. Association of Arson and Fire
Investigators, Pontiac, MI, 4/8/00, 8 hrs., tested
Advanced Fire Dynamics, Northwest Fire and Arson Seminar, Wilsonville, OR, 5/2/00,
8 hrs., tested
Advanced Fire Investigation (with Monty McGill), Sonoma Co. Arson Task Force, CA,
5/4-9/00, 32 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Fire Debris Analysis, New York Police Dept. Forensic Lab, Jamaica, NY, 5/22-25/00,
30 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics & Indicators, ATF Adv. C & O Course, Glynco, GA, FLETC, 6/5/00, 8 hrs.,
tested
Advanced Fire Dynamics, Mass. Chapter – IAAI, Hynannis, MA, 6/7/00, 8 hrs. plus live
burns, tested
Advanced Fire & Explosion Investigation, New Zealand Fire Service, Wellington, NZ,
6/12-16/00, 36 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Room Fire Dynamics, California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA,
7/10/00, 4 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Analysis of Low Explosives (with Wayne Moorehead), CCI, Sacramento, CA, 8/28-9/1/00,
40 hrs., tested
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Fatal Fire Investigations, Denver Fire & Arson Seminar, Denver, CO, 9/21/00, 8 hrs., tested
Reconstruction, IAAI-Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 10/14-17/00, 12 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics & Indicators, Canadian Assoc. of Fire Investigators, Calgary, Canada, 10/15-
16/00, 16 hrs. plus live burns, tested
Canadian Fire Investigation School, Level II, Surrey, B.C., 10/20-21/00, 10 hrs.
Investigation of Major and Fatal Fires, Canadian Fire Investigation School, Level II,
Surrey, B.C., Canada, 10/23-24/00, tested
Fire Investigations, Northern California Fire Protection Officers, Vallejo, CA, 10/27/00,
1 hr.
Chemistry of Fire and Pyrolysis, Advanced Chemistry for Fire Debris Analysts, National
Center for Forensic Science, Tallahassee, FL, 11/2/00, 6 hrs.
Why Investigate Fires?, Vallejo Rotary Club, Vallejo, CA, 12/14/00, 1 hr.
2001:
Fire Dynamics and Fatal Fires, Kansas City Arson Task Force, 3/2-3/01, 12 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics and Special Topics, West Palm Beach, FL, 3/11-12/01, 16 hrs., tested
Fire and Explosion Investigation, Fire Research Station, Garston, U.K., 3/19-23/01, 30 hrs.
The Mariet Ford Arson/Homicide Case, CAC, Sacramento, CA, 3/29/01, 1 hr.
Forensic Science 210: Methods of Identification and Individualization, U.C. Davis
(Graduate Extension), 4/2-6/7/01, 36 hrs.
Ignition and Incendiary Devices, Marin Co. Arson Task Force, Novato, CA, 4/5/01, 1 hr.
Fire Dynamics and Reconstruction, Springfield, OR, 5/8/01, 8 hrs., tested
New Petroleum Products and Canine Detection (CADA), Long Beach, CA, 5/17/01, 1 hr.
Fire Dynamics and Fatal Fires, Washington State Patrol, Region 1, Ft. Townsend, WA,
5/21-23/01, 12 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics and Fatal Fires, Washington State Patrol, Region 8, Pasco, WA, 5/24-25/01,
12 hrs., tested
Fire Indicators and Combustion Explosions, ATF Adv. C & O, Glynco, GA, 6/4/01, 8 hrs.,
tested
Fire Dynamics and Reconstruction, PARCO, Clearwater, FL, 6/20-21/01, 16 hrs., tested
Special Topics: Live, Learn and Pass It On Fire Conference, Brunel Univ., UK, 6/27-28/01,
4 hrs.
Fire Investigation and Reconstruction, Indiana Fire Invest. Conf., Indianapolis, IN, 8/21/01,
8 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Reconstruction, ATF Seminar, Chicago, IL, 10/01, 16 hrs.
Fatal Fire Reconstruction, CAC Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, 10/17/01, 7 hrs.
Fire Dynamics and Reconstruction, Miss. Fire Investigators Assoc., Natchez, MS, 11/7-8/01,
16 hrs., tested
Fire Reconstruction, Conn. Chapter – IAAI, Hartford, CT, 11/15/01, 8 hrs., tested
Fire Dynamics and What’s New, CCAI Roundtable, El Cajon, CA, 12/14/01, 7 hrs.
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2002:
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Advanced Cause & Origin, FLETC, Glynco,
GA, 1/8-9/02, 8 hrs.
Evidence Documentation & Presentation (panel w/Doug Wood), CCAI, 1/21/02, 6 hrs.
Fire Scene Documentation, Rogue Valley IAAI, Grants Pass, Oregon, 2/11-12/02, 16 hrs.
Fire and Death: Working Together to Get the Right Answers, WPMO, Sydney, Australia,
3/20/02, 1 hr.
Fire Debris Chemistry, Univ. of Technology at Sydney, Australia, 3/27/02, 1 hr.
Utah Chapter IAAI, Wendover, UT, 4/1-3/02, 20 hrs., tested
The Anatomy of Fire, B.C. Chapter IAAI, Vancouver, Canada, 4/4-5/02, 8 hrs., tested
Advanced Cause & Origin/Fire Dynamics, DuPage Co. Fire Investigation Task Force and
Kane Co. Fire Task Force, 4/15-18/02, 32 hrs., tested
Fire Deaths: Investigation and Reconstruction, IAAI Milwaukee, 5/20/02, 2 hrs., tested
Combustion Explosions, U.C. Davis, 6/10-11/02, 12 hrs., tested
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Advanced Cause & Origin, FLETC, Glynco,
GA, 7/17-18/02, 8 hrs.
Scene Documentation, CCAI, 7/22/02, 1 hr.
Fire Investigation and the Lab, No/So Arson/Explosives Conference, 7/25/02, 1.5 hr.
General Fire Science and Investigation, New Zealand, FS & ESR, 8/22-23/02, 14 hrs.
Approaches to Fire Scene Investigation, IAFS, Montpellier, France, 9/3/02, 1 hr.
Fire Scene Documentation, Illinois Chapter IAAI, 9/9/02, 8 hrs.
Fire Indicators/Combustion Explosions, ATF Advanced Cause & Origin, FLETC, Glynco,
GA, 9/11-12/02, 8 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation, Bishops Stortford, Essex, U.K., 9/17-20/02, 30 hrs.
Fire Behavior and Analysis, Iowa Chapter IAAI, 9/24-25/02, 12 hrs.
Canadian Fire Investigation School, Vancouver, Canada, 9/30-10/1/02, 12 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, CAC, Huntington Beach, CA, 10/14-15/02,
16 hrs.
2003:
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 1/8-9/03, 8 hrs., tested
Combustion Explosions, SFPE, Oakland, CA, 1/17/03, 1 hr.
NFPA 921 Update, Solano/Napa Fire Investigation Unit, Benicia, CA, 2/6/03, 7 hrs.
Fire Investigation and the Forensic Lab, Univ. of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales, 3/24/03, 2 hrs.
Fire Behavior and Flashover – What Is It and Why Do I Care?, Minnesota Chapter IAAI
2003 Fire Investigation Conference, St. Cloud, MN, 3/27/03, 8 hrs., tested
Personal Identification Methods in Forensic Science, FS210, U.C. Davis, 4/2 – 6/4/03, 4 hrs./
week for 10 weeks
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Spontaneous Combustion (with Prof. David Howitt), IAAI Annual Meeting, Sparks, NV,
4/18/03, 3 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Washington State Fire
Investigation Seminar, Walla Walla, WA, 5/19-23/03, 40 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Documentation, South Carolina Chapter IAAI, South Carolina Fire Academy,
Columbia, SC, 6/5/03, 8 hrs., tested
Reconstruction of Flammable Liquid Fires and Combustion Explosions; Spontaneous
Combustion, CORE Engineering and Summit Engineering Small Group Seminar,
Columbia, SC, 6/6/03, 7 hrs.
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 6/18-19/03, 8 hrs., tested
Fire Deaths: Working Together to Get the Right Answers, Masters 10 Conference, St. Louis
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 7/23/03, 1 hr.
Fire Deaths: Working Together to Get the Right Answers, NSW Police Service, Sydney,
NSW, Australia, 8/6/03, 2 hrs.
Fire/Explosion Scene Documentation; Combustion Explosions; and Fatal Car Fire, NSW
Association of Fire Investigators (IAAI Chapter), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 8/7-8/03,
3 hrs.
Why Document a Fire Scene?, CCAI Roundtable Meeting, Oakland, CA, 9/4/03, 1.5 hr.
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 9/9-10/03, 8 hrs. tested
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK, 9/16-19/03, 30 hrs.
Fire and Arson Investigation, Survey in Forensic Science Course, U.C. Davis, 10/21/03, 3
hrs.
Basic Fire Investigation; Compartment Fire Dynamics and Flashover; and Fire Deaths,
Greater Cincinnati Regional Arson Fire Investigators Seminar, Cincinnati, OH,
10/23-24/03, 8 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation – What’s New?, Idaho Chapter IAAI 2003 Annual
Conference, Post Falls, ID, 11/5/03, 8 hrs.
Spontaneous Human Combustion; Fundamentals of Fire Investigation, Mass. State-Wide
Coalition for Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Program’s Annual Conference,
Framingham, MA, 11/10/03, 6 hrs.
Fire Fatalities, U.C. Davis Extension, 11/12/03, 8 hrs.
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 12/2-3/03, 8 hrs., tested
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2004:
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 1/6-7/04, 10 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), CCAI, Seaside, CA, 1/26-27/04, 6 hrs.,
tested
The Great Chicago Fire, Lions Club, Palo Alto, CA, 2/3/04, 1 hr.
Bubble, Bubble, Boom (Fires and Explosions in Clandestine Drug Labs) (with Sanford
Angelos), Workshop at AAFS Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2/17/04, 8 hrs.
Low Energy Ignition (with Dr. David Howitt), Utah Chapter IAAI, Wendover, NV,
2/23-24/04 (with live burns), 18 hrs.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Presenting or Defending a Fire Subrogation Case Through Trial (w/
Joseph Zicherman and Kevin Cholakian), NASP Chapter Meeting, City Club, San
Francisco, CA, 2/26/04, 1 hr.
Fire Scene Investigation, NV Chapter IAAI, Gardnerville, NV, 5/24-28/04 (with live burns),
36 hrs., tested
Combustion Explosions – Mechanisms & Investigations, U.C. Davis Extension, Davis, CA,
6/10/04, 8 hrs., tested
Compartment Fire Behavior (with Dan Madrzykowski), CCAI, Seaside, CA, 7/26-27/04, 16
hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Ohio Arson School, Columbus,
OH, 8/4-6/04, 18 hrs., tested
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 8/18-19/04, 8 hrs., tested
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course, Bishops Stortford, Essex, U.K., 9/14-17/04, 32 hrs.
Fire Behavior and Fire Demos, Alameda Co. Arson Task Force, Hayward, CA, 9/23/04 (with
live burns), 2 hrs.
Vital Knowledge for the Fire Investigator’s Tool Box (with Dave Campbell), Nebraska Fire
& Arson Conference, Grand Island, NE, 9/27-30/04 (with live burns), 20 hrs., tested
Fire and Explosion Investigation (with Monty McGill and Raymond Davis), Idaho State
University Institute of Emergency Management, Sandpoint, ID, 10/11-16/04 (with
live burns), 44 hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Hawaii Chapter IAAI, Honolulu,
HI, 10/18-21/04, 20 hrs.
Fires and Explosions in Clandestine Labs, 4th Annual TWGFEX Symposium, Orlando, FL,
11/18/04, 3 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Connecticut Chapter IAAI,
Annual Arson Investigators Seminar, Rocky Hill, CT, 11/19/04, 8 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), American Academy of Applied
Forensics at Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, 12/7-8/04, 16 hrs.
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2005:
Advanced Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), IAAI Arizona Chapter, Mesa,
AZ, 1/27/05, 7 hrs., tested
Learning from Fires, Vallejo Chamber of Commerce, Vallejo, CA, 2/17/05, 1 hr.
Fire Death Investigation, U.C. Davis, Davis, CA, 2/9/05, 8 hrs., tested
Advanced Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), IAAI Virginia Chapter,
Virginia Beach, VA, 3/21-22/05, 16 hrs., tested
Personal Identification and Analytical Methods in Forensic Science (FS210), U.C. Davis
Extension, Davis, CA, 3/28/05 – 6/6/05, 40 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Reconstruction, IAAI, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 4/4-5/05, 4 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, 2005 IAAI Annual Training Conference, Washington,
DC, 4/28/05, 4 hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, 2005 Fire Investigation Conference, IAAI Washington
Chapter and Northwest Fire Investigators Association, Leavenworth, WA, 5/9-13/05,
36 hrs., tested
Fingerprints (ETX20), U.C. Davis, Davis, CA, 5/23/05, 3 hrs.
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 6/8-9/05, 8 hrs., tested
Combustion Explosions: Gasoline Vapors and Aerosols, CCAI, San Luis Obispo, CA,
7/18/05, 2 hrs., plus demonstrations
Flashover (with Dr. David Icove), Ohio Arson School, Columbus, OH, 8/2/05, 3 hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), IAAI Tennessee Chapter,
Gatlinburg, TN, 8/4-5/05, 12 hrs., tested
The Scientific Method, Rudloff, Wood & Barrows (law firm), Emeryville, CA, 8/10/05, 1 hr.
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course (with Jack Malooly and Stan Ames), Bishops
Stortford, Essex, U.K., 9/26-30/05, 32 hrs.
The Importance of Forensic Fire Investigation, IAAI-Ireland Branch, Dublin, Ireland,
10/3/05, 1 hr.
Scientific Fire Investigation and Myth Busting, Symposium on Scientific Fire Investigation,
Spoliation and Subrogation, Houston, TX, 10/13/05, 2 hrs.
Fire Scene Reconstruction – Ventilation Factors and Mohan/Daubert Challenges and
Forensic Science, 2005 Canadian National Advanced Fire, Arson & Explosion
Training Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/24/05, 7 hrs., tested
Fire Investigation and the Forensic Scientist, Fall 2005 Northwest Association of Forensic
Scientists Meeting, Seattle, WA, 11/16/05, 8 hrs., tested
Basic Fire Behavior and Fire Dynamics, Dane Co. Arson Response Initiative (DCARI),
Madison, WI, 12/3-4/05, 12 hrs., tested
The Scientific Method and Fire Investigation, CCAI/San Diego Co. Arson Task Force,
Carlsbad, CA 12/9/05, 6 hrs.
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2006:
Advanced C&O and Courtroom Techniques (Fire Indicators; Combustion Explosions), ATF,
FLETC, Glynco, GA, 1/24-26/06, 8 hrs., tested
What is the Scientific Method and What Does It Have To Do with My Investigation?,
Central Illinois Fire Investigators Association Conference, Peoria, IL, 3/24-26/06, 8
hrs.
Clues in the Ashes: Case Studies in Fire Investigation, San Jose State University, San Jose,
CA, 4/3/06, 1.5 hrs.
Distinguishing Fact from Fantasy in Arson Cases, Capital Cases Seminar: Judicial
Management of Death Penalty Cases, Chicago, IL, 5/10-11/06, 3.5 hrs.
Fire Scene Documentation, Michigan Chapter IAAI Annual Arson School, Midland, MI,
5/25/06, 6 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Massachusetts Chapter IAAI,
Hyannis, MA, 6/7-9/06, 18.5 hrs.
“Hourglass” Burn Patterns: A Scientific Explanation for Their Formation (with Dr. David
Icove), Int’l Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 6/26-28/06, 1 hr.
Modern Fire Scene Investigation (with Dr. David Icove), New York City Fire Marshals,
New York City, NY, 7/24-26/06, 16 hrs.
Case Studies Involving Fire Deaths, Indiana Fire Investigations Conference, Indiana
Chapter IAAI, Indianapolis, IN 8/22/06, 8 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course (with Jack Malooly and Stan Ames), Wethersfield,
U.K., 9/25-29/06, 36 hrs.
Spontaneous Combustion/Self-Ignition and Facts and Fantasy of Fire Investigation,
Sonoma Co. Fire Investigation Task Force, Petaluma, CA 10/4/06, 4 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, 10th Annual Fire Investigative Approaches Training
Seminar, North Carolina and South Carolina Chapters IAAI, Myrtle Beach, SC,
10/16-17/06, 16 hrs.
CSI – It’s Not Really Like That – A View from the Bench, Tri-Valley Science Symposium,
Pleasanton, CA, 10/24/06, 4 hrs.
Fire Behavior and Fire Demos, Alameda Co. Arson Task Force and Fire Prevention Officers
Association, Hayward, CA, 10/25/06 (with live burns), 8 hrs.
Fire Scene Reconstruction, East Texas Arson Investigators Association Annual Conference,
Longview, TX, 11/7/06, 8 hrs.
From Shovel to Computer: the Evolution of Fire Investigation and Reconstruction, Forensic
Science Partnership Program, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 12/1/06, 1.5
hrs.
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Lectures and Courses Taught 3/8/10 Page 23 of 40
2007:
Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Kansas Chapter IAAI Regional Seminar,
Topeka, KS, 2/13-15/07, 21 hrs., tested
Myths and Legends, Annual Texas Fire and Arson Investigators Conference, Texas
Engineering Extension Service (Texas A&M University), Austin, TX, 3/22/07, 8 hrs.,
tested
Facts and Fantasies of Fire Investigation, Documentation of Fire Scenes, and Fatal Fires,
Arson Training Seminar, Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC), Destin,
FL, 2/20/07, 7 hrs.
NFPA 555 Flashover Calculations, CCAI, San Luis Obispo, CA, 3/26/07, 4 hrs., tested
What’s New in Kirk, 6th Ed., Arizona Chapter IAAI, Mesa, AZ, 3/28/07, 7 hrs.
Fire Death Investigation, U.C. Davis Extension, Davis, CA, 5/17/07, 8 hrs., tested
Combustion Explosions – Mechanisms & Investigations, U.C. Davis Extension, Davis, CA,
5/30-31/07, 16 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Southeastern Arson Seminar, Georgia
Chapter IAAI, Savannah, GA, 8/7-8/07, 16 hrs., tested
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course (with Jack Malooly and Stan Ames), Wethersfield,
U.K., 9/10-14/07, 40 hrs.
Stuart Kind Memorial Lecture, Forensic Science Society, Wyboston, U.K., 11/2/07
Ignition Sources: Fact or Myth (with Jack Malooly and Jamie Novak), CCAI, San Luis
Obispo, CA, 11/6-7/07, 16 hrs., tested
Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Texas Chapter IAAI, S. Padre Is., TX,
11/15-16/07, 12 hrs., tested
Introduction to Arson Investigation and Forensic Fire Science, San Jose State Univ., San
Jose, CA, 11/21/07, 1 hr.
2008:
Low Energy Ignition Sources, Advanced Fire and Arson Career Development School, Rogue
Valley (Oregon) Chapter IAAI, Medford, OR, 1/23-24/08, 12 hrs., tested
Don’t Bomb in Court (How Arson and Bomb Scene Investigators and Lab Personnel Can
Survive a Daubert or Frye Scientific Evidence Hearing in Court), Workshop, AAFS
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2/19/08, 8 hrs.
Fire Litigation (with Dr. David Icove), Hawaii State Bar Association, Honolulu, HI, 3/17/08,
3 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Hawaii Chapter IAAI and
SFPE, Honolulu, HI, 3/18-19/08, 16 hrs., tested
Fire and Arson Investigation (FOR215), U.C. Davis Extension, 3/31-6/9/08, 30 hrs., tested
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Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Maryland Chapter IAAI,
Baltimore, MD, 4/1-3/08, 20 hrs., tested
Fire Death Investigation, Napa-Solano FIU, CCAI North Bay Roundtable, Napa, CA, 6/4-
5/08, 16 hrs., tested
Advanced Fire Investigation (with Monty McGill), College of Eastern Utah, Price City, UT,
4/14-18/08, 36 hrs.
Investigating the Late, Great Fires of American History, Mid-Atlantic Association of
Forensic Science Annual Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 5/1/08,
1 hr.
Fire Scene Investigation Workshop, CAC Semi-Annual Conference, San Diego, CA 5/5-6/08,
16 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Florida Chapter IAAI, Orlando,
FL, 6/11-13/08, 20 hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Death Investigation Course (with Dr. Elayne Pope), San Luis Obispo Fire
Investigation Strike Team (SLOFIST) and CCAI, San Luis Obispo, CA, 6/23-25/08,
16 hrs.
Homicide by Arson, Hillsboro Fire Dept., Hillsboro, OR, 8/28/08, 8 hrs.
Arson Investigation and Attacks, “Experts: Promoting and Protecting the Science” Course,
National College of District Attorneys, San Diego, CA, 9/10/08, 2 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation Course (with Jack Malooly and Stan Ames), Gardiner &
Associates, Wethersfield, Essex, U.K., 9/22-26/08, 36 hrs.
Fire Death Scene Reconstruction, Greater Cincinnati Regional Arson Fire Investigators
Seminar, Evendale, OH, 10/23-24/08, 8 hrs., tested
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), West Virginia Chapter IAAI,
Beckley, WV, 10/27-28/08, 16 hrs., tested
Fire Investigation: Progress and Professionalism, Saskatchewan Office of the Fire
Commissioner, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 11/19/08, 8 hrs.
2009:
Fire Dynamics: New Knowledge, Oregon Fire Instructors Association, Salem, OR, 1/10/09,
4 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), New Jersey Chapter IAAI,
Atlantic City, NJ, 3/4-6/09, 20 hrs.
Fire Scene Investigation for Fire Debris Analysts, CCI, CSULA, Los Angeles, CA,
3/18-19/09, 8 hrs.
Fire Scene Investigation: Special Topics, Louisiana Chapter IAAI, Shreveport, LA,
4/15-16/09, 16 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Investigation (with Dr. David Icove), Oakland, Co. Fire Investigators,
Auburn Hills, MI, 4/30-5/1/09, 16 hrs.
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Fire Scene Documentation/Fire Death Scenes (with Dr. Elayne Pope), IAAI – ATC
Arlington, TX, 5/18-20/09, 10 hrs.
Forensic Fire Death Investigation, U.C. Davis, N. Lake Tahoe, CA, 2 hrs.
Forensic Fire Death Investigation (with Dr. Elayne Pope, Jim Allen, et al.), San Luis
Obispo Fire Investigation Strike Team, San Luis Obispo, CA, 6/1-5/09, 40 hrs.
Fire Death Investigation, European Academy of Forensic Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland,
9/8/09, 7 hrs.
Fire and Explosion Investigation (with Jack Malooly and Jack Deans), Haverhill, Suffolk,
UK, 9/14-18/09, 40 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Metro-Rural Fire Forensics,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 10/14-15/09, 16 hrs.
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Oklahoma Chapter IAAI,
Stillwater, OK, 10/28-29/09, 16 hrs.
Fire Scene Investigation: Special Topics, Fire-Wise Consulting, Surrey, BC, Canada,
11/17-18/09, 16 hrs.
Criminalistics, CSI and Fire Investigation, San Jose State University, Forensic Science
Program, San Jose, CA, 11/23/09, 1.5 hrs.
Criminalistics, CSI and Fire Investigation, Enochs High School – Chemistry and Physics
program, Modesto, CA, 12/9/09, 4 hrs.
2010:
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (with Dr. David Icove), Nor Cal Fire Prevention
Officers, Roseville, CA, 3/1-2/10, 16 hrs.
Appendix 3: Conferences and Seminars Attended
and Special Events, 1999 – 2010
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Conferences, Seminars, and Special Events 3/8/10 Page 26 of 40
Conferences and Seminars Attended:
European Working Group on Fires and Explosions, Invited Participant, Glasgow, Scotland,
1999
Technical Working Group on Fires and Explosions (TWGFEX), Scenes and Training
Committees, Orlando, FL, 1999
Australia/New Zealand Forensic Science Society Biennial Meeting, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia, 2000
Third International Conference on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Windermere, U.K., Apr. 10-
13, 2000
California Association of Criminalists, Spring Seminar, Napa, CA, May 10-12, 2000
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jul. 10-12, 2000
Technical Working Group on Fires and Explosions (TWGFEX), Orlando, FL, Aug. 8-10,
2000
European Working Group on Fires and Explosions, European Network of Forensic Science
Institutes, Cracow, Poland, Sept. 12-13, 2000
Forensic Anthropology Workshop, Calif. Association of Criminalists Fall Seminar, Oct. 11,
2000
Forensic Science Society Annual Meeting, Bromsgrove, U.K., Nov. 3-5, 2000
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jan. 2001
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (ASTM E-30 Committee), Seattle, WA, Feb. 2001
Fire Technology and Research, Fire Research Station, Garston, U.K., Mar. 2001
California Association of Criminalists Semi-Annual Seminar, Lake Tahoe, CA, May 2001
Live, Learn, Pass It On Fire/Arson Conference, Gardiner Associations, Uxbridge, U.K.,
June 2001
Fingerprint Society, London, U.K., June 2001
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 2001
InterFlam Fire Research and Science Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 2001
European Working Group on Fires and Explosions, Invited Participant (Explosions
Committee), Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2001
California Association of Criminalists Semi-Annual Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 2001
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, Jan. 2002
California Association of Criminalists, San Francisco, CA, May 2002
International Association of Arson Investigators, Milwaukee, MN, May 2002
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, July 2002
North/South Arson/Explosives Conference, July 2002
Appendix 3: Conferences and Seminars Attended
and Special Events, 1999 – 2010 (Continued)
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Conferences, Seminars, and Special Events 3/8/10 Page 27 of 40
International Association of Forensic Sciences, Montpellier, France, Sept. 2002
Connecticut Chapter IAAI, Hartford, CT, Nov. 2002
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, Jan. 13-14, 2003
Fire and Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA ,Jan. 27-28, 2003
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Feb. 17-22, 2003
Forensic Science Society/CAC, Oxford, U.K., Mar. 19-22, 2003
IAAI Annual Meeting, Sparks, NV, Apr. 17-18, 2003
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, July 20-21, 2003
California Association of Criminalists, San Diego, CA, Oct. 9-10, 2003
Technical Working Group on Fires and Explosions (TWGFEX), 3rd Annual Symposium for
Fire & Explosion Debris Analysis and Scene Investigation, Orlando, FL, Nov. 18-21,
2003
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, Jan. 26-27, 2004
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Feb. 16-21, 2004
IAAI Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Apr. 20-23, 2004
California Association of Criminalists Semi-Annual Seminar, San Mateo, CA, May 4-7,
2004
10th Annual InterFlam Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, 2004
California Conference of Arson Investigators, Seaside, CA, July 26-28, 2004
Technical Working Group on Fires and Explosions (TWGFEX), 4th Annual Symposium for
Fire & Explosion Debris Analysis and Scene Investigation, Orlando, FL, Nov. 16-18,
2004
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2005
Fire & Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 1, 2005
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 21-25,
2005
IAAI Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Apr. 27-29, 2005
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 18-20, 2005
(instructed and conducted explosion tests)
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Jan. 29 – Feb. 1, 2006
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 20-24, 2006
U.K./U.S. Fire Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May 1-2, 2006
California Association of Criminalists, Concord, CA, May 8 and 12, 2006
International Fire Science and Investigation Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, June 26-28, 2006
NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Investigations, Cincinnati, OH, June 29-30, 2006
Fire/Explosion Cause and Origin Investigations in California, San Francisco, CA, July 14,
2006
Appendix 3: Conferences and Seminars Attended
and Special Events, 1999 – 2010 (Continued)
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Conferences, Seminars, and Special Events 3/8/10 Page 28 of 40
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 17-18, 2006
Electrical and Natural Gas Distribution Systems, California Conference of Arson
Investigators Roundtable, Lincoln, CA, Sept. 5, 2006
No. California Regional Meeting on Science and the Law, Judicial Council of California,
Sacramento, CA, Oct. 19, 2006
Technical Working Group on Fires and Explosions (TWGFEX), 6th Annual Symposium for
Fire & Explosion Debris Analysis and Scene Investigation, Orlando, FL, Nov. 13-16,
2006
Fire & Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 29-31, 2007
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 19-22,
2007
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Mar. 26-27, 2007,
20 hrs., tested
IAAI Annual Training Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, Apr. 30 – May 3, 2007, 24 hrs.
California Association of Criminalists, Garden Grove, CA, May 9-10, 2007
Interflam, Egham, U.K., Sept. 2-5, 2007
California Association of Criminalists, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 17-18, 2007
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Nov. 5-7, 2007 (taught)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb. 18-23,
2008 (plus 8 hr. workshop on fire/arson experts)
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Mar. 3-5, 2008
(attended Electrical Ignition Processes lecture)
California Association of Criminalists, San Diego, CA, May 5-9, 2008
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 23-25, 2008
International Association of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA, July 23-25, 2008
(program moderator)
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Nov. 3-5, 2008
(attended NFPA 921 lecture, plus 3 hr. panel discussion)
Fire and Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, Jan 26-28, 2009
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Feb. 14-20, 2009
California Conference of Arson Investigators, San Luis Obispo, CA, Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2009
IAAI, Annual Training Conference, Arlington, TX, May 18-21, 2009, tested, 24 hrs.
NFPA 921 (Fire Cause Analysis), Roseville, CA, July 30, 2009
Principles of Electrical Fires (Course), Vyto Babrauskas, 16 hrs., not tested
Appendix 3: Conferences and Seminars Attended
and Special Events, 1999 – 2010 (Continued)
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Conferences, Seminars, and Special Events 3/8/10 Page 29 of 40
Special Events:
Assisted CADA with annual canine certification, Long Beach, CA, May 2001
Assisted Alliance Productions with Learning Channel program on human combustion, Sept.
2001
Assisted Marin County Arson Task Force/State Fire Marshal with Live-Burn Training,
Mar. 2001
Interview – Spontaneous Human Combustion, for Topspin Creative Corp., Japanese
Television, 6/13/03
Interview – Spontaneous Human Combustion, for Seoul Broadcasting Co., Korean
Television, 7/1/03
Interview and Filming – Great Chicago Fire 1871, for Discovery Channel Television,
Ventura, CA, 7/24-26/03 (broadcast 11/26/03)
Proctor, Forensic Science Society, Fire Investigation Diploma Exam, London, U.K., 9/10/04
Interview and Filming – Spontaneous Human Combustion, for National Geographic
Television, 12/3/04
Member, U.S. Dept. of Justice, NIJ Research Grant Review, 2006
Member, U.S. Dept. of Justice, NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel, 2007
Live Burns, Public Agency Training Council, Ponca City, OK, 7/15-17/07
Interview and Burn Tests – Spontaneous Human Combustion, for Discovery Channel
Television, Vallejo, CA, 5/28/08 (interview), and Kelso, WA, 7/9/08 (burn tests)
Research – Ivory Burn Tests, NFWS Lab, 10/8/08
Interview – “Verdict” Television Program, Vallejo, CA, 12/4/08
Assisted MFS graduate student, U.C.-Davis, post-fire tissue samples
Assisted M.S. graduate student (anthropology), Cal State University – Chico, fire test
Appendix 4: Depositions
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Date Location Case/Attorney
Depositions 3/8/10 Page 30 of 40
June 20, 1996 San Francisco, Calif.
Arson Casella v. Allied Property & Casualty (Civil)
Scott Slomiak/H. Stuart Kinder
Mar. 30, 1998 Santa Rosa, Calif.
Arson Snowden v. Fire Insurance Exchange (Civil)
Kevin Smith
July 14, 1999 Phoenix, Arizona
Accidental fire Employer’s Mutual v. Newton Contracting, et al. (Civil)
G. Lynn Shumway
Aug. 3, 1999 Chicago, Illinois
Accidental fire Chicago Dubuque Foundry v. Employer’s Mutual (Civil)
Jill Augustine
Oct. 11, 1999 Oakland, Calif.
Accidental fire Kaler v. Ford Motor Co. (Civil) Steve Cavalli
Feb. 4, 2000 Berkeley, Calif.
Accidental fire
Muller v. Salgado (Civil)
Stephen M. Tamchin
Aug. 25, 2000 Little Rock, Arkansas
Structure fire Foster’s Welding v. Clausen Miller (Civil) Mark G. Breeding
Sept. 8, 2000 San Francisco, Calif.
Accidental fire Sharpe Consol. v. Bay Valley Pizza (Civil) Roy G. Gunter III
Dec. 19, 2000 Wichita, Kansas
Structure fire
Cottingham v. Employees Fire Insurance
(Civil)
Thomas Gilman
Feb. 12, 2001 San Francisco, Calif.
Accidental structure fire Commercial Union Insurance v. Westridge Bldrs. (Civil)
Kevin Cholakian
Sept. 5, 2001 Oakland, Calif.
Accidental structure fire
SynCor v. Image Engineering (Civil)
Dale Davis
Sept. 25, 2001 San Francisco, Calif.
Structure/tire fire Petrillo v. Tire Broker (Civil) Kevin Cholakian
Appendix 4: Depositions (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Date Location Case/Attorney
Depositions 3/8/10 Page 31 of 40
Jan. 10, 2002 Boward Co., Florida
Arson/homicide Peo. v. Pourghafari (Criminal) Asst. State Attorney Brian Cavanagh
Mar. 11, 2003 San Francisco, Calif.
Structure fire Hernandez v. Atlas Care Enterprises (Civil)
John Supple
Apr. 25, 2003 Sacramento, Calif.
Structure fire Armstrong v. PG&E, et al. (Civil) David H. Rush
May 1, 2003 San Francisco, Calif.
Accidental structure fire Patrick Ellwood v. McLaughlin Renovation & Construction, et al. (Civil)
J. Martin Sproul
May 9, 2003 Burlington, Vermont
Accidental structure fire Ayer v. Delibac Construction (Arbitration Hearing)
Michael S. Brow
Nov. 3, 2004 Vallejo, Calif.
Arson Timothy Nicholls v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co. (Civil)
Richard Tegtmeier
Dec. 3, 2004 Oakland, Calif.
Accidental structure fire Patrick Ellwood v. McLaughlin Renovation & Construction (Civil)
J. Martin Sproul
Jan. 13, 2005 Gold River, Calif.
Structure fire RWIC v. Curtis Roofing, et al. (Civil) Steven M. Heller
Jan. 21, 2005 Vallejo, Calif.
Fire death Latta v. LaPorte Co., et al. (Civil) (Part I) April L. Board
Feb. 7, 2005 Vallejo, Calif.
Fire death Latta v. LaPorte Co., et al. (Civil) (Part II) April L. Board
Apr. 15, 2005 Vallejo, Calif.
Arson Railway Transfer & Storage v. Great American Insurance (Civil) (Part I)
James K. Reuss
June 14, 2005 Vallejo, Calif.
Fire deaths Estate of Deborah McGinnis v. Rex Nicoud, et al. and Richard Laster v. Rex
Nicoud, et al. (Civil)
Steven A. Kraemer
Appendix 4: Depositions (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Date Location Case/Attorney
Depositions 3/8/10 Page 32 of 40
Sept. 22, 2005 Vallejo, Calif.
Arson Railway Transfer & Storage v. Great American Insurance (Civil) (Part II)
James K. Reuss
Oct. 21, 2005 Phoenix, Arizona
Accidental structure fire Roberge v. Stigsell Painting (Civil) Robert H. Willis
Oct. 28, 2005 Clearwater, Florida
Arson Florida v. Shawn Porter (Criminal) Denis M. deVlaming
Nov. 3, 2005 Los Angeles, Calif.
Fire death Argudo v. Rodriguez (Civil) (Part I) George Wilsher
Jan. 4, 2006 W. Warwick, RI
Structure fire Style Plating and Donna Bea Realty v. Peerless Insurance, et al. (Civil)
Lawrence L. Goldberg
Feb. 27, 2006 Los Angeles, Calif.
Fire death Argudo v. Rodriguez (Civil) (Part II) Maryann P. Gallagher
Mar. 9, 2006 Walnut Creek, Calif.
Accidental wildland fire National Union v. Pacific Gas & Electric Thomas Donnelly, Richard DeNatale,
and Philip H. Kelley
Apr. 10, 2006 Los Angeles, Calif.
Fire death Argudo v. Rodriguez (Civil) (Part III) Maryann P. Gallagher
Apr. 18, 2006 Los Angeles, Calif.
Structure fire International Recording v. Sequoia Insurance (Civil)
Gary Hamblet
May 3, 2006 San Jose, Calif.
Accidental structure fire State Farm v. Herring & Worley, Inc. (Civil)
Garry J. D. Hubert
Nov. 29, 2006 Denver, Colo.
Fire death Estate of Elizabeth Jones Gregory Giometti
June 11, 2007 Vallejo, Calif.
Structure fire Stueber v. Integrity Insurance Co. (Civil) Robert G. LeBell
June 14, 2007 San Antonio, Texas
Fire death Garcia v. K-Mart (Civil) Robert E. Valdez
Appendix 4: Depositions (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Date Location Case/Attorney
Depositions 3/8/10 Page 33 of 40
Mar. 28, 2008 Berkeley, Calif.
Structure fire/arson Amica Mutual Insurance v. John and Deborah Haverland and Amtrust Bank
(Civil)
Gregory R. Giometti
Apr. 28, 2008 Vallejo, Calif.
Accidental structure fire Cyrus Washington v. State Farm Insurance (Civil)
Katherine Paine Martin
Aug. 26, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii
Structure/wildland fire Wesley Murakami, et al. v. Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co. (Civil)
Archie T. Ikehara
Oct. 2, 2008 Houston, Texas
Structure fire Juan Washington v. Ford Motor Company, et al. (Civil)
Chanler A. Langham
Feb. 3, 2009 Citrus Heights, CA
Fatal structure fire People v. Costea (Civil) Douglas A. Sears
Mar. 16, 2009 Menlo Park, CA
Structure fire Jim Heierle, et al. v. W. W. Granger, et al. (Civil)
D. Douglas Shureen
Aug. 28, 2009 San Francisco, CA
Structure fire The Travelers Lloyds Ins. Co./J. E. Kingham Const. Co. v. The Sherwin-
Williams Co. (Civil)
Joshua Wall
Dec. 4, 2009
Woodland Hills, CA
Fatal structure fire Maropulos v. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office (Civil)
Raymond Sakai
Nov. 28, 2010 Vallejo, CA
Arson – Homicide Gordon Randy Steidl v. City of Paris, et al (Civil)
Elizabeth A. Ekl
Jan. 6, 2010 Vallejo, CA
Structure fire American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Michael E. Diehl, et al
William R. Wick
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 34 of 40
Mar. 18, 1992 El Dorado Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Attempted murder
(S) Jacobson, Walter
DDA Paul Sutherland
Feb. 8, 1993 Riverside Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Attempted murder/arson
(S) Burrell, Bennie
DDA Allison Nelson
Sept. 7, 1994 Sacramento Co. Superior Court
Sacramento, Calif.
Arson/fraud (preliminary)
(S) Hagen, Nels
DDA Mark Zahner
June 18, 1996 Yolo Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Pipe bomb
(S) Campaigne, David
PC 12303.3
DA Chris Bulkley
Aug. 1996 Sacramento Co. Superior Court
Sacramento, Calif.
Arson/fraud (vehicle)
(S) Dang, Xuan Mai
PC 451
DDA Alan Hengel
Nov. 5, 1996 U.S. District Court
Pensacola, Florida
Arson/explosion
(S) Houston, Bridgette
AUSA Steve Preisser
Jan. 29, 1997 Shasta Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Arson (structure)
(S) Larramendy, Mark
PC 451
DDA Brent Ledford
Feb. 4, 1997 Mendocino Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Arson/multiple homicide
(S) Lester, Gerald
PC 187/451
DDA Robert Maloney
May 23, 1997 U.S. District Court
Des Moines, Iowa
Fatal arson (commercial) (appeal)
(S) Ryan, Dale
AUSA Linda Reade
Aug. 1-4, 1997 Preliminary (C-007-96) (S) Guluarte/Yee
Oct. 10, 1997 Santa Cruz Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Attempted acetylene bombing
(S) Guluarte/Yee
DDA Jeff Rosell
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 35 of 40
Mar. 25, 1998 Sacramento Co. Superior Court
Sacramento, Calif.
Fire reconstruction, arson, body
combustion
(S) Ford, Mariet
PC 187/457
DDA Mark Curry
June 9, 1998 Napa Co. Superior Court
Napa, Calif.
Shoeprint, scene reconstruction
(S) Danielson, David
187 PC
DDA Robert Greggins
Nov. 18, 1998 San Mateo Co. Superior Court
(Calif.)
Fire reconstruction, flash point
(S) Miller, Charles C-002-98
DDA Mark Bossenecker
Jan. 14, 1999 U.S. District Court
Central Illinois District
Champaign, Illinois
Arson/fraud, origin and cause
(S) Gardner, Ruby
AUSA Larry Beaumont
Mar. 16, 1999 Stanislaus Co. Superior Court
Modesto, Calif.
Arson/homicide, natural gas
deflagration
(S) Souliotes, George
DDA Dave Harris
Apr. 6, 2000 Los Angeles Co. Superior Court
Pasadena, Calif.
Arson, natural gas deflagration
(S) Kyle, Kermit
DDA Marian Thompson
July 6, 2000 Los Angeles Co. Superior Court
San Fernando, Calif.
Arson/homicide, flammable liquids
(S) Nieves, Sandi
DDA Beth Silverman
July 21, 2000 Ventura Co. Superior Court
Ventura, Calif.
Explosive device, flammable liquids
(S) Raville, Brad
DDA Chris Harman
July 28, 2000 Santa Clara Co. Superior Court
San Jose, Calif. (preliminary)
Homicide
(S) Guerrero/Martinez
DDA Matt Harris
Oct. 20, 2000 Wise Co. Criminal Court
Wise, Virginia
Arson/homicide
(S) Riner, Doug
Atty: Tom Scott, Jr.
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 36 of 40
Dec. 20, 2000 Reno Co. Superior Court
Hutchinson, Kansas
Arson (structure)
(S) Ferguson, Eileen
Defense: Stephen Joseph
Jan. 10, 2001 Queensland Criminal Court
Brisbane, Australia (telephonic)
Arson/homicide
(S) Long, Robert
Prosecutor: Michael Byrne
Jan. 12, 2001 331st District Court
Austin, Texas
Arson/homicide
(S) Hill, William Ethridge
Atty: Randy Leavitt
Apr. 16, 2001 Clark Co. Superior Court
Las Vegas, Nevada
Homicide
(S) Rudin, Margaret
Atty: Tom Pitaro
May 1, 2001 Santa Clara Co. Superior Court
San Jose, Calif.
Homicide
(S) Guerrero, Gary
Atty: DDA Matt Harris
June 6, 2001 Crown Court (video)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Arson/homicide
(S) Harmer, Kevin Lional
New Zealand Police Service
June 15, 2001 Coos Co. Superior Court
Coquille, Oregon
Arson/homicide
(S) Smith, Alby
Atty: Ralph Monson
Oct. 10, 2001 San Francisco Co. Superior Court
Civil Division
San Francisco, Calif.
Arson (structure/tires)
Petrillo v. The Tire Broker
(S) Nevaer/Brennan
Atty: Kevin Cholakian
Jan. 24, 2002 Cook Co. States Attorney
Circuit Court
Chicago, Illinois
Arson/homicide
(S) Hobley, Madison
States Atty: William Carroll
Feb. 5, 2002 Skagit Co. Superior Court
Mt. Vernon, Washington
Arson
(S) McDonald, Steven
Atty: Pro se.
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 37 of 40
Mar. 8-9, 2002 High Court
Brisbane QLD, Australia
Arson/multiple homicide
(S) Long, Robert
Queensland Crown
Prosecution
Apr. 25, 2002 9th District Court (Grand Jury)
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Arson/multiple homicide
Louisiana v. Amanda
Gutweiler Hypes
ADA Thomas Walsh, Jr.
June 4-5, 2002 278th District Court
Madison Co., Texas
Arson/multiple homicide
Texas v. Raphael Holiday
DAG Laura Popps
June 6, 2002 23rd District Court
Brazoria Co., Texas
Arson/multiple homicide
Texas v. Sadie Proffitt
DA Jeri Yenne
Aug. 6-19, 2002 High Court, Canterbury District
Christchurch, New Zealand
Arson/homicide
R. v. Kevin Lional Harmer
Chris McVeigh, Q.C.,
Crown Counsel
Oct. 11, 2002 Halton District Court
Milton, Ontario, Canada
Arson/homicide
R. v. Anne Langkamm
Charon Kerr,
Crown Counsel
Oct. 17, 2002 Chelmsford Crown Court
Chelmsford, Essex, U.K.
Homicide
R. v. Ian Jarvis
Jeremy Gompertz, Q.C.,
Crown Counsel
Feb. 13, 2003 20th Circuit Court
Ottawa Co., Michigan
Arson/homicide
Michigan v. Karen Boes
Jon Hulsing, Prosecutor
June 12, 2003 Circuit Court
Multnomah Co., Oregon
Arson
Oregon v. Thomas Calkins
Atty: Pat Birmingham
Oct. 27-28, 2003 9th District Court (Daubert Hearing)
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Arson/multiple homicide
Louisiana v. Amanda
Gutweiler Hypes
ADA Thomas Walsh, Jr.
Jan. 13-14, 2004 17th Circuit Court
Kent Co., Michigan
Arson/homicide
Michigan v. Leon Wilson
DA William Forsyth
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 38 of 40
Apr. 19, 2004 17th Circuit Court
Broward Co., Florida
Arson/homicide
Florida v. Kazem Pourghafari
Asst. State Attorney Brian
Cavanagh
Oct. 26-27, 2004 9th District Court (Daubert Hearing)
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Arson/multiple homicide
Louisiana v. Amanda
Gutweiler Hypes
ADA Thomas Walsh, Jr.
Jan. 11, 2005 District Court (Evidentiary Hearing)
Johnson Co., Kansas
Arson/multiple homicide
Kansas v. Debora Green
DA Paul J. Morrison
Oct. 12, 2005 San Francisco Co. Superior Court
San Francisco, Calif.
Arson/homicide
California v. Ortiz
DDA Dennis Cashman
Jan. 10, 2006 San Joaquin Co. Superior Court
Stockton, Calif.
Arson
California v. Bryan Johnson
Atty: Armando Villapudua
Feb. 13-14, 2006 Stark Co. Court of Common Pleas
Canton, Ohio
Arson
Railway Transfer & Storage v.
Great American Insur. (Civil)
Atty: James K. Reuss
Aug. 1-2, 2006 Pomona Superior Court
Pomona, Calif.
Fire death
Argudo v. Rodriguez
Atty: Maryann P. Gallagher
Atty: George P. Wilsher
Oct. 2-3, 30, 2006 Sonoma Co. Superior Court
Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wildland fire
National Union v. PG&E
Atty: Richard DeNatale
Dec. 19, 2006 U.S. District Court, Eastern Dist.
of Texas,
Sherman, Texas
Arson
U.S. v. Curtis Ray Severns
AUSA Tracey M. Batson
Dec. 21, 2006 Napa Co. Superior Court
(Preliminary Hearing)
Napa, Calif.
Arson/homicide
California v. Joben Lombardi
DDA Paul Gero
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 39 of 40
Feb. 8, 2007 San Mateo Co. Superior Court
(Grand Jury)
San Mateo, Calif.
Arson/homicide
(S) Charles E. Schuttloffel
DDA Sean F. Gallagher
Mar. 13, 2007 18th Judicial District Court
(Post-Conviction Appeal Hearing)
Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Arson/homicide
Boorigie v. State of Kansas
Atty: Stephen M. Joseph
Apr. 16, 2007 El Paso Co. District Court,
4th Judicial District
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Arson/multiple homicide
Colorado v. Timothy Nicholls
Sr. DDA William B. Bain
Nov. 13, 2007 Contra Costa Co. Superior Court
Martinez, Calif.
Arson/homicide
California v. Mark Fregia
Atty: Lawrence D. Barnes
Apr. 23, 2008 Los Angeles Co. Superior Court
Glendale, Calif.
Arson/structure fire
Sequoia Insurance v.
International Recording
Corp. (Civil)
Atty: Gary A. Hamblet
May 16, 2008 Boulder Co. District Court,
20th Judicial District
Boulder, Colorado
Arson/structure fire
Amica Mutual Insurance v.
John and Deborah Haverland
and Amtrust Bank (Civil)
Atty: Gregory R. Giometti
June 6, 2008 Napa Co. Superior Court
(Preliminary Hearing)
Napa, Calif.
Arson/structure fire
California v. Jasen Meyn
DDA Bryan Tong
June 20, 2008 San Francisco Co. Superior Court
San Francisco, Calif.
Structure fire
Heather Gillen v. Steve and
Gabrielle Papale (Civil)
Atty: Michael Mazzocone
Sept. 15, 2008 Vancouver Law Courts
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Arson/multiple homicide
R. v. Nathan Fry
Kerr Clark and Jason Krupa,
Crown Counsels
Appendix 5: Court Testimony – 1992 to Date (Continued)
John D. DeHaan, Ph.D., FABC, CFI, FSSDip
Testimony Date Court/Matter Defendant/Attorney
Court Testimony 3/8/10 Page 40 of 40
Oct. 13, 2008 State Court
(Daubert Hearing)
Fulton Co., Georgia
Structure fire
Juan Washington v. Ford
Motor Company, et al. (Civil)
Atty: Clay Guise
Nov. 10 and 12,
2008 El Paso Co. District Court, 4th Judicial District
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Arson/multiple homicide
Colorado v. Deborah Nicholls
DDA Jeffrey Lindsey
Nov. 14, 2008 Napa Co. Criminal Court
Napa, Calif.
Residential arson
California v. Jasen Meyn
DDA Bryan Tong
June 8, 2009 United States District Court for
District of Kansas, Wichita, KS
Structure fire
Scottsdale Insurance v.
McReynolds (Civil)
Atty: Christopher M. McHugh
July 2, 2009 Napa Co. Criminal Court
Napa, Calif.
Residential arson
California v. Jasen Meyn
DDA Bryan Tong
Oct. 20, 2009 Decatur Co. Superior Court,
Greensburg, IN
Arson homicide
People v. Bunch
Atty: Jane Raley
Post-conviction appeal
Jan. 4, 2010 Brazoria Co. 239th District Court,
Angleton, TX State of Texas v. Clifton Earl Polk II
Atty: Jeri Yenne
The bio can be found at:
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