Meet The Investigators


Tom Pierce

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Tom Pierce is the owner of Pierce Fire Investigations based in California and the Pierce Fire Consulting Group based in Montana. He is a full time Fire Investigator based in Miles City, Montana. He has been involved in fire service and law enforcement since 1974. He has over 700 hours of training specific to fire origin and cause investigation including classes from the National Fire Academy, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, California State Fire Marshal's Office, California Conference of Arson Investigators and the International Association of Arson Investigators.

Tom Pierce Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) Bakersfield, CA

Tom Pierce is registered as an IAAI CFITom Pierce is registered as an CCAI memberTom Pierce is a registered IAAI ECTTom Pierce is a certfied F.I.R.E inspectory

Investigator Pierce is a Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) through the International Association of Arson Investigators, California State Fire Marshals office and the California Conference of Arson Investigators. Mr. Pierce has conducted over 2,000 fire investigations in his career and is qualified to testify in California State court in origin and cause cases. He has also been selected to the Expert Witness Panel for fire investigation for the Superior Court of Los Angeles.

Mr. Pierce is a California Licensed Private Investigator by the BSIS # 26447 and is fully insured and bonded. He serves the fire investigation community as a member of the Board of Directors and past President of the California Conference of Arson Investigators.

Mr. Pierce also owned and operated a chimney sweep and solid fuel contracting business for 18 years. He has conducted level 1 and 2 inspections on over 10,000 chimneys in his career. He was the first Certified Fire Investigator in the state of California to be a F.I.R.E. Certified Fireplace Inspector and Fireplace Technician. He is also an assistant author to the F.I.R.E. training program.

Mr. Pierce has served the chimney/venting industry as a member of the Board of Directors for the International Association of Fireplace and Chimney Inspectors (IAFCI). He presently serves on the Technical Committee on Chimneys, Fireplaces and Venting Systems for Heat Producing Appliances for the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 211).

Mr. Pierce has served as an instructor in the field of commercial kitchen fire investigation. He is also well versed in the field of commercial pyrotechnics and has just celebrated his 45th year in the industry.

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Danny Brown

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Danny Brown is a retired 31-year member of the Bakersfield Fire Department with 11 years as an Arson Investigator, five of those years as the Battalion Chief in charge. Danny is a certified Fire Investigator 1&2 through the California State Fire Marshal’s Office and a pro board-certified Fire Investigator through the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI).

Danny Brown Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) Bakersfield, CA

Investigator Brown has attended the National Fire Academy on multiple occasions with the course load in fire investigations. Mr. Brown is a current member of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), the California Conference of Arson of Investigators (CCAI) and the Central Valley Arson Investigators Association. He has completed over 1100 investigations as the lead investigator.

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Victor Mabry

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Vic Mabry is a retired 31-year member of the Bakersfield Fire Department with 11 years as a Captain, Arson Investigator and California P.O.S.T certified Peace Officer. Mr. Mabry is a Certified Fire Investigator 1 and 2 through the California State Fire Marshal’s Office, and both a Pro Board-Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) and Evidence Collection Technician (ECT) through the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). Mr. Mabry has qualified through testimony as an expert in Fire Origin and Cause on numerous occasions. Mr. Mabry has conducted over 2200 fire investigations in his career.

Victor Mabry Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) Bakersfield, CA

Mr. Mabry is a California Licensed Private Investigator by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services Lic. PI189207 and is fully insured and bonded.

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Nicole Pesqueira

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Nicole Pesqueira is a full-time Fire Marshal in the South Bay/Los Angeles area. In her current role, she conducts fire investigator duties on top of her fire prevention supervisory duties. She started her career in the fire service in 2009. Her training is diverse as she has expertise in fire prevention and fire protection systems as well as fire investigation and fire behavior. Ms. Pesqueira is a former mixed martial artist. She spent 13 years training in Muay Thai, Boxing, Wrestling, and Jiu-Jitsu. She's involved in dog rescue and has fostered several pitbulls in need of homes.

Nicole Pesqueira Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) Brea, CA

Ms.Pesqueira is a Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator for the National Association of Fire Investigators as well as a certified Fire Investigator 1 with the California Office of the State Fire Marshal. She has conducted over 100 fire investigations in Southern California. Ms. Pesqueira is also an Adjunct Instructor at Santa Ana College and a registered instructor with the California Office of the State Fire Marshal.

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Chad Mullen

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Chad Mullen is Captain-Arson/Fire investigations for the Bakersfield Fire Department. He has investigated the origin and cause of 1,913 fires since October 21, 2013. He has been the lead investigator on 1,680 of those fires.

Chad Mullen Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) Bakersfield, CA
In addition to his experience as a fire investigator, he also has extensive professional experience as a pre-employment background investigator as well as a personnel internal affairs investigator. He has been a member of the team at Pierce Fire Investigations since January 2024.

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