Gert Jakobsen, IAAI-CFI Senior Lead Consultant

Gert Jakobsen is senior fire investigator and has more than 20 years of comprehensive experience and is responsible for investigating fires related to origin, cause, and some RCA analyses in buildings, marine installations, technical/electrical installations and electric appliances.

Prior to this role he was employed in DBI (Danish Institute of Fire and security technology) where he had different positions, over the years, within the field of fire investigation, quality manager, head of department, and was responsible for the accreditation. He has key experience in fire investigation, electrical installations and appliances, marine installations, accreditation and quality system management, expert witness reports and investigations, fire training and education, fire prevention, fire regulation (DK), fire alarm and suppression systems.

Jakobsen is well-known in the Nordic and European fire investigation community and has been, and still is, a member of different networks (Nordic Fire Group, ENFSI, UK-AFI, Nordic-AFI). Gert Jakobsen is also a member of IAAI and holds the IAAI-CFI certification. He has also served on the board in Nordic-AFI, and during membership of Nordic Fire Group participated in major revision work of the Nordic Fire Manual including implementing of the scientific method.