Ken has been in the fire service since 1980, having served on three fire departments in Nebraska and attaining the rank of fire chief. He began his fire investigation career with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office in 1985 and spent seventeen years with that agency, attaining the rank of investigator. In his career, he has investigated more than 5,400 fires, has testified in more than seventy criminal and civil cases in four states and has become nationally certified as a fire and explosion investigator. He has continued his investigation career in the private sector since 2002. Ken is also a licensed Private Investigator in Iowa and Minnesota.