About KNW

Mr. Wright began his fire service career with the Pine Ridge Fire Department in 1976.  He joined the Fulton County Fire Department in 1978 working in the Field Operations Division.  He worked his way through the ranks of the department and retired in 1999 as the Chief Fire Marshal.  As the Fire Marshal, he was in charge of Code Enforcement, Fire Safety Education, Fire Investigations, Internal Affairs, and was the commander of the County’s Bomb Squad.

Since retiring from public service, Mr. Wright has continued to work as a private fire investigator.  To date, he has conducted over 3800 fire and explosive investigations.  Mr. Wright has served on many tasks forces relative to specific fire investigations, arson sprees, and fire fatalities to include several line of duty deaths.  He has qualified as an expert in Federal, Superior and State Courts on many occasions.  Mr. Wright has taught fire investigation courses for the fire service, law enforcement, and at fire investigation seminars. 

Mr. Wright attended college at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA where he studied architecture.   Feeling a passion for firefighting, he transferred to Southern Technical Institute where he obtained his degree in Fire Science Technology.  He regularly attends seminars and related classes to stay current with the latest information and technology related to fire investigation.

Mr. Wright is licensed by the State of Georgia as a Private Investigator.  He has been certified by the International Association of Arson Investigators as a Certified Fire Investigator (IAAI-CFI) and by The National Association of Fire Investigators as a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI).