Who we are

In 2010, Bob McAlpine and Chris Parker formed McAlpine & Parker, LLC, the original Civil Cost Recovery Auditing firm. We’d worked together during our collective CAL FIRE careers and when they mentioned they were considering passing the baton, I was very interested.

A Little About Me

By way of background, I bring more than three decades of experience with CAL FIRE, where I last served as Chief of Wildland Fire Prevention, Engineering, and Investigations. My professional background includes extensive work in fire suppression operations, command center operations, finance and civil cost recovery, and fire investigations. I am honored to continue the important work of McAlpine & Parker, LLC, ensuring accurate, thorough, and professional cost recovery auditing.

Corrigere means “to make straight, or put right,” and that’s exactly what we do. In wildfire civil cost recovery cases, fire suppression agencies submit billing packages that are often complex, technical and prone to human error. Those errors can translate into millions of dollars of unnecessary liability.

We partner with attorneys and adjusters representing clients in these cases, carefully auditing these suppression costs. And with decades of leadership in fire suppression, operations, finance and investigations, we know how these costs are built, where mistakes are likely to occur and how to identify them.

Corrigere ensures costs are accurate and fair, helping our clients protect their clients’ interests with confidence.

A note from Bob and Chris: “As we transition away from McAlpine & Parker operations, we are pleased to turn over the reins to Melodie Durham. We have the utmost confidence in her expertise and leadership. We remain available to support Melodie should additional workload assistance ever be needed, and we know she will serve both our former and her new clients with the same commitment and professionalism you have come to expect from us.”