Laboratories

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Organization

Updated: 11/22/04

The Office of Laboratory Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), United States Department of Justice, provides analytical and advisory services on matters of a scientific nature.

Laboratory Services is comprised of four organizational groups: the Forensic Science Laboratory-Atlanta, the Forensic Science Laboratory-San Francisco, Fire Research Laboratory and the Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington. The Fire Research Laboratory and the Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington make up the National Laboratory Center in Ammendale, Maryland.

Office of Laboratory Services
Ammendale, Maryland 20705
Michael W. Ethridge, Director
Phone: 240-264-3700

Forensic Science Laboratory-Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
Donal L. McClamroch, Laboratory Chief
Phone: 404-417-2700

Forensic Science Laboratory-San Francisco
Walnut Creek, California 94598
Donna Read, Acting Laboratory Chief
Phone: 925-280-3600

Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington
Ammendale, Maryland 20705
Greg Czarnopys, Acting Laboratory Chief
Phone: 240-264-3700

Fire Research Laboratory
Ammendale, Maryland 20705
Rickard Tontarski, Jr., Laboratory Chief
Phone: 240-264-3700