Milan Tresch Stories
Prof. Dr. László Dezső Kováts
Prof. Dr. László Dezső Kováts is a gold-diploma electrical engineer who has dedicated more than four decades to the fields of technical diagnostics and accident investigation.
He began his career as a design engineer at a research institute, and after eight years of industrial practice he went on to teach and conduct research for 29 years at the Department of Electric Power Engineering (EAGT) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
He holds degrees in economics and pedagogy, as well as a university doctorate from the Faculty of Transportation Engineering. As an invited lecturer, he also taught at the GAMF Faculty in Kecskemét and at the Károly Róbert College in Gyöngyös. After retiring from academia, he served as technical director of Irindium Ltd., and his professional achievements were recognized with the title of Honorary College Professor.
His area of expertise is technical diagnostics: identifying and forecasting the causes of potential failures. Over the course of his career, he has conducted more than 800 investigations, including several cases that received national attention. For his work in fire investigation, he was awarded the Flórián Plaque.
This volume presents a selection of real-world investigations — a collection of cases that carry lasting professional and human lessons alike.
Prof. Dr. László Dezső Kováts
Publisher’s Note
It has been a great honour for us to participate in the creation of this remarkable book.
This work is more than a professional document; it is the imprint of a lifetime — a journey through the world of technical diagnostics and fire investigation, where logic, experience, and disciplined reasoning safeguard lives, values, and, at times, the truth itself.
At Milan Tresch Stories, our editorial goal was to present the technical material in a form that remains precise and authentic, yet accessible to readers outside the profession.
We sought a tone that respects the depth of the field while allowing anyone to appreciate the beauty and responsibility inherent in engineering thought.
This volume stands alone in its category: it preserves an exceptional body of experiential knowledge, methodology, and professional reasoning for future generations.
We are convinced that it will serve as a valuable resource for tomorrow’s fire investigators, technical experts, and engineers — not only as a technical guide, but also as an example of human dedication and professional integrity.
We believe that preserving professional knowledge is a shared responsibility, for it is this knowledge that ultimately contributes to the safety and well-being of us all.
— The Editorial Team of Milan Tresch Stories
