In Australia, only Kattron has the knowledge & experience to provide interpretation of lightning data for all applications. Kattron's Lightning data and reports have been made used of in supporting investigations into events caused by lightning by organisations including insurance companies. In one case, Mr Kenneth Ticehurst, an electrical engineer and the owner of Kattron, provided evidence for "The Canberra Firestorm" Inquests and Inquiry into the fires of January 2003, regarding lightning strikes, and "the location of lightning strikes in the area of the origin of each of the four fires."

Below is an extract from the report "5.1 The origin of the fires. The origin of each of the four fires that are directly relevant to this inquiry….was the sub-ject of thorough investigation by Mr Phil Cheney.…The conclusions Mr Cheney reached are supported by the report from Kattron Lightning Data Search and by Mr Kenneth Ticehurst's evidence concerning the Kattron report. Mr Tice-hurst gave evidence that the lightning detection system Kattron operates is accurate to within 500 metres and that on 8 January 2003 the system recorded only one lightning strike within 500 metres of the point of origin of each of the four fires identified by Mr Cheney." (Source "The Canberra Firestorm: Inquests and Inquiry into Four Deaths and Four Fires between 8 and 18 January 2003" ,Chapter 5, p107 - the full report is available from "http://www.courts.act.gov.au/bushfireinquiry/The Canberra Firestorm Report/The Canberra Firestorm Report.htm".)