What Can I Do After a Fire Loss?

4/26/2021 (Permalink)

If You Suffer Loss from Fire Damage, SERVPRO Comes to the Rescue to Restore Your Home

Any size fire leaves significant damage to your home, and you need to act as quickly as possible so that you can minimize the loss. If you wait too long after the fire gets extinguished before cleanup begins, you are left with pungent lingering odors. Additionally, the water used to extinguish the fire poses a potential hazard to materials in your home and possible mold growth. Calling in the help of trained experts ensures that your home is back to normal, so it seems, “Like it never even happened.”

What Should I Do After the Fire is Extinguished?

If you are dealing with fire damage, SERVPRO of Greenville/Troy/Andalusia is available to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for emergency restoration. Debris throughout your home, along with airborne threats, can hinder restoration and makes DIY methods nearly impossible. We can perform a walkthrough assessment of your home once it is deemed safe to record conditions and identify the best steps to proceed. We also bring advanced tools and equipment that allow us to get rid of stubborn residue from soot and smoke. Early mitigation helps cut back on the severity of the damage as well as the potential for long-lasting, hazardous effects.

What Can Your Company Do to Help with Restoration?

We pay close attention to any areas of the home where smoke and soot residue may have gotten through cracks and crevices. All damaged materials and debris gets removed so that we can begin the restoration and replacement process. A plan is put into place that allows us to utilize our resources in the most effective manner possible, including:

•   Pack out services for the removal of personal belongings to be cleaned in detail at our facility.
•   Soot removal from all surfaces that helps inhibit corrosive action.
•   Assignment of technicians to address the cleaning of ceilings, walls, and other surfaces.
•   Inspection of all structural elements to ensure safety.
•   For smoke odors that got into the wall cavities, we remove the first few inches of insulation within the walls to be replaced with new insulation.

Why Can’t I Address the Fire Damage on My Own?

It is difficult to thoroughly remove charred debris and rid your home of stubborn odors from soot and smoke residue. Just a few reasons why professional intervention is recommended after a fire include:

•   The residue and debris left from a fire loss can be very toxic. Our team comes with all of the personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary to safely manage the job.
•   There are often significant amounts of water or chemicals used to extinguish the fire. This must be addressed right away with the help of our expert extraction techniques and tools to speed up the process.
•   Various portions of your structure, including the floors, walls, and ceilings, call for a professional assessment to determine whether or not they are stable.
•   The methods and cleaning agents used to address soot cleanup vary depending on the surfaces impacted and the materials that burned in the fire. Our team is fully trained following the standards set form by the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) to handle any size fire damage project.
•   We have EPA-registered cleaning agents and disinfectants that allow us to safely and effectively clean and deodorize your home at the end of the restoration.

What Cleaning Methods are Used to Restore My Interior?

SERVPRO of Greenville/Troy/Andalusia is trained to formulate a plan that best suits the unique fire loss situation at hand. We perform an assessment, and technicians are instructed on each step to provide you with the best results.

•   Wet Cleaning: is done to address hard surfaces that are not easily damaged by water. Technicians may use a combination of water and specialized cleaning agents to strip away smoke and soot residue, leaving the surface clean and refreshed. If necessary, we also have ultrasonic cleaning machines that use ultrasonic waves that pass through an aqueous solution made up of mild detergent, softener, and water. High-frequency sound waves create pressure that results in millions of bubbles to loosen grime.
•   Dry Cleaning: is done to clean items that may become damaged when they come into contact with water, which includes electronics, antiques, and books. In some cases, our skilled technicians carefully use sponges, brushes, and towels to loosen soot and residue from your belongings.

There is nothing like knowing that you have a trained team on your side to help once you suffer from fire damage in your home. Give our SERVPRO of Greenville/Troy/Andalusia technicians a call and we can send out a team 24/7 to get started with your emergency restoration needs. You can reach us by calling (334) 371-7378, and we will send out a team promptly to start with an assessment.