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The smell of smoke alerted the couple and as they dashed to reach the top of the stairs, they found their kitchen engulfed in flames.

While you might not think that the restoration and remediation industry is synonymous with women, this industry is rich with them – and rich with them in impactful and standout positions.

We have been answering a lot of questions about bailees insurance lately.

Guilty by suspicion. No, it’s not just a Robert DeNiro movie from 1991. In fact, when it involves your business and the insurance industry, it can lead to a whole lot of trouble.

On Monday, May 20, the American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA), the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) and AIHA Registry Programs, LLC, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead the way toward joint development of a registry for qualified indoor air quality (IAQ) practitioners, according to a press release. 

As the most common chronic disease, asthma affects more than 35 million people, including 6 million children.

On the heels of another successful Leadership Summit and Industry Expo, RIA has been working on several fronts to strengthen the association and promote its members to a wide variety of industry stakeholders.

1-800-BOARDUP has added Laura Zeilger to its corporate team as the new National Franchise Sales Manager.

First Florida. Then, it could be the rest of the country.

Microwave ovens are modern conveniences we take for granted, but unfortunately, as one homeowner from Western New York recently found out, they can be very dangerous.

The Problem:On October 29, Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the mid-Atlantic Eastern seaboard. Although wind damage was extensive, storm surge and associated flooding created hundreds of thousands of water-damaged structures from Delaware to Connecticut, with severe impact in New York and New Jersey.

You know the drill by now: There’s a residential loss. The homeowner calls their insurance company to file a claim. The job gets started.

The one-day Mold Remediation Symposium that R&R held on April 9, 2013 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. was very successful.

The 2013 DKI Insights Show, held Feb. 17-20 in Orlando, FL, was said to be the biggest yet.

On September 1, 2012, the Ladder Association (U.K.) asked for submissions of people using their ladders in the worst possible ways. On September 1, 2012, the Ladder Association (U.K.) asked for submissions of people using their ladders in the worst possible ways.

Several years ago when I was operating a restoration business, we received a water loss call to a home in a nearby mountain top community.