Articles Tagged with ''flood damage restoration''

Organizations with training in water damage and fire restoration will soon be faced with spring storm and hurricane season.

Large losses and catastrophes are a completely different animal from the residential job.

Were you ready? And are you ready for the next catastrophic (CAT) event? Whether it is more frozen pipes to come, a flood or hurricane, we need to be ready. We need to be ready to handle high call volumes and respond. 

Absorbent Specialty Products has introduced Quick Dam a line of sand-less, self rising sandbags and flood barriers able to control and redirect water, an ideal accessory for restoration professionals to have handy as they respond to floods or water damage situations where standing water is still present.

Many of you have gone to a hands-on drying school at one time in your career.

More Floods had five new companies and five revisiting companies attend its December training program.

German-based Kärcher has donated 250 pressure washers and $10,000 in cash to the cleanup effort in Colorado, according to a press release.

To support the flood relief efforts in Boulder, CO, Restoration Sciences Academy (RSA) will donate 5% of fees from its hands-on restorative drying courses held during October in Burlington, WA. and Nashville, TN locations, according to a press release. 

The Colorado floods that you saw on the news have been described as “apocalyptic” by local residents. Boulder County and surrounding areas got about 20 inches of rain in four days - that’s roughly equivalent to getting the total annual amount of annual rainfall in less than a week!

According to a message released by Larry Cooper, PACR Technical Director, guidance on handling asbestos contaminated materials in flood debris is provided under "Flood Debris Guidance" on the Flood Resources Page, State of Colorado, Department of Health. This waiver also extends to lead testing for drywall: