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Learn how SPAR is advancing vendor partnerships, security, standards, technology, and accountability in the restoration industry.

Learn how program fees, pricing pressures, payment delays, and overhead affect restoration contractors’ profitability.

Preparing for wildfires start long before the first flames ever appear. Here’s how restoration companies can use wildfire risk intelligence, real-time event data, operational planning, and consistent documentation to manage their resources, prepare their teams, and respond effectively as wildfires evolve.

Homes that never caught fire can be affected by wildfire smoke, and it isn’t always visible. Annissa Coy shares how restorers should assess smoke contamination, evaluate affected contents, understand testing limitations, and determine when professional environmental testing and post restoration/remediation verification is necessary.

Learn about four key lessons from 2026 that can help restoration companies prepare for 2027 through documentation, stronger processes, diversification, and AI.

Learn about the future of fire restoration, including assessment, decontamination, cleaning, worker safety, testing, verification, and contents restoration on this episode of Ask The Expert. 

Here’s how restorers can evaluate expanding their services, vertical integrations, investing in equipment, and profitability before adding new services. 

Learn how technology impacts fire losses and how it helps restorers improve their accuracy, communicate, and build trust with their customers. 

Here’s how restorers can build stronger plumbing partnerships through consistent follow up, building trust, timing, and a service-first approach. 

Learn how WUI fires and wildfires can spread lead-containing particles through airflow, smoke, and contamination into homes from burned materials.