Catastrophe Restoration

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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.

On the night of June 24, 2013 a massive storm hit several towns along the Iowa-Illinois border, an area known as the “Quad Cities.”

The strong storms that ripped through the Midwest November 16-18 are being called the worst in 100 years and damage is likely to be in the $1 billion range, according to a story on NBC News.

Severe storms ripped the midwest over the weekend, killing at least six people, injuring dozens more and leaving hundreds of thousands without power, according to a story from USA Today.

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

Today marks exactly one year since Hurricane Sandy made U.S. landfall.

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.