Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration

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Here’s how embers, wildfire smoke, pressure, and wind can impact and contaminate standing homes including their wall cavities, occupied spaces, and attics.  

Here’s how understanding the emotional impact of fire loss can help restorers improve their customer care and communication. 

As restorers, are we doing enough to address wildfire smoke contamination? California introduced new legislation that addresses testing, remediation, and insurance claims.

Fire damage goes far beyond removing soot and repairing visible damage. Learn about commonly overlooked contamination, fire suppression water damage, documentation, safety, and exceptional customer service. 

Here’s how smoke and soot can migrate during a fire and what restorers should include in their initial inspection to identify hidden contamination and create an accurate scope. 

Learn how fire whirls, thermal pressure, contamination zones, and smoke movement impact standing buildings during and after wildfire and WUI fire events. 

Learn what restorers should know about respirator selection, cartridge changes, fit testing, use, maintenance, and job hazard.

On this episode of Ask Annissa, she breaks down how restorers can prioritize wildfire losses using testing, safety, contamination levels, available resources, and customer needs.

Learn how wind-driven embers can ignite homes and the importance of building design and proactive measures are critical in wildfire resilience.