Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration

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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. 

Cotality’s Jamie Knippen shares how wildfire risk data, technology, and conflagration insights can help restorers prepare for fire losses. 

Here’s how restorers can avoid common documentation mistakes during a fire loss and build stronger files that support their scope, estimates, and work they completed. 

The effects of wildfires and WUI fires on buildings and key considerations for restorers responding to these losses. 

Learn how wildfire smoke contamination differs from structural fire damage and what restorers need to know about documentation, testing, and cleaning. 

Learn why fire restoration goes far beyond cleaning and how defining objectives, documenting properly, and verification can support restoration outcomes. 

Wildfires and fire losses are evolving and changing CAT response for restorers. October is designed to shed light on training, safety, and education ahead of their next fire job.