Items Tagged with 'smoke cleanup'

Here’s why restorers should build relationships with environmental consultants, reconstruction contractors, and contents specialists before taking on fire losses.

Here’s how restorers can assess WUI fire contamination, protect their team, prevent cross-contamination, and determine the appropriate response. 

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

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. 

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.

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