Fire Damage: What to Expect When You Call

7/18/2019 (Permalink)

Fire Damage: What to Expect When You Call

While we cleanup more water damages than fires, we spend more of our time cleaning up fires. Restoring a home or business after a fire to remove all smoke and soot is a long and detail-oriented process, but one that in the end has great results making a disaster “Like it never even happened.”

But while fire damages are a regular occurrence for us, when clients call, its almost always the first time they have experienced such a loss. We understand that experiencing a fire can be devastating, with cherished memories and treasures at stake, as well as emotional toil.  It can be overwhelming and stressful, and seem like a huge project one can never dig out of, even with professional help.

We tackle every project systematically, breaking the cleanup process down into steps. As we work through the process with clients we do our best to empathize and to walk through the process, much of which will be unknown until we get into the project. Here are the basic steps to a fire damage cleanup, presented here to help clients understand what to expect when they face damage from fire, smoke, or soot:

Step1: Emergency Contact: As soon as we take your call, we begin a plan for 24/7 emergency response.

Step 2: Inspection and Fire Damage Assessment: Once onsite, we assess damage and needs to stabilize the structure and mitigate further or secondary damage.

Step 3: Immediate Board-Up and Roof Tarp Service (if needed):

Step 4: Water Removal and Drying (if water damage is present)

Step 5: Removal of Smoke and Soot from All Surfaces

Step 6: Cleaning and Repair

Step 7: Restoration

The team at SERVPRO of West Pasco is here 24/7 to help with your restoration needs.