Fire Assessments in Casper WY

2/6/2019 (Permalink)

Content Cleaning

When we get contacted to respond to a fire damage, our first step is to do an assessment. We look to see what is affected, how severely, and determine our initial course of action in the restoration process. If a fire has affected the structure severely enough that substantial construction will be necessary, we will typically start the job by packing out the contents from the property. Sometimes, this will be necessary in a few rooms, or a level of the house. On other jobs, it may be necessary to remove all contents from the property to make way for demolition and reconstruction.

Once the contents are packed out, we bring them back to our shop to be cleaned and deodorized.  As part of the cleaning process, the contents may be treated with ozone or thermal fog to reduce smoke odor. Contents that were packed into boxes are unboxed, cleaned, deodorized, then re-packaged into clean boxes. Often, some of the contents cannot be fully restored, or restoration may exceed the cost of replacement. For these non-restorable items, we isolate them from the rest of the contents, and store them to be inventoried later.

After contents restoration is complete, the clean, deodorized household goods are stored in our temperature-controlled facility, and returned to the home once structural restoration has been completed.