San Diego Fire Removal With Servpro Carlsbad
Emergency Fire
Damage Tips:
• Do not attempt to wash any walls or pointed surface. This may set
the stains.
• Watch for safety issues and be careful
• If electricity is off empty freeze and refrigerator and prop doors
open. This stops food odors in your appliances.
• Until any movement in the effected area. This prevents smearing of
soot particles
• Do not attempt to clean any electrical appliances that may have been
close to water.
• Do not use any caned or packaged food or beverages that may have stored
close to fire, heat or water. They may have been contaminated.
• Do not turn on ceiling fan.
It was just a
small fire: What did it leave behind?
Servpro’s franchisee’s first step at a fire scene is to address
your concerns. The second step is to pretest to see what type of fire has
taken place. Knowing the types of smoke and their behavior patterns is vital
to proper restoration.
Pretesting determines the cleaning method as well as what can be restored
versus replaced.
Pretesting also allows us to focus on saving those precious items for you!
Isn’t that what really matters?
Did you know there are different types of smoke?
Wet smoke- Plastics & Rubber
Low heat, smoldering, pungent odor, sticky, smeary.
Dry Smoke- Paper & Wood
Fast burning, high temperatures, heat rises, therefore the
smoke rises.
Protein-Produced by evaporation of material rather than from
fire
Virtually invisible, discolors paints, and vanishes, extreme
pungent odor
Fuel Oil Soot-Furnace Puff Backs
Other Types-Tear gas, fingerprint powder and fire extinguisher
residue
Emergency Fire Damage Procedures:
1. Servpro franchises will contact you within 1 hour
2. Servpro franchisees will arrive within 4 hours
3. Servpro franchisees will address your concerns
• Identify the source of loss and safety issues
• What cause the loss?
• What type of residue exists?
• Are there other safety issues?
4. Pretest for restoration. Pretesting determines:
• What is unrestorable?
• What is restorable and what methods of restoration will be most effective?
• What area and items are unaffected?
• What items need special adjuster attention?
5. Servpro franchise will clean soiled items
6. walls, ceilings
and flooring
7. Upholstery and other contents
8. Hard furniture such as wood and metal
9. Deodorization
SERVPRO of Carlsbad (760)729-7505