Fire Damage Restoration

Experts in Restoring Your Home After Fire Damage

When a fire occurs at your home or business, it can be one of the worst things to happen to anyone’s property. Fire can impact so much of your home or business in such a short amount of time. Even if the fire was small and contained, smoke damage can end up causing damage throughout the entire property! If this is not taken care of professionally, the smell of smoke will remain.

Additionally, fire damage is unfortunately not the only damage to worry about in a fire loss! Firefighters fight fire with water. Even sometimes needing thousands of gallons of water in order to extinguish a fire. Where does all that water go? It gets soaked up right into all the materials of your home!

We can assess the extent of the damages throughout your home or business and form and discuss a game plan for the next steps needed to restore your property. If you have had a Fire loss of any kind, call us at any time, 24/7, for a free inspection!

Fire is the result of three elements that cause combustion, also known as the self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation: fuel, oxygen, and heat. Smoke and soot particles are the visual by-products of incomplete combustion. Incompletely combusted substances produce odors. In addition to carbon particles, there are also gases associated with combustion.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are commonly produced during and after a fire. Soot particles and PAHs have been reported to be carcinogenic. For this reason, only professionals using proper personal protective equipment and activated carbon filtration equipment should be called to properly mitigate fire-related damages.

There are Three Types of Soot Residues Produced in a Fire. They are:

Protein Residues: The result of overcooked or burned meat, fish, or beans. The residue color range falls between yellow and brown. The texture is greasy and sticks to most surfaces that it encounters.
Natural Substance Odor and Residue: The result of burned paper or wood. Campfires, forest fires, and wood fireplaces produce natural substance odors. These residues are grey to black and have a dry, powder-like texture to it.
Synthetic Residues: The result of burned material that is oil-based. Carpets, upholstery, window shades, draperies, furniture, and toys are all constructed with synthetic materials. These materials produce a thick, heavy, black-smeared residue when they burn.