SERVPRO Offers Premier Fire and Water Damage Cleanup and Restoration for Our Ellenville Customers

2/26/2020 (Permalink)

SERVPRO Can Secure and Restore Your Ellenville Home after a Structural Fire

What to Expect from Professional Fire Damage Recovery in Ellenville

A household fire causes fear and chaos for Ellenville residents, and the aftermath poses many questions about how best to manage the cleanup. The soiling created by the flames, heat, and smoke is unlike the dirt and grime of daily living and does not respond in expected ways to conventional cleaning techniques. Our trained and experienced team of managers and technicians use effective methods, products, and equipment to achieve a successful recovery from the harm the fire wrought.

Contaminated Water Removal

When fire damages an Ellenville home, substantial quantities of water and chemicals from firefighting activity need management. The water presents a significant safety concern, exposing occupants and technicians to hazards, including slip and fall, possible electrocution, and the spread of now water-borne toxins from the fire debris and residues. We evaluate the residual water as Category 3, the most contaminated, and employ safeguards to isolate the space and shield workers as we extract and dry out the space. Options include using 6 mil polyethylene to build a containment barrier and employing air scrubbing and personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent drift, human exposure to hazardous materials, and tracking of contaminants into unaffected areas of your home.

Toxic Fire Residue Cleanup

As a fire burns materials in your home, volatile gasses and hazardous particulates fill the air as smoke and then settle as soot. Inhaling or touching the residues can prove injurious to health, so SERVPRO crews continue wearing their PPE, and we recommend you and your family stay out of the work area. Our technicians match the various types of soots to cleaning products and techniques that offer effective results according to ongoing industry research into fire cleanup. Expect that we switch strategies according to the soiling presented, as one fire can result in dry, wet, and protein-based soot.

Deodorization

Even after our best cleanup efforts, the lingering stench of the burned materials continues the nightmare for you and your family. SERVPRO deodorization experts follow a multi-step protocol to remove malodors as part of our fire damage cleanup. If debris removal and deep cleaning prove ineffective, we have innovative equipment like hydroxyl generators and ozone machines that neutralize the odor-bearing particles through changes at the molecular level.

The team at SERVPRO of Sullivan and South Ulster Counties awaits your call 24/7 to (845) 791-7647. Let us show you what our training, experience, and equipment can do to restore your home after fire damage.