Evaluating Contents Before Fire Restoration in Queens

7/27/2022 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO of Forest Hills / Ridgewood today if you need help with professional fire damage restoration.

Fire Restoration Can Focus on Contents

Among the greatest measures of the fast fire recovery services we provide is the attention to contents and personal belongings. When quick action occurs, impacted objects can be relocated to a safer part of the house, be cleaned in the structure, or transported for deeper restoration.

Scoping the Full Job Site

The objectives of fire restoration in Queens homes and apartments rely on information gathered during a pre-job inspection. Evaluating the condition of contents and structural elements can show where physical damages exist, such as: 

• Soot damage
• Water damage
• Blistering/charring
• Smoke solids
• Offensive odors

Are Materials Salvageable?

One of the first questions SERVPRO must answer about the contents in your fire-damaged home is whether they are salvageable. Not all contents and personal belongings from your residence will be washable, making the best approach in some cases to remove and discard these items. Non-preservable articles get cataloged as losses in the initial full inspection of the property.

What Contents Can Be Cleaned?

When personal belongings and items from the house have been deemed restorable, the question becomes whether this can be completed on-site. With a clean, nearby staging area during the restoration, we can often prevent cross-contamination of items and keep them from getting worse in an environment that needs air quality cleaning and surface restoration.

Needed Relocation of Personal Belongings

On-site cleaning is not always possible. However, with our entire roster's advanced equipment and industry knowledge, we can provide complex off-site recovery solutions at our SERVPRO warehouse. Pack-out procedures carefully secure your personal belongings and transport them to our facility for focused surface cleaning, drying, and deodorization.

After fire disasters, it is often necessary to evaluate the condition of affected contents and begin restoration as soon as possible. With on-site and off-site cleaning approaches, we can make these damages "Like it never even happened." Call SERVPRO of Forest Hills / Ridgewood today to help at (718) 381-3702.