Improving Air Quality Amid Fire Damage Cleanup in Sunrise Homes

8/13/2022 (Permalink)

Plantation house fires can degrade IAQ. SERVPRO can wipedown and remove sooty deposits from surfaces and clean the HVAC system.

Better Air Quality During Fire Damage Recovery

There are multiple phases of fire damage recovery after a disaster. Early in mitigation and restoration, it is essential to improve air quality for safer cleanup and to make the living areas safer for house occupants not displaced by the emergency.

Creating a Safe Start for Fire Mitigation

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the first considered aspects of restoring fire damage in Sunrise properties. Creating a safer environment for responding technicians is vital as volatile atmospheric conditions in the household can be hazardous. Filtration is the safest option to mitigate airborne contaminants and particulates causing an issue for the structure.

The Contaminants Possible

Understanding what threats exist in the environment ensures that SERVPRO professionals arrive with the needed tools to help. After a fire is extinguished, smoke solids and soot particles are the most prevalent air threats. These particulates can be hazardous for those exposed, mainly due to their corrosive and carcinogenic nature. Improving IAQ also protects exposed building materials where these particles might come to rest.

Tools to Improve IAQ

Improving air quality can happen in several steps and stages. One of the first objectives is to remove physical contaminants circulating throughout the property by placing HEPA 500 air scrubbers in several house areas. As air is pulled through the unit, contaminants as small as 0.3 microns are trapped in the sophisticated filtration system in these machines.

Aiding with Post-Fire Malodors

Air quality also describes lingering effects like malodors. Strong smells from combustion and burning can be a challenging post-fire condition to remove. Even with surface cleaning and debris removal, additional actions will be needed to neutralize smells entirely. Our robust inventory of deodorization equipment includes:

• ULV foggers
• Thermal foggers
• Ozone machines
• Hydroxyl generators

Fires present many obstacles for our experienced SERVPRO of Plantation / Sunrise SE professionals. Our team works to mitigate loss and rapidly protect what matters most. When fires affect your home, call us at (954) 280-8282