What to Expect When You Call a Fire Mitigation Professional

11/11/2020 (Permalink)

Commercial fire cleanup

What to Expect When You Call a Fire Mitigation Professional

When your Jasper, GA, business has an incident resulting in fire damage, you may not know what to expect throughout the restoration process. If you choose to work with a mitigation team to bring your facility back to an operational state, look for the following four steps to take place.

1. Assessment of Damage
After the fire is put out, and you are left with the bones of what was once a functional business place, a fire mitigation crew can come to your facility and access the situation. These professionals will determine the severity of damage and what work is needed for a full restoration. You may wish to have an insurance adjuster on-site to evaluate the costs involved in the clean-up and rebuilding process.

2. Preventative Measures
After the extent of the fire damage has been determined, a mitigation team will determine is safety and damage prevention is needed on the site. Following a fire, the building's integrity may be compromised. Preventing further damage might require some of the following measures from your mitigation expert:

• Boards over broken windows
  
• Placing tarps over fire-damaged roofing
  
• Boarding up damaged walls to prevent water damage
  
  

3. Restoration Preparation
Once relative safety is in order, it will be time for preparing the space for restoration. Before restoration can take place, removal of contaminants is essential. Special equipment used by the commercial restoration company will ensure water, smoke, soot and odors are eliminated before new materials are installed.

4. Commercial Restoration
Once you make it through the accessing, preventative and preparatory phases, it will be time to restore your facility to a fully safe and functional state. The restoration process can involve many steps and may require a large crew depending on the degree of fire damage that occurred at your commercial facility. New drywall, paint or flooring are common repairs after a fire. For more serious restoration, a construction team may need to rebuild entirely to fully bring back your commercial space.
Contact a local mitigation team to start the path towards restoring your Jasper, GA, business. Watch for these basic steps to occur as you get your facility back to where it was before.