Following the devastation and commotion following a fire, you will likely be left with a huge mess to clean up as well as the turmoil of your home being damaged. There are several different types of fire damage that can occur during and even after a fire, some of which you might not have considered. These include burned items and possessions, smoke and soot damage, and water damage.

Following a fire in your home

Following a fire in your home, it is important to begin working with a professional clean up and restoration team straight away. The fire restoration process is a specialised one that requires an experienced team of professionals with the right training and tools to do it properly. Acting quickly to restore primary fire damage and to contain and control secondary fire damage will help to reduce the amount of time it takes to restore your home back to its pre incident state and ultimately save money.

The residue left behind after a fire is a biohazard and can cause health problems if it is not taken care of correctly and thoroughly. Attempting to clean up your home on your own after a fire may cause more damage. Using online guides or helpful tips may just compact the underlying issues.

Immediately after a fire, you should call your insurance company as a priority and then you should call Tempest Restoration. It is important that we, as a professional team of fire damage restoration experts, assess the fire damage to determine the costs for the restoration and also to see if their is any additional damage from smoke, water or any other underlying factors. Once the amount of damage has been determined, we will provide an estaimate for the cleaning and restoration services that would be required to return the property to its pre incident state.

The Process

The fire restoration process includes:

• Removing items affected by the fire and the extinguishing of it
• Handling water damage
• Eliminating odours
• Assessing items that didn't burn in the fire but may have other damage from the firefighting efforts

Once your items and possessions have been removed from the house, they can be cleaned, dried, and deodourised so they are just like new. It is important that a professional technician from Tempest Restoration goes through your home and check the contents for damage as there are many things that are often overlooked following fire damage to a home such as:

• Dishes and utensils
• Documents in desks
• Filing cabinets and electronics
• Clothes
• Jewellery
• Art on the walls that may need cleaning and odour removal

The cleanup process following a fire should include the removal of any charred contents that may seal in the smoke from a fire. Items such as insulation and burned wood are notorious for trapping smoke. Carpets and floor coverings may also need to be removed, and the framing of the house and subfloors will need a safety inspection to assess the possible structural damage to the property. These areas should also be treated for smoke odours and then sealed to keep any leftover smoke based odours from leaking back into the house.

Your home is full of combustible materials and as such its important to know and understand that not all fire damage is the same. Different materials inside your home will burn differently and because of that, they need different cleaning processes. A fully trained technician from Tempest Restoration will be able to assess and deploy the correct course of action.

Although we are discussing fire damage here, its important to remember that you also need to consider the water damage from putting out the fire, and the drying process required after. Our technicians can determine the extent of any water damage and bring in the equipment to dry the house out before any mould starts to grow.

The last part of the fire damage restoration process is controlling any odours. Our professionals here at Tempest Restoration are trained to follow the smoke trail and identify the source of the odour and eliminate it at its source.

If you have suffered fire damage to your property, call the professionals here at Tempest Restoration so you can be back in your home quickly and safely.