Even a Small Fire Can Cause Odors for Years to Come | Fire Restoration

5/27/2021 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of South Atlanta is here to help 24-hours a day. If your home has experienced smoke or fire damage call us at 404-505-1760.

Any fire in your home is a bad situation to have to deal with. But when you try to clean it up yourself, it can be a disaster twice over. Especially considering that smoke and soot from even a small fire can permanently damage contents throughout a home and cause odors that may resurface for years.

SERVPRO of South Atlanta fire restoration professionals understand how disruptive fire can be for you and your entire family. For this reason SERVPRO of South Atlanta professionals offer 24-hour emergency response, and under normal circumstances, will have trained, uniformed technicians on-site of a fire damage within four hours to begin emergency mitigation services (in most cases SERVPRO professionals will arrive on-site within two hours because we know how crucial a speedy response can be to a fire restoration project). By responding quickly with a full line of fire, smoke and soot cleanup and restoration services. SERVPRO of South Atlanta can help you regain control quickly while deodorizing and protecting your home and belongings. 

Fire, smoke and soot damage in your home can create unpleasant and permanent problems if not properly addressed. As various materials burn, the smoke produced travels throughout the home leaving odorous residue and deposits on surfaces and in those hard to reach places. Unless fast, professional action is taken, these residues and deposits can cause permanent damage to contents and may result in periodically resurfacing odors. Unfortunately, such damage is often made more severe when unprepared homeowners attempt to perform the cleanup themselves.

Trained and Equipped to Find the Source of Odor and Remove Them

All of your restorable items in affected areas will be professionally cleaned and deodorized to preloss condition. This includes furniture, draperies and upholstery, electronics, art, flooring, walls, ceilings, HVAC air ducts, and so much more. SERVPRO of South Atlanta professionals do not merely cover up lingering odors with a fragrance, they seek out the sources of odor and remove them.

Deodorization Process

SERVPRO of South Atlanta fire restoration professionals are trained and equipped to find the sources of smoke odor and to effectively eliminate them from your home. Proper deodorization is vital as smoke odors may appear to be gone, only too reappear months later.

SERVPRO of South Atlanta Emergency Response Guidelines

• Within one hour from notice of loss, SERVPRO of South Atlanta professionals will contact you to arrange for service.
• Within four hours of loss notification, SERVPRO of South Atlanta fire restoration specialists will be on-site to start mitigation and fire restoration services. In most cases our team will be on-site within two hours of notification, because we know time can be of the essence when it comes to fire restoration.
• Within eight business hours of on-site arrival, a verbal briefing of the appropriate person.

*Before you risk doing more damage by attempting to clean it up yourself, call your local fire, smoke and soot cleanup and restoration experts at SERVPRO of South Atlanta at (404) 505-1760 or click here and one of our loss coordinators will contact you as soon as possible.