What Happens After a Fire (Part One)

10/2/2020 (Permalink)

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Our blogs feature many tips to avoid fires in your home and business.  So what happens if there is a fire?  Check in with us for the next few weeks for our four part series of what happens after the fire.

Smoke Damage

After the flames have been put out, you are then left with smoke damage. Smoke damage left unaddressed can devastate your home and its contents, and the actual fire does not necessarily have to occur in the same room. For example, in the case of wildfires, homes and businesses have been completely ruined just from smoke while the buildings remained untouched by flames.

Our technicians at SERVPRO of Norwich and Windham County have extensive training in fire and smoke restoration.  Our certified experts understand the complex behaviors and types of smoke.

Behaviors of Smoke

• Hot smoke migrates to cooler areas
• Smoke migrates to upper levels of a structure
• Smoke flows around plumbing systems, using holes around pipes to go from floor to floor

Types of Smoke

• Wet smoke (plastics and synthetics)
  • Low heat, smoldering, pungent odor, sticky
• Dry Smoke (paper and wood)
  • Fast burning, high temperature, dry
• Protein Fire Residue
  • Produced by evaporation of material rather from burning 
• Fuel Oil Soot (furnace puff backs)

Not matter what the cause, SERVPRO of Norwich and Windham County can be on sight 24/7 to help restore not only your home but your piece of mind after a fire.