Seeing your home after a fire, even a small one, can be a devastating experience. From damaged belongings to a soot-covered interior due to smoke, you can be facing a major task where cleanup is concerned. Thankfully, there are fire damage services who can help you out. 

When fire damage services arrive on the scene, they will first take an assessment of the damage, but they will soon after get right to work. There are three main components of the cleanup process to expect after fire damage has occurred in your home. 

Elimination of Water or Other Fire Extinguishing Components From the Space 

Once a fire is extinguished, there can be a lot of remaining extinguishing components in the space. If water was used, there may be puddles of water to clean up, wet furniture, and water that has seeped into hidden places. If foam or other extinguishing compounds were used, there can be a layer of material all over walls and furnishings. The first plan of action for most fire damage services will be to get inside and get rid of those extinguishing components that are still hanging around. 

Removal of the Items Damaged Beyond the Point of Restoration

There are probably going to be some items inside your home that are damaged to a degree that they cannot be restored. For example, if smoke damage is so bad that the drywall cannot be logically cleaned, it will have to be removed. Removing fire damaged items is perhaps one of the biggest components of fire damage cleanup services. Most companies will bring along a dumpster to house all the waste and take out everything damaged that you do not want to keep. 

Cleaning up Soot and Residue That Can Be Safely Cleaned Up

Soot and residue that is left over from smoke in the house can be one of the biggest problems after there has been a fire inside a house. Even if the fire was contained to one small room, the smoke may have traveled through multiple rooms in the house. Therefore, cleaning up soot and residue from smoke contact can take some heavy-duty cleaning and serious attention from the professionals. If there are items that are found to be impossible to clean to a degree that they will be safe and functional in the home, these items will be removed during the cleaning process as well. 

Contact fire damage services to learn more if you have experienced a fire on your property.