Cleanup after a disaster

Updated 05jan23

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Cleanup


The important stuff


Keep good records


Stay safe


Dealing with water damage


Mold


Dealing with smoke & fire damage


Smoke from house fires

If your house is exposed to smoke from a house fire, either inside your house or in your upwind neighbor's, toxic combustion products from man-made materials will be in the ash. They will have a gunpowder-like smell.

The cost and effort of remediation is much less than treating health conditions caused by toxic ash


Other cleanup issues


Contractors


Common scams



Emotional recovery




Put this list somewhere so that you can read it if something happens to your house.



See also

Disaster Readiness   During & afterwards  

This information was downloaded from http://www.FamilyReady.org