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Securing a Building After a Fire

11/9/2019 (Permalink)

Walls of wooded stairwell damage with smoke and fire damage. Fire damage in a Ogden, UT home.

When fire strikes your building in Ogden, UT, there isn’t anything you can do to stop the chain of events from the moment the fire begins until the second the fire trucks drive away and leave you with the resulting fire damage. What happens next is under your control, however, and you should make sure you are in the best possible position to ride the coming storm of possible looters, scammers, and restoration delays.

3 Ways To Secure Your Building After a Fire.

Access

While your building may seem secure, the following may find a way in:

  • Looters
  • Burglars
  • Squatters
  • Errant youths

Fortunately, there are things you can do to make sure people do not have easy access to your property.

Holes 

When fighting a fire, the officers may use an ax to knock holes into the roof, walls, or attic areas of your business to spray water onto the flames. When they leave, the holes remain. The heat from a fire can also break windows and sky lights and leave gaping holes.

To prevent intruders from rummaging around or looting in areas of your building that were not destroyed by the flames, soot, or smoke, you must first secure the holes by covering the areas securely with large pieces of wood. If you are unable to put the boards up by yourself, contact a group specializing in fire cleanup and restoration. They can quickly lock-down your building and secure the fire damage area.

Doors

Fire personnel often kick doors down to get immediate access to the fire in a building. When that happens, the locks, door jambs, and walls surrounding the doorways may be broken or damaged. To prevent easy access by intruders into the open doorways, and to prevent looters from having unhindered access to your office possessions or equipment, use more of the large pieces of wood to cover doorways. If necessary, ask the fire cleanup team to help secure the open areas.

Although you cannot guarantee your business will be safe after a fire, you can take steps to secure it from easy access by criminal elements of society. You can help prevent being a target after a fire by repairing fire damage.

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