As we commemorate the anniversary of the horrific events at Virginia Tech we recognize that many actions were required by the University, the local community and the State of Virginia to adequately respond to the tragedy after it occurred (regardless of any well-intended views one may have about the campus police and administration response as the incident was unfolding). The University set up mental health counseling for students, conducted memorials to honor the victims and cancelled classes for a few days to allow students to visit their parents and family while the wounds from the shootings were still fresh. One aspect of this effort that has not been noted is the trauma scene cleanup.

Just as the other responses each seek to mend the psychological trauma to the members of the university community, a professional trauma scene cleanup regime, executed by a crime scene cleanup company, homicide scene cleanup company, suicide scene cleanup company, blood scene cleanup company or death scene cleanup company is intended to act as a vital step in the process of getting past the horror of the tragic events of that morning. Certainly the primary objective of the death scene, suicide scene, homicide scene or crime scene cleaning is the full removal of toxic and hazardous material from the places where the shootings occurred. But that does not deny the contribution that makes to the ability of students to resume activities in those particular classrooms when they returned from the hiatus called by the university.

An essential component of the reaction to any tragic criminal event is the mental health treatment afforded its victims, witnesses and wider community around those individuals. While we generally would consider the work of a professional crime scene cleanup company, homicide scene cleanup company, suicide scene cleanup company, blood scene cleanup company or death scene cleanup company to be one of handling and removing physical substances, from a trauma scene cleanup site, the fact is the completion of their task is a necessary predicate to the community’s emotional recovery from the devastation.

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