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Home Inspection Reveals True Cost of Not Hiring Professional Scene Cleanup Company

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Beginning in the late nineteen eighties when many counties and municipalities implemented new building codes that raised the standards for new homes, apartments and other residences, home inspectors who certify a home’s readiness for sale and identify those flaws that require repair have had to consider more factors when assessing a home’s compliance with the evolving standards. In the midst of this progression, homeowners who have unusual events in their residences may need to address certain problems.

As an example, if a burglar breaks in to your home and you shoot him, there may be considerable blood and tissue that gets strewn throughout your home. Without using a crime scene cleanup company potentially dangerous substances can spread. When an inspector comes to review the facility at the time the homeowner is ready to sell the residence, the failure to use a crime scene cleanup company could cost the homeowner a bundle.

If an inspector finds contamination due to insufficient crime scene cleanup, then the inspector will report this finding in his report to the buyer’s agent. The buyer will certainly seek to have the purchase amount reduced to reflect the diminution in value of the residence as a result of the contamination or demand the seller pay for the remediation necessary to remove the contamination. As such contamination will have probably spread; this cost will be much greater than it would have been if the crime scene cleanup had been performed earlier.

This information was originally published as part of the Crime Scene Cleanup blog at http://www.advancedbio-treatment.com/blog.

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Accidental Apartment Fire Requires Scene Cleanup Expertise

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Graham wanted to smoke one more rock. Although he had been getting high all night, he felt like he needed one more smoke to fully reach nirvana and feel no pain. What he failed to realize is that he had already reached a state where he could feel no pain. Even worse (although he didn’t think of it this way), he had lost all sense of coordination. Instead of using a regular lighter, he relied on a torch to ignite his rock. As he activated the torch several inches from his pipe, he knocked over a bottle of booze, grain alcohol actually, all over his clothes. After he belched out a few expletives he inadvertently pulled the ignited torch towards himself and started a fire that spread into a minor conflagration. His smoke alarm went off alerting his apartment manager who called the fire department.

The fire over all did not hurt his apartment too bad. Graham was a different story. Not only did he have to be rushed to the hospital for third degree burns but he also was placed under arrest. The crack – just a little because he had smoked so much there was little of his stash left – was confiscated and placed into evidence.

But the apartment did have to be cleaned. The police called in a crime scene cleaner who removed much of the burnt carpet, some of his tarred tissue and the remainder of pieces of furniture, drapes and flooring that were damaged. Then the crime scene clean up company disinfected and sanitized the entire apartment.

The apartment manager was most pleased. As Graham was going to be spending the rest of his lease locked up and such occurrence was grounds, under the lease, to invalidate his term, the manager could relet the apartment to a new tenant. Thank God he had the sense to bring in the crime scene cleaners. Not only did he get rid of a destructive bad apple but he had the chance to mitigate his losses with an apartment that looked better than anytime Graham was there.

This information was originally published as part of the Crime Scene Cleanup blog at http://www.advancedbio-treatment.com/blog.

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Insurance Coverage And Responsible Scene Clean Up

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Dealing with insurance companies rates right behind going to the dentist or the proctologist as one of the least attractive endeavors that people must occasionally undertake. The difficulties of working with insurance companies stem both from trying to get and retain coverage for a particular purpose and getting an insurance company to properly and fairly pay a claim once an event happens that triggers coverage.

For property owners, and particularly commercial property landlords, one area that should be of concern is if a crime or other traumatic incident occurs on your property. If you fail to adequately clean and sanitize your property after a crime is committed there and you leave the possibility that an unsafe or unsanitary condition exists you could face two distinct problems: (1) an increase your property insurance premiums or (2) a denial of some future claim that may arise (even if the insurance company’s position is unreasonable).

To ward against such a problem it is advisable that, if you own property upon which an accident, bio hazard or crime is committed, you should hire a professional scene cleaning company. Frequently companies that do perform crime scene cleaning also perform infectious disease cleaning, homicide scene cleaning, accident scene cleaning, suicide scene cleaning, death scene cleaning, blood scene cleaning and meth lab site cleaning so you can enlist someone who has experience dealing with problems that have both environmental (or sanitary) and legal components to them.

If you hire such a crime scene cleaner or bio hazard cleaner then you can submit proof of the completion of their work to show that any toxic or hazardous residue from an incident has been removed and that the premises are safe for habitation. This will undercut any argument that an insurance company may try to use to raise your premiums or deny any future claims.

This information was originally published as part of the Crime Scene Cleanup blog at http://www.advancedbio-treatment.com/blog.

The more the information about our scene cleanup services, contact ABT toll free at 800-860-4268

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Drunk Driving At Ballpark Causes Accident Scene Cleanup

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Jud and his buddies got to the ballpark about an hour before game time. More than enough time to kick back a few cold beverages while tailgating. Once they got in the game they managed to imbibe at least 3 more 24 oz. beers before they quit selling in the seventh inning. As they were leaving the stadium on the way out, Jud was attempting to take a left turn without the arrow and failed to see another car that had the right of way. The ensuing collision caused various injuries and the loss of blood to one passenger who was dislodged from Jud’s convertible as he failed to have on his seat belt. There were police nearby so their response was quick but the accident worsened an already tight traffic situation among people leaving the stadium after the game.

The police charged Jud with Driving Under The Influence after they gave him field sobriety tests by the side of the road and tested his breath for alcohol content. They also cited him with Failure To Yield. Since his friends were either injured or drunk (or both), no one could drive the car home. They obtained a tow company to take the damaged car away. They also got an accident clean up company to come to this part of the parking lot where blood and debris were located. This accident scene cleanup company had experience in blood scene clean ups, homicide scene clean ups, suicide scene clean ups, meth lab clean ups, odor removal clean ups and death scene clean ups not to mention staph infection scene clean ups so they knew what they were doing.

Jud spent the night in jail and one of his friends had to make a stop at the emergency room. They all were brutally hung over the next day. They all felt the physical and mental toll of their activities from the night before. But the people who arrived at the ballpark on the next day and parked in the lot near the site of the accident saw no hangover from the previous night. The accident scene cleanup company had performed much better than Jud had driven. Hopefully the attendants of the afternoon game would not be replicating Jud’s efforts and give reason for the accident scene clean up company to get additional business at or around the park.

This information was originally published as part of the Crime Scene Cleanup blog at http://www.advancedbio-treatment.com/blog.

The more the information about our scene cleanup services, contact ABT toll free at 800-860-4268.

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Scene Cleanup: Working With Law Enforcement Agencies

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Homicide scene cleanups must be performed in strict conjunction with the law enforcement agencies running an investigation. In some cases multiple jurisdictions will participate in a single case. If a suspect is wanted by authorities outside the locality of a particular crime, city or county; or a police departments needs help to investigate a difficult case, state or federal officials may share responsibility for the case. In this event, the head of the homicide scene cleaning company’s operation must accurately delineate who is really in charge so that the appropriate release may be obtained.

It is not unusual for the state or the federal level – FBI, for example – to be brought in where the need for sophisticated analysis of particular evidence is required. The homicide scene cleaner company staff must work closely with each law enforcement agency to confirm what materials can be disposed and what needs to be left for these officials to secure. It is the vital interplay between the law enforcement agencies and the homicide scene cleaning team that ensures that vital evidence is neither tampered with or destroyed. It is the professional obligation of the murder scene cleanup operation to maintain this coordinated relationship with law enforcement.

Since homicide scene cleaner companies are also crime scene cleaner companies, murder scene cleaner companies, suicide scene cleaner companies, blood scene cleaner companies or death scene cleaner companies, they should wield the sensitivity to understand that certain materials should not be removed without authorization from law enforcement. Initially learning the specific chain of command for a job will alleviate this kind of problem.

Advanced Bio-Treatment prizes its close relationship with law enforcement professionals and other First Responders. We have established a First Responders Program to show our appreciation. If you are a emergency scene first responder we welcome your participation!

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