On October 26, 2013, firefighters responded to a fire at Tampa, Florida’s Yuengling Brewery to discover sections of the 100-foot roof and the side of the structure engulfed in flames. 

I received a call the other day on a subject that is of increasing concern in the fire restoration workplace. A restoration contractor was concerned about removing particle contaminants on fire losses to prevent their progressive release into respirable air over time, along with a potential for adverse health effects for occupants and workers who may have prolonged exposure.

In the early morning 4 a.m. hour on July 23, 2014, smoke began to billow from downtown Philadelphia’s Sheraton Hotel, located at 16th and Race Street, causing officials to evacuate over 1,000 guests from all of its 26 stories and 757 rooms for precautionary purposes.

We’ve covered “storm chaser contractors” (i.e. predatory contractors who knock on doors immediately after a natural disaster and pressure homeowners in to signing costly repair contracts), but it appears that there’s a new type of scam gaining popularity – “fire chasing.”

CTP has released a façade tie bracket that enables re-connection of existing brick veneers to replacement studs from the inside when new studs are installed.

It was December 2012 when a chemical fire started in the basement of Bourbon & Tunns Tavern, a popular restaurant and bar in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward. The fire burned for about 30 minutes, smoldering throughout the 7,860 square foot facility that was absent of any source of ventilation.

 When deciding whether to pack out or clean in-place, I ask myself the following questions: 

In the late hours of July 31, 2013 a fire started in the northwest corner of the 25,000-square-foot field house gymnasium at Waukesha North High School and left the 40-year-old Milwaukee-area school devastated with fire, smoke and soot damage.

It was February 27, 2014 when a fire ripped into Mitchell Middle School in Racine, WI, racing through the attached elementary school and into the middle school’s multi-purpose room.

The early morning hours of April 24, 2013 started as they normally do at the Cabela’s store in Dundee, MI, as night employees restocked shelves and carried out other duties in the closed 225,000 square foot facility.