Tag: Emergency preparedness

Create An Emergency Plan to Protect Your Family

As September arrives, we anticipate new seasonal events while thermometers moderate and leaves turn. Paul Davis urges everyone to prepare for unanticipated events, too: disasters.  “Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love,” advises Leslie Anderson, Vice President of Training, Paul Davis Restoration, Inc. “As we all get back to… Read more »

Businesses Take Extra Care When Selecting Companies After A Flood or Fire

What’s the first thing to do after your business is damaged by a flood or fire? Protect yourself and your employees: evacuate safely and don’t reenter the ravaged premises. Only professionals are trained to handle disaster-damaged buildings without risking structural collapse, electrocution, biological contamination or worse.  Next: find a qualified… Read more »

Mitigation Efforts During COVID Require Extraordinary Customer Care

When fire severely damages a high-rise building in a dense urban center, it’s clear that mitigation and restoration activities will be challenging. When that building houses vulnerable seniors already stressed by the city’s recent public unrest on top of a pandemic, it’s a given that most mitigation and restoration companies… Read more »

Forest Fires And Damage

How North Carolina Suffered but Survived During Florence

Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina in the United States as a deceptively destructive category one storm on September 14, 2018. Crashing ashore near coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, the tempest lingered across the state for days. Towns submerged beneath high storm surges and epic rainfall measured not just by the centimetre,… Read more »