The fire is out, but the damage keeps spreading — through soot, smoke, and the water used to put it out. We answer live 24/7 and send one local crew that takes the job from board-up through full rebuild.
A house fire leaves three problems, not one: the flames, the soot and smoke that keep eating at surfaces for days, and the water from hoses or sprinklers soaking into your floors and walls. Stay out until the fire department clears the structure as safe, then call us at (866) 688-0301 and hand all three to one crew.
Do not wipe soot off walls or furniture — dragging a cloth across it grinds the stain in for good. Leave the HVAC off so it stops pulling smoke residue through the ducts into clean rooms. Open windows if you can, set undamaged items aside, and photograph every room before cleanup begins.
Fire restoration here is really a water job wearing a different name. The crew that put out the fire left hundreds of gallons behind, now soaking into drywall and framing. Drying structures is the work we do most, so that water is dried to the IICRC S500 standard by the same team that removes the soot, kills the odor, and rebuilds.
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We answer 24/7 — a real person, not a machine.
Fire cleanup and water cleanup run at the same time here, in an order that keeps soot and suppression water from doing more harm as the work goes on.
You reach a real person 24/7, and we dispatch with a 60-minute response target. We board up broken windows and doors and tarp the roof first, so the structure is secured against weather and intruders before anything else.
We document the loss — soot patterns, how far smoke traveled, how deep the char runs — and map the water the fire left behind with moisture meters and thermal imaging. That wet footprint shapes the plan.
Suppression water comes out first with truck-mounted extraction, then LGR dehumidifiers and air movers dry the structure to a verified standard — before it turns into a mold problem within a day or two in Arizona heat.
We match the method to the residue. Dry smoke from a hot, fast fire lifts off with dry-chemical sponges; greasy, acidic wet or protein smoke needs solvent cleaning. The wrong method just smears it deeper.
Odor hides in porous materials and ductwork long after surfaces look clean. We deodorize with methods matched to the job — thermal fogging, hydroxyl, or ozone — and clean salvageable contents off-site, logging each item for your claim.
We clean and seal framing to lock down any trace odor, then rebuild — drywall, paint, flooring, cabinetry, whatever the fire took. One crew, from emergency board-up to the final walkthrough.
The flames usually hit one area; smoke travels the whole house. Hot smoke drifts toward cooler rooms and rises into the attic, settling on walls, in closets, and over belongings that never saw flame. It heads straight for the HVAC returns, coats the ductwork, and rides out to every vent — which is how a small kitchen fire leaves a back bedroom smelling of smoke.
Soot is also chemically aggressive. Because it is acidic, the longer it sits the more it etches glass, pits metal, corrodes electronics, and permanently stains grout and marble. Type matters: dry smoke leaves a powdery soot that cleans up fairly well; wet smoke from a smoldering fire leaves a thick, smeary film; protein smoke from the kitchen leaves a near-invisible greasy residue. Each needs its own chemistry.
Then there is the water no one mentions. Putting out a house fire can take hundreds of gallons, and in a Tempe slab home it spreads fast across tile and into wall bases and cabinet kickplates. Left wet, it grows mold within 24 to 48 hours in our heat. Drying it correctly is the part most general contractors sub out — and the work our crew does every day, so soot and water are handled by one team.
We never quote a scary number over the phone. After a free on-site assessment you get a clear estimate. These are the factors that move the price:
Free on-site assessment, a clear written scope, and 24/7 crews with a 60-minute response target.
We answer 24/7 and dispatch immediately, with a 60-minute response target across the south-side Valley.
Our yard sits on Auto Drive in 85284 near the I-10 Broadway Curve — not a call center three states away.
IICRC-certified crews following the S500 drying standard, with documentation your adjuster expects.
Extraction, drying, and full repair under one roof — you never juggle multiple contractors.
We document every reading and photo and work directly with your carrier to keep the claim moving.
We monitor moisture daily and prove the structure is dry — the real way to stop mold.
As soon as the fire department clears the structure as safe. Soot etches surfaces and corrodes metal by the hour, and the suppression water can start mold within 24 to 48 hours in Arizona heat. We answer 24/7 and target a 60-minute response, so the clock works for you.
Yes, when it is treated at the source instead of masked — pulling soot-laden materials, cleaning the ductwork, sealing structural surfaces, and deodorizing porous materials with methods like thermal fogging or hydroxyl treatment. Air fresheners and surface wiping never hold, because the smell sits deeper than the surface.
We do, and it is one of our core strengths. Drying water-damaged structures to the IICRC S500 standard is the work we do most, so the suppression water is dried by the same crew cleaning the soot — not a separate water company on top of a fire company.
Often — it depends on the material and how long the soot sat. Hard, nonporous items usually clean up well, textiles can frequently be restored with specialized cleaning, and heavily charred or saturated items may not survive. We inventory and photograph everything for the claim either way.
Most Arizona homeowner policies cover sudden, accidental fire and smoke damage, usually including the water used to put the fire out. Limits and exclusions vary, so we document the full loss from the first minute and work directly with your adjuster. This is general information, not coverage or legal advice — your policy decides what is paid.
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When you call, a real person answers and a crew is dispatched immediately — with a 60-minute response target across South Tempe, Ahwatukee and Chandler.