Hospital Fire Damage

Fire/Soot Damage Restoration - Hospital: Mental Health Ward

Cause of damage: Patient set alight bedding linen

2 levels of the mental health unit:

• 10 patient rooms

• 7 Bathrooms

• 7 related staff rooms as well as a stairwell

• Furniture, medical equipment, appliances, beds affected by the fire

• Patients' contents heavily affected

Reading high levels of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) in the air, within the affected damaged areas.

Cleaning Objective:
Bringing affected areas to make safe levels to allow for safe access for consultants, contractors, hospital representatives etc, to properly assess the extent of the damage.

• Initial VOC readings 
• Installation of containment barriers, to isolate working areas
• Set up HEPA filtration throughout rooms, with a negative air venting and 2x hydroxyl generator installed
• Contents itemising and documenting of recoverable and non-recoverable contents belonging either to the hospital or patients
• Non-recoverable items were documented and disposed of. Recoverables were boxed and taken offsite to the NLR facility to be remediated, boxed and returned to the site
• Pressure clean/scrub/extract hard floor areas
• Fire chemical block wiped ceiling to remove soot in affected areas
• Fire remediation to walls and cupboards - HEPA vacuum, washing and wiping
• Stripped out charred plasterboard and cupboard in initial fire incident room. Vacuumed, wiped and treated stud work
• Set up VOC & particle counts monitoring meter devices where required
• Stairwell area Vacuumed, mopped, treated and deodorised
• Continual changing of HEPA filters throughout the duration of the job
• Double-check over all areas for quality assurance
• Final readings, surface sampling to ensure safe levels have been reached.