Soot keeps eating at surfaces
It is acidic. Metal fixtures, appliances and finishes corrode while the house sits, which is why cleaning starts before the estimate is settled.
Same night
Board-up and tarping
Contents
Cleaned on site or packed out and stored
One claim
Cleanup and rebuild, same contractor
Fire and smoke
What comes first
01
Board up and tarp, so the house is closed against weather and anyone walking in.
02
Dry out the water the hoses left, before it turns into a mold problem on top of the fire.
03
Clean soot and smoke residue off surfaces, working from the least damaged rooms outward.
04
Treat the odor properly, with air scrubbers and sealing rather than covering it with fragrance.
05
Clean or pack out contents, then rebuild the rooms that burned.
Worth knowing
What happens in the days after a fire
Water damage on top of fire damage
Hoses put a lot of water into the structure. That has to be dried or you get mold layered onto the fire loss.
Smoke travels everywhere
Closets, the attic, the HVAC, rooms that never saw flame. Odor comes back if any of it is skipped.
The house is open
Broken windows and a cut roof mean weather and anyone walking by, until it is boarded and tarped.
Scope of work
What we handle after the fire department leaves
Emergency board-up and tarping
Same night, so the building is closed against weather and entry.
Water removal and drying
Whatever the hoses left, dried before it becomes the second problem.
Soot and smoke cleaning
Room by room, working outward from the least affected areas so nothing gets recontaminated.
Odor treatment
HEPA scrubbing, cleaning at the source and sealing where smoke penetrated. Not fragrance over the top of it.
Contents cleaning
Cleaned on site or packed out, inventoried and stored while the structure is worked on.
Reconstruction
Cabinets, drywall, paint, flooring and fixtures, back to where it was before.
Smoke goes further than the fire
A kitchen fire that scorched one wall can leave residue in closets at the other end of the house, in the HVAC, and on everything in the attic. Soot is acidic and keeps eating at metal and finishes while it sits, which is why the cleaning starts before the rebuild is even priced.
What we stand behind
Put in writing, before we start
One year on our workmanship
If something we installed or repaired fails because of how we did it, we come back and fix it at no charge. Manufacturer warranties on materials pass through to you.
The price you signed
No change without a signed change order. If we open a wall and find more than anyone expected, you see the revised number and approve it before we keep going.
Dry means the meter says dry
Equipment comes out on readings, not on a schedule that suits us. You get the daily logs, and on mold work an outside lab signs off before we rebuild.
A real job
A kitchen fire we put back
A stovetop fire took the range, hood and upper cabinets, and left heavy smoke through the whole floor. We boarded it the same night, cleaned soot for four days, treated odor, and rebuilt the kitchen with matched cabinets. The owners were back in it in under six weeks.
Get your place looked at
★★★★★
"A kitchen fire caused massive smoke damage. Ursa Pro managed everything — cleaning the soot, running air scrubbers, and handling the drywall repair. The house smells perfect again."
Jessica & David L. · Google reviewQuestions we get asked a lot
Can anything be saved?
More than people expect. Clothing, documents and hard contents often clean up. We sort with you rather than throwing everything out to make the job simpler.
What about the smell?
Odor work is its own step: HEPA scrubbing, cleaning the source, and sealing surfaces where the smoke got in. If the smell returns after we hand it back, we come back.
Do you handle wildfire smoke?
Yes. Smoke and ash from a nearby fire leave residue through the house and HVAC even when nothing burned on the property.
Who talks to the insurance company?
We send the photos, scope and estimate directly to your adjuster, and we are on site with them when they inspect.
Insurance
We bill your carrier directly
We work with every major carrier and most regional ones. You pay your deductible, we invoice them for the covered work.
State Farm
Allstate
Farmers
USAA
Mercury
Travelers
Liberty Mutual
and others
Carrier names are shown to indicate who we bill. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.
The crew
The same people, start to finish
One crew from the first night through the final walkthrough, and one person who knows your job when you call. Marked vehicles, uniformed techs, IICRC certified.
Call (213) 817-5704Service area
Based in Claremont, working across the valley
We are a service-area business: crews dispatch from Claremont, minutes from the 210 and the 10, and come to your property. There is no walk-in office.
Pomona
Claremont
La Verne
San Dimas
Upland
Montclair
Diamond Bar
Walnut
Chino
Chino Hills
Ontario
Glendora
Tell us what happened
Someone answers day or night. Or just call (213) 817-5704.
Water on the floor right now? Call us before it gets into the drywall.
The inspection is free, emergency work on an insurance claim needs nothing down, and someone picks up the phone at 3am.