After a fire, you are dealing with three problems at once: burned materials, smoke and soot through the whole structure, and everything the fire hoses soaked. Kitchen fires are the most common call, and even a small one can push soot through the HVAC into every room in the house.

Crews board up and secure the structure, extract firefighting water, remove burned materials, clean soot from surfaces and contents, and run air scrubbing and deodorization so the house stops smelling like the worst day you had in it.