Fire & smoke damage restoration in the Salt Lake Valley & Park City, Utah
After the fire department leaves, the damage keeps spreading, smoke acids etch and odors set within days. We secure, clean, and rebuild.
Keep your phone nearby. If water is still spreading, shut off the main valve now, it’s usually in the basement or crawl space, on the street-facing wall.
The first 48 hours
Don’t wipe the soot
Wiping smears acidic residue deeper into paint and grain. Leave surfaces alone until they’re treated with the right method.
Don’t run the HVAC
The blower pulls soot and odor through every duct and room in the house. Keep the system off until it’s assessed.
Call your insurer, then us
Fire losses need same-day securing. We board up, tarp, and inventory the same visit, and document for the claim from hour one.
Unsure about any of these? Call (385) 354-5813 and we’ll walk you through it while the crew drives.
From board-up to move-back-in
- Emergency board-up, roof tarping, and site security, same day
- Firefighting-water removal and structural drying (the water side is our core trade)
- Soot and smoke-residue cleaning matched to each surface, see the table
- Odor neutralization by the right tool: thermal fogging, ozone, or hydroxyl, named in the scope, not “deodorizing”
- Contents inventory and pack-out to climate-controlled storage
- Reconstruction under the same scope, one company to move-back-in
Why soot cleanup is a craft
Common causes of house fires in Utah
Most home fires trace back to a handful of everyday sources. Knowing them is half of preventing them, from Salt Lake City kitchens to Park City wood stoves.
Cooking & kitchen
Unattended stovetops and grease fires, the leading cause of home fires.
Heating equipment
Furnaces, space heaters, and baseboards worked hard through a long Utah winter.
Electrical faults
Aging wiring, overloaded circuits, and failed outlets behind the walls.
Chimneys & fireplaces
Creosote buildup and stray embers from wood-burning nights.
Wildfire & smoke
Utah wildfire smoke permeates homes miles from any flame.
Dryer lint
A clogged dryer vent is one of the most common and most preventable ignitions.
Fire, smoke, and water arrive together
A house fire is rarely just a fire. By the time it is out, most homes carry all three kinds of damage, which is why we handle them under one scope and one schedule instead of three separate contractors.
Fire & char
Flames consume structure and leave char that has to be removed and sealed, not painted over.
Structural rebuild →Smoke & soot
Acidic residues travel the whole house, etch metal and glass, and set odors within days.
Smoke odor removal →Water & sprinklers
The water that put the fire out soaks floors and walls, so we dry and document it as its own loss.
Water damage restoration →The same disciplined process, after fire
Day one to board-up, unstaged
Day one
What we walk into, and where the plan starts.
Board-up
Secured the same day, so weather can’t add to the loss.
Soot removal
Surface-by-surface cleaning, in full PPE.
Stabilized
Contents cleared, air scrubbers running, ready for build-back.
Fire jobs, reviewed
“Kitchen fire, whole-house smoke. They boarded up that night and the inventory they built made the contents claim painless.”
Denise
“The smell was in everything. Thermal fogging and the contents treatment actually got it out, we were braced to sell.”
Aaron
“Electrical fire while we were out of state. Board-up, daily updates, and rebuild, we never flew back early.”
Ruth & Val
Why families call us after a fire
One accountable company from the board-up to the last coat of paint, with a claim file your adjuster can actually work from.
Secured the same day
Local crews board up and tarp fast, so weather and looters cannot add to the loss overnight.
Board-up to build-back
Mitigation, contents, and reconstruction under one roof, one schedule, one point of contact.
Large-loss claim mastery
Room-by-room inventory, Xactimate scopes for structure and contents, and direct billing.
Odor gone, not masked
Residue removed first, then odor treated at the molecular level and verified before build-back.
We handle your fire claim, start to finish
Fire is the peril homeowner policies were built for, but it is also the biggest file most families ever open: structure, contents, and living expenses at once. We inventory room by room, scope it in Xactimate, work with any carrier, and bill directly, so your only real cost is your deductible.
How your claim goes, step by step
Secure & document day one
Board-up, tarping, and photos of everything before anything moves.
Room-by-room inventory
Every affected item logged for the contents side of the claim.
Scope in Xactimate
Structure, contents, and living expenses, in the format your adjuster uses.
Coordinate & bill direct
We answer the adjuster’s questions and bill your insurer for covered work.
You pay only your deductible
On a covered claim, that is your real out-of-pocket, and you know it up front.
Accidental fire and the smoke, soot, and firefighting water that come with it, plus additional living expenses while you are displaced. This is the core of a homeowner policy.
Code-upgrade costs without ordinance-or-law coverage, and losses tied to long vacancy, can be limited. We flag these early and document to protect the claim.
The full picture is in does homeowners insurance cover fire damage and the additional living expenses guide.
Residential and commercial fire restoration
Whether it is a house fire in Sandy or a restaurant kitchen in Salt Lake City, the same board-up, soot cleanup, and documentation scale to both.
Homes & second homes
Primary residences, rentals, and the second homes we secure and watch over in Park City and Deer Valley while owners are away.
For second-home owners →Commercial & multi-unit
Offices, retail, restaurants, HOAs, and multi-unit buildings, with after-hours crews and the scheduling a business needs to reopen fast.
Commercial restoration →Coverage across the Wasatch Front and Back
Two local bases put us on site fast to secure your home, valley or mountain. A real person answers 24/7 and dispatches the nearest crew.
Salt Lake Valley
From our West Jordan base, on site fast for board-up and soot cleanup across the valley.
Park City & the Wasatch Back
From our Prospector Ave base, for wood-stove fires, wildfire smoke, and second-home losses up high.
Fire & smoke guides and resources
Questions we hear
Fire out, damage spreading?
Soot sets within days. Call now, we secure and stabilize the same day.