San Jose Crime Scene Cleanup

What Is Crime Scene Cleanup?

So, how do you define Crime Scene Cleanup? It can be defined as the process of cleaning up blood, bodily fluids, and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) from your home, when it has been the scene of a heinous crime. In some cases, it is also referred to as biohazard remediation and forensic cleanup.

We offer San Jose crime scene cleanup services for suicide (or attempted suicide), homicides, decomposition after an unattended death, mass trauma, industrial accidents, infectious disease contamination, and animal biohazard contamination (through feces or blood). So, if you are looking for a safe and responsible way to deal with cleanup, then our services are the right option for you.

Why Should You Get The Crime Scene Cleanup?

So why should you get crime scene cleanup services in San Jose? Well, a professional cleanup company like Resto Pro Inc will help you handle the crime scene in a much more responsible way. Improper handling of the crime scene can lead to the following issues-

Obstruction Of The Investigation

When your home or office building has become a crime site, it is important to know what you should and shouldn’t do. You might immediately start scrubbing everything to avoid bloodstains from leaving a permanent work. You might also feel like personal possessions out of the area. However, doing these things without following professional methods, might lead to tampering with the evidence, which might lead to obstruction of the investigation.

Professional crime scene cleaners will work in a way to avoid that. They will coordinate with the law enforcement investigators, and would only get to work when the scene has been released by the police and other investigating authorities. This way, you won’t have to worry about inadvertently obstructing the investigation, which might cause problems in the future.

Prevention Of Health Problems

Crime scenes can leave behind all sorts of residue. These might include bodily fluids like blood, urine, viscera, and other such fluids which are considered to be biohazards. There might be residues of fingerprint and tear gas residues. These chemicals and bodily fluids can cause a range of different health ailments. For example, the blood at the crime scene can often cause serious diseases like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. So, you need to clean them in the right way to avoid such health hazards.

Crime scene cleanup is therefore dangerous work. Our team of cleaners has undergone rigorous training where they learn how to use personal protection equipment properly. There are also strict protocols to follow for each task. These precautions are necessary to protect themselves as well as you and your family. This is one of the biggest reasons why you should always hire a professional like us for a crime scene cleanup.

Mitigation Of Structural Damage

Proper crime scene cleanup will follow immediately after the police finish their investigation of the scene. Another reason you need to get professional San Jose crime scene cleanup is that they help you reduce the chances of further damage to the structure of your home. If residue and fluids are neglected, then the chances of structural damage increase significantly.

Bodily fluids can get absorbed into wooden flooring, drywall, as well as carpets, and furniture. If the blood or other bodily fluids get absorbed into the subfloor. It will remain hidden and promote the growth of toxic black mold. They might cause severe respiratory problems and also damage the subfloor. The spores can easily spread to other areas as well.

These are only some of the reasons why you need to get the services of a professional for San Jose Crime Scene Cleanup. Contact us today and our team will help you mitigate all the risks of a crime scene.

Here’s a table outlining some of the different kinds of hazards at a crime scene, their description, and the risk they pose:

It’s important to always exercise caution and consult with our professional team when dealing with such a potentially hazardous environment.

Things To Do When Requesting Crime Scene Cleanup Services

When you call us for San Jose crime scene cleanup, we will immediately respond to your call. However, when requesting such services, there are a few things that you should keep in mind.

Don’t Enter The Crime Scene

Even before you give us a call, you should make sure that under no circumstances, no one should enter the scene of the crime. You should follow this even if the police and authorities have completed their procedures. Also, don’t remove any items as they might contain harmful pathogens as well.

Provide Information On The Next Of Kin

If you are calling on behalf of someone, make sure that you have the contact details of the homeowner or next of kin ready with you. Our team works without causing any inconvenience to them. However, we do need paperwork to be filled in by them. So, we need to get in touch with them before moving forward.

Give A Brief Background Information

It is recommended that give us a brief about the incidents that have occurred, the areas of your home that have been affected, and the current status of the investigation made by the police and other law enforcement authorities (if that is required). If possible, try to give a rough estimate of the size of the room or area that has been affected.

Having the right information will help us speed up the response time and make sure that our team has the right equipment, chemicals, and manpower, and give a better solution to the issue at hand.

Have The Insurance Information Ready

If you have homeowner’s insurance, then it is most likely that the cost of the cleanup will be covered by the insurance. Upon receiving your call, we would place a claim on your behalf. So, make sure that you have the required insurance information ready.

The CalVCB or California Victim Compensation Board will help you cover the costs if the cleanup is not covered by your homeowner’s insurance. We would help you determine the assistance programs that you might be eligible for.

Our San Jose Crime Scene Cleanup Services

As the nature of the crime differs, so do the ways of cleaning up after them. We offer specialized services for the following categories-

1. Crime & Trauma Scene Cleanups – This helps you to clean up after crimes like homicide, burglary, arson, breaking and entering, etc.
2. Suicide Cleanup – If there is a suicide or attempted suicide, then this service will be ideal to deal with the aftermath of such traumatic events
3. Unattended Death Cleanup – If there has been a death, which has been discovered after some time the person has been deceased, then the body might have started to decompose. After the body is removed, the area is cleaned and disinfected to prevent the chances of contamination.
4. Blood Cleanup – Exposure to blood at the crime scene can cause diseases like HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis or other such diseases. The blood and the pathogens are properly cleaned to negate all such threats
5. Odor Removal – Decomposing body or bodily fluids can often lead to odor spreading not only to the affected area but also to other areas. Deodorizers are used to remove all such odors
6. Biohazard Remediation – Blood, viscera, and other bodily elements are often considered to be biohazards. They need to disposed of safely so to avoid any health risks

The Process We Follow For San Jose Crime Scene Cleanup

Time, safety, and complete risk elimination are the main aims of our crime scene cleanup process. Here are the steps that we follow during the process.

1. Assessment: A detailed assessment of the site would be conducted to understand the nature of the problems and develop a plan for solving them. Zones would be created to prevent cross-contamination.
2. Bio Removal: At this stage,all visible blood, body fluids, and compromised materials will be removed
3. Removal of Items: Things likecarpets, furniture, and others are removed. The dirt and dust are also cleaned off so to prepare the area for disinfecting.
4. 3-Step Bio wash: The three stages of bio-wash include cleaning, disinfecting, and deodorizing. This helps to completely remove any signs of harmful pathogens
5. Cleaning the Path of Extraction: Apart from cleaning the area directly affected by the crime, the path of the extraction is also thoroughly cleaned by following the same 3-step process
6. Site Breakdown:  All the equipment is disinfected followed by the disposal of biohazard containers.
7. Final Inspection: The area is checked with the help of UV light and other such tools to ensure that no harmful chemicals remain.