Homicide, assault, serious injury
Crime scene and trauma cleanup in Yakima
When police have finished at a home or a business, what is left is not something a family or a staff member should face. An independent cleanup company can handle it from here.
Phones staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Before anything is touched
Investigators may need the room as it is, sometimes for longer than you expect. Until the police and the coroner release the place, don't clean, don't move furniture and don't throw anything away.
Ask the officer for the case number before they leave. Your insurer, your landlord and the cleanup company may all ask for it.
If you need to ask Yakima Police a question later, use the non-emergency number, (509) 575-6200. In Union Gap, Selah, Moxee or outside city limits a different agency handles it; the place pages list each one.
The work itself
How the cleanup usually goes
A walk-through
Someone from the company looks at the space in person. Fluids often travel further than they appear to, under flooring, into subfloor or behind baseboards.
The area is closed off
Doorways are sealed with plastic sheeting, and workers wear coveralls, gloves and respirators.
Removal
Carpet, pad, drywall, upholstery or anything else that cannot be cleaned is cut out, sealed in marked containers and taken away for disposal as medical waste.
Cleaning, then disinfecting
Hard surfaces are cleaned first and disinfected afterward. Ask how they check that nothing was missed.
Odor and a final look
Odor treatment may follow. At the end, ask for a written description of the work and photos.
Questions worth asking on the phone
- How do you decide what has to be removed and what can be cleaned?
- Will you photograph the area before and after?
- How do you set the price, and will I get it in writing before work starts?
- Who should be there to let you in, and how long will the room stay closed?
- Do you handle any rebuilding, or will I need a separate contractor for that?
Yakima and the valley around it
Nobody in the family has to clean this
An independent cleanup company can take it from here once the police and the coroner are done. Asking questions on the phone commits you to nothing.
When you are ready to talk
Say what happened, where it is and who owns the property. The company explains what it would do. You decide whether to go ahead.
Call (509) 555-0106Phones staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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