Module 30
Fire Smoke & Odour Decontamination
This course is designed to provide the delegate with the basic knowledge to undertake the cleaning and sanitation of a fire damaged building and its content.
The course identifies the different types of fire, smoke and soot residue and their corrosive and odorous effects together with the different decontamination and restoration procedures.
Syllabus
Health & Safety issues
- • PPE
- • Asbestos at the scene
- • MSDS and COSHH
Physics of fire
- • Types of fire
- • Types of soot residue
- • Chlorides and corrosion
- • Measurement of chloride
- • Measurement of soot and contamination
- • Laminar and turbulent air dispersion
- • Soot logging and adsorption
- • Interstitial movement
- • Soot drop out
Stages of restoration
- • Triage
- • Movement and storage
- • Protection and controls
- • Standards and compliance testing
Cleaning procedures
- • Chemical use
- • Foaming agents
- • De foaming agents
- • Steam
- • Steam and power jetting
- • Non abrasive cleaning
- • Abrasive techniques
- • Power vac jetting
- • Solvent
- • Ultrasonic
- • Immersion and drying
Types of cleaning
- • IT and electronic equipment
- • Carpets
- • Clothing
- • Soft furnishings
- • Hard surfaces
- • Porous surfaces
- • Wall and vertical cleaning
- • Ceiling and horizontal cleaning
Odour control
- • Source removal
- • Masking agents
- • Ozone use and safety
- • Pairing agents
- • Oxidisation
- • Tenting
- • Bake out
Redecoration
- • Neutralising surfaces
- • Bleed through
- • Stain blocking
- • Types of paint
Job closure
- • Client satisfaction
- • Dealing with complaints
- • Testing and comparison
- • Lab testing