RGC first response crews were on the job less than 60 minutes after receiving the call from the owner of a commercial building at 3218 Glenview Rd in Glenview Illinois. The structure fire caused extensive interior damage from heavy fire and smoke conditions.
According to Ryan Weitzman, co-owner of RGC, there are some critical “first steps” that RGC response teams make a priority when responding to this type of large lose and foremost is to start educating the property owners on what needs to be done and what they should expect going forward.
- Setting up an onsite command post to provide accurate and timely arrangement of personnel, equipment and communications.
- Fence off and secure the area.
- Address all life safety issues
- Document all the damage.
“Only after these initial steps are taken can we start to address the remediation and eventual rebuild of the structure” says Scott Weitzman, co-owner of RGC. “It’s a lot more complicated than most people think, our goal is to minimize this costly interruption to these business, but taking short cuts will only make things worse in the long term.
RGC, a Northbrook, IL based company, offers the North Shore and Chicago Area a full line of expert fire damage restoration services, including immediate board-up, temporary fencing, smoke and odor elimination, water removal and structural dehumidification and drying.
