Standing over your toaster while it cooks your food can make it seem like it takes decades for you to get that perfect piece of toast, but you're doing it right! Never walk away from appliances when they are in use or yours could end up looking like this!

This living room suffers smoke damage to the interior of the home and contents. You can see the outlines of the stuff that has been removed from the wall. 

Cardboard placed on a stove caught on fire and smoke traveled throughout this home. The kitchen vent had the most soot but white kitchen cabinets also became shades darker.

Be careful of what you place on the stove even if the stove is off. We might accidentally bump into the stove and turn it on without realizing it. A box went up in flames creating a lot of smoke.

This was the aftermath of a smoker malfunction and the food inside got too hot. The smoker experienced most of the damage. The restaurant received a full smoke/fire cleanup.

This was the aftermath of an AC malfunction. The electrical fire engulfed the entire fourplex. After the fire department had to take the necessary function to put out this massive fire, the complex received severe fire and water damage. 4 families are now relocated while we clean and restore after this unfortunate disaster.

This home was so hot inside that all the smoke had to eventually escape. Many windows were shattered including a small window on this front door. It's scary to imagine the same front door that usually opens up to an inviting place, could now open up to a major disaster. We are fortunate that this homeowner had trusted us to completely restore this home. 

This small home is going under major restoration and construction after a fire engulfed every room in the house. While the home is vacant during this process, we are ensuring the home stays protected from unwanted visitors. Our team is able to come and work during any time of day to get this home looking "Like it never even happened."

After a fire, the smell of smoke is EVERYWHERE. Even in wood. Good thing SERVPRO of Black Hawk County has a solution. Our ozone generator removes odors from books, papers, fabrics, and furniture by altering the oxygen molecules.

The clothes and fabrics in the photo are placed in a small room with the ozone generator—the green machine on top of the shelves—, and then we let the generator do it's thing.

Depending on the situation, it may take two or three times to get the items odor-free because every situation is different. The temperature, exposure, and many other factors all contribute to the odor.

The ozone generator is the first step in the process of removing odors. It's like a little piece of magic.

These walls have taken in a fair amount of smoke and nicotine over the years, and it’s starting to show. You can see in the photo exactly where the curtains used to be in this home.

Something to keep in mind is nicotine stains don’t happen overnight. They come from years of exposure to smoke and nicotine, so if you don’t want this to happen to your home, you may want to limit the amount of smoking that goes on inside.

A contained fire left smoke and soot residue throughout the newly renovated BraceAbility offices in downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa. SERVPRO of Black Hawk County along with Fereday Heating and Air Conditioning cleaned up the fire damage while business continued! SERVPRO of Black Hawk County is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and being "Faster to any size disaster" helped this business stay open.

Picture was captured cleaning a wall inside a machine shed fire. We had to dry sponge the walls and ceiling then wet wash and dry all surfaces. We were happy to have had all hands on deck for this project to make the process faster.

Two extraction trucks onsite of a large fire/water loss in Evansdale Iowa. For commercial jobs, it is imperative that we have the proper vehicles and equipment to handle large-scale jobs such as this one.