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Homeless Encampment Clean Out Los Angeles

January 4, 2017 By Alan Cohen

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The homeless situation in Los Angeles and across America is at an all-time high. For many communities the issues homelessness is now worse than ever and is a crisis with few answers.

Makeshift temporary shelters have been erected through out Los Angeles and the surrounding counties, often causing unsanitary and contiguous conditions, mounds of trash and a nuisance to the residents. Bio So Cal is fully licensed and qualified to safely remove the debris and decontaminate and dispose of all biohazards in Los Angeles Homeless Encampments on both private and public property and can help guide you through the laws and requirements in doing so.

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Bio SoCal’s Homeless Encampment Team will:

Remove all biohazards including feces illegal drugs, paraphernalia, & eedles.

Clean & Decontaminate bodily fluids including blood, feces, and vomit

Remove all debris and dismantle temporary shelters

 

Homeless encampments can affect us in many ways. In the majority of cases, unsightly temporary shelters create litter filled areas in our neighbourhoods. In most cases, the unsheltered cause a health and safety concern due to untreated medical conditions, accumulation of human waste, spoiled food, rodents, insects, and infectious disease and overall dirty environments around you residence or business.

In order to safely remove a homeless encampment that is generally filled with biohazards it is important that trained professionals address the issue. Bio So Cal is registered with the California Department of Public Health to provide biohazard clean up including homeless encampments and a variety of other services. For more information about our discreet services, check out the rest of our website, or get in touch by phone.

 

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Filed Under: Articles about cleanup, Biohazards, Community Events, Here to Help, Homeless Tagged With: Bio SoCal, biohazard cleanup, Homeless, Homeless Cleanup

Vehicle Biohazard Cleanup: Auto, Truck, Boat, Aircraft

October 4, 2016 By Alan Cohen

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Bio So Cal is the leading choice for biohazard clean up and decontamination in vehicles. Our industry leading services are available to individuals, auto repair shops, private industry, insurance companies and government agencies such as the FAA and NTSB when looking to remove, clean and decontaminate biohazards from cars, trucks, boats, and airplanes.

If it happens that an accident, an illness, or a crime Airplane Cleanup includes bodily fluids including blood, feces, urine, vomit, embryonic fluid, or other biohazards it is important that the vehicle is properly addressed to ensure the health and safety of future occupants not to mention the odor biohazards will generate when it gets hot.

Biohazard clean up in a vehicle can often be tricky; parts may remain hidden from view, or lodged in the components of the vehicle. Our trained technicians work hard to save as much of the vehicle as possible and are fully equipped with the tools needed for getting into the cracks and crevices that biohazards penetrate.

Bio SoCal is licensed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and we adhere to the protocol a regulated set up by the state.

Our service is the leading choice by most insurance adjusters thanks to the discrete and professional service that we offer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our cleaning teams arrive in unmarked vehicles to maintain privacy since we understand that biohazard cleanup can often cause alarm to those in the immediate area. We work with most insurance companies as part of the overall claim.

We understand that Biohazard cleanup can be a sensitive task and thus approach each situation with care and compassion.

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Filed Under: Articles about cleanup, Biohazards, Death Cleanup, Vehicle Cleanup Tagged With: aircraft, auto cleanup, Bio SoCal, biohazard, biohazard cleanup, blood cleanup, boat

Helping The Homeless

January 11, 2016 By Alan Cohen

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Bio SoCal helps people in great times of despair. When we clean out hoarded homes we find a significant amount of new clothing and with the permission of the client we collect and donate. Last night I decided to take all of the warm winter jackets and drive around town to look for some homeless people that might need them. I saw a homeless man and parked my truck, walked up to him and asked him if he could use a warm jacket. He said yes with a look ofsincere relief because he was cold. I gave him the jacket and he said thank you and I drove away. As I drove away I decided to go back and ask him if he needed anymore clothing. He said he needed a lot because another homeless guy who skipped town stole all of his things. He looked “safe” and relatively well kept so I said get your stuff and hop into my truck and let’s go to my warehouse and you can pick out some stuff. The guy was pretty surprised that someone was treating him not as a homeless person but rather as a person who needed help.

On the way to my warehouse I asked him where he was staying and he told me where he was “camping” behind a store close to our main office. I was curious so I asked him where he was from and to my shock he replied, “right here in, born and raised”. My heart sunk because I knew that we had to know some people in common based on his age and mine and sure enough it was the case. We arrived at my warehouse and he looked through the clothing and he picked out a bunch of stuff that he could use to help him get back on his feet (pants, shirts, sox, gloves, duffle bag, etc). When we were done he was so appreciative and I took him back to his “camping” place behind the store where he unloaded the bag we put together for him. I could not get over that here was a guy that grew up in the same town and fell upon circumstances that led him to be homeless.

It’s cold outside, especially at night. So I put a call out to everyone, go into your closet and take that old warm winter jacket you never wear and get in your car and find someone to give it to-they need it more than you do and you could use a little less clutter. I promise it will make you feel so wonderful to help someone with something so simple.

If you do it please come back to this post and share your experience in hopes that it will spread and together we can help those that need it.

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Filed Under: Call for Answers, Hoarding, Homeless Tagged With: biohazard cleanup, hoarding, hoarding cleanup, Homeless

The Hazards of Hoarding

May 11, 2015 By Alan Cohen

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Hoarding is a psychological condition that results in a person accumulating an enormous amount of trash and things of little-to-no value, or worse, more animals than can be properly cared for. Hoarding of any kind can pose several dangers to the occupant and neighbors, and certainly to animals if they are involved. These hazards can be deadly, and all the more reason people with hoarding disorder should have professional help to restore them to healthy living conditions. If children and animals are in the home, exposed to these perilous dangers, hoarding is also a crime. Hoarders Hallway Before

Structural Integrity Loss

The weight of debris and hoarded items is often more than the floors are able to withhold. The sheer volume of debris in a room can push up against walls, not only damaging their integrity, but also putting the ceiling and roof at risk of collapse. Likewise, the collapse of walls, floors or ceilings can cause gas lines and water pipes to break, resulting in fire and flood damage.

Fire

Large amounts of paper, such as newspapers, books, boxes, and discarded food wrappers and packaging, or improperly stored combustibles can pose extreme fire dangers. If space heaters are used, close proximity to any debris can also cause fire.

Collapse of Debris

Often, hoarders will create precarious paths between large piles of debris, or will crawl over mountains of trash to get around in the house. If these trash piles collapse, they could trap the hoarder underneath, burying the person alive. This could result in death from suffocation or inability to notify anyone they need help.

Decay/Decomposition

As is often the case, hoarders not only collect relatively useless items, but they tend to not dispose of much of anything. The decay of spoiled food stuffs and waste can lead to terrible odors and airborne pathogens that can be harmful or even deadly. In a very unusual case in San Francisco, the mummified body of a 90 year old woman was found in an extreme hoarding case. Officials believe she died 5 years previously.

Harmful Biohazards

In almost all hoarding scenes, biohazards are present. Biohazards can be toxic or infectious, even deadly, and can lead to any range of illnesses and dangers to the resident or neighbors. Common biohazardous materials include spoiled food, feces and urine, blood, bodily fluids, pet waste and dead animals.

Infestations

The decay and decomposition of organic materials and biohazards, undoubtedly attract pests. Rodents will leave waste and very often get trapped and die within a hoarding residence. This further increases the potential harm to the hoarder, as well as neighbors. This is why hoarding goes beyond an individual and becomes a community problem.

Personal Hygiene and Nutritional Issues

A hoarding situation can become so extreme that debris blocks access to a kitchen and bathrooms. When the kitchen is blocked or is overwhelmed by harmful waste, proper food preparation becomes impossible. And when bathrooms become blocked, makeshift alternatives are used, with an absence of hygiene. In the extreme hoarding case in San Francisco, police found over 300 bottles of urine on the premises.

If a loved one or a neighbor is a hoarder and living in unsafe conditions, we can help with the cleanup and refer you to other helpful resources. If animals or children are at risk, we can also put you in touch with law enforcement agencies that can assist.

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Filed Under: Call for Answers, Hoarding Tagged With: animal abuse, animal hoarding, animal hoarding cleanup, biohazard cleanup, child abuse, hoarding cleanup

Insurance Coverage for Traumatic Scene Cleanups

May 7, 2015 By Alan Cohen

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Covered By Most Insurance

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Biohazard Cleanup is often very traumatic for the survivors. We strongly believe survivors should never be re-victimized or forced to clean up after a traumatic event themselves. In most cases we can work directly with insurance companies so survivors have minimal out-of-pocket expenses, and a few less things to deal with. Bottom line is there is Insurance Coverage for Traumatic Scene Cleanups.

The biohazard cleanup after a traumatic scene in a private residence is usually covered under a homeowner’s insurance policy. Policies typically cover cleanup, structural restoration, and even contaminated personal property that was removed and disposed of as regulated medical waste. Bio SoCal initiates the insurance claims for survivors, and we provide all the required, detailed information, directly to the adjuster. This includes full photographic documentation, upon arrival, during remediation, and final cleanup results. We inventory all items and structural elements requiring remediation, as well as all items disposed of due to contaminates. We will also work with the insurance adjuster directly, to answer any further questions.

For renters or people without homeowner’s insurance, there is the California Victim Compensation Program that may provide cleanup and remediation compensation reimbursement to survivors. This compensation is only applicable if the cleanup is done by an individual or company that is registered with the California Department of Health as a trauma scene waste management practitioner.

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Filed Under: Biohazards, Here to Help, Suicide Tagged With: biohazard cleanup, biohazard remediation, cleanup, homeowner's insurance, insurance, victim insurance

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