The Entire Cleanup & Re-Building Process after Losing a Home in a Wildfire

As a homeowner, you probably want to know – what now? This guide is based upon our firm’s experience with the Carr and Camp Fires. We’re sadly well versed in this process from a personal and professional level. The guide is intentionally brief and to the point with links to other sources of information we’ve previously prepared. It also assumes each area will be declared a federal disaster area.

 Read the full step by step guide on how to cleanup and rebuild after a wildfire here!

How to Clean up & Rebuild After a Wildfire in 4 Steps

 

 As a homeowner, you probably want to know – what now?

 Step 1: CalRecycle and the CA Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) teams will identify and remove household hazardous waste from each property (i.e. chemicals, and propane tanks).

 Step 2: CalRecycle, CalOES, and the respective County Environmental Health Department will collectively prepare a state-sponsored debris removal program which specifies what work must be conducted and lays out what is expected to be submitted in site specific workplans for each property. 

Step 3: Workplans are prepared that explain what and how the debris will be removed.

Step 4: A completion report will be prepared that summarizes the work completed, provides receipts for waste disposal and the County Environmental Health Department will review and approve the report if all conditions are met. 

 Read the full step by step guide on how to cleanup and rebuild after a wildfire here!