Disaster Response and Partners Unite to Fulfill Veteran’s Final Wish
As we near the end of 2023 and the holiday season, we share a heartwarming story of our Boise Disaster Response team fulfilling a Veteran’s final wish after he bravely battled Stage IV cancer. George Satter was an Army Veteran diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. He and his wife, Ginger […]
Building Disaster Kits with Care
When disaster strikes and property damage occurs, families often have little time to gather essential items before evacuating their homes. This is why our team at Disaster Response has curated and assembled Disaster Kits for families displaced from their homes after fire and/or water damage. The immediate aftermath of a family’s home being affected by fire or water damage can […]
Rebuilding Hope: Disaster Response in Montpelier and Barre, Vermont
The resilience of communities in the face of disaster is a testament to the human spirit. When catastrophe strikes, the journey of restoration can be long and arduous, but it is the collective effort of restoration teams like Team DR that helps rebuild communities. In July 2023, Team DR dispatched to Montpelier and Barre, Vermont, […]
Essential Summer Home Tips for Maintenance and Property Damage Prevention
As the scorching summer heat sets in, it’s essential to ensure that your home is well-maintained and protected against potential property damage. From extreme temperatures to summer storms, the summer season in the Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) poses unique challenges that require proactive measures. Let’s explore valuable tips and strategies to help you maintain […]
Meet Beau Value, Disaster Response’s Owner
“Work hard, play hard,” is Beau Value, the CEO and Founder of Disaster Response’s lifelong motto. When he isn’t working 14-hour days, he is snowmobiling in the beautiful backcountry of Idaho, mountain biking with his kids, jet boating on the salmon river, or tracking an elk in the woods. The outdoors gives Beau an escape, a place […]
Professionalism counts when hiring a disaster cleanup company
Your home is likely the most valuable thing you own. It is where you share treasured moments with those you love, reading to your child at night, making dinner with your partner, laughing over a drink with friends. Although home is most people’s safe space, there is no guarantee that a fire, flood, or severe […]
Property damage and insurance: What to do
For a quick guide and a loss list sheet, click HERE to download the PDF. The following article covers what to do when property damages happen, and how to work with your insurance company to ensure the maximum reimbursement. Home-ownership has copious benefits as opposed to renting, but that is no secret. From making renovations […]
New Technology in the Damage Restoration Industry
Damage restoration is a pretty broad field. It generally encompasses the entire industry of techniques used to restore a home, business, or automobile after a natural disaster. Damage restorers often abate mold, repair water damage, clean smoke damage, and other related tasks. To do this, they use the latest technology that makes the job faster […]
DON’T DO IT YOURSELF
Why Using a Restoration Company Saves You Time & Money! A few years back, early one Sunday morning in February, I stepped out of bed into 3 inches of water. The water flow to the ice maker in my freezer had failed to shut off after filling the ice tray, and during the night, water […]
PUT YOUR YELLOW SHIRT ON TOO
How to keep your Idaho property fire ready During summer in Idaho, a yellow-shirted firefighter is a common sight, as is the smoke that fills the Treasure Valley and mountain towns when the big fires are burning. Many homes in Idaho are actually built in what is termed the Wildland Urban Interface Overlay Zone. That […]
