A COURSE ON PROFESSIONAL FIRE AND SMOKE RESTORATION
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Each TDI CE course gives you (agent/adjuster) 3 hours of CE credit toward the renewal of your license every other year. 

Course Instructor:  Dave Reimer--over 15 years in the Cleaning and Restoration industry.  In-house and Certified IICRC instructor for  the last 10 years.  

Course Topics:

Introduction                                                                        15 minutes
     • Welcome
     • Review of the course and goals for the class

Knowledge and experience required to do fire work        10 minutes

Safety and Health of Workers and Occupants                   20 minutes
     • Proper PPE, respirators, carcinogens, chemical usage        
        
 

Property values:  real, sentimental, antique                     10 minutes

 

Odor elimination                                                                 35 minutes
     • Source removal
     • Real odors vs. psychological odors
     • Protein fires
     • Methods to eliminate odors—masking agents,
        pairing agents, disinfectants, fogging, ozone
        sealing, least aggressive to most aggressive methods

BREAK

Soot—product of incomplete combustion                         30 minutes

     • Options:  clean, resurface, replace
        Heat line and damage related to it
        What happens in minutes, hours, days to structure
        and contents

Cleaning methods:                                                            30 minutes
     • Dry vacuuming, feather dusters, dry cleaning, wet
        cleaning, porous vs. non-porous surfaces, top-to-bottom,
        HVAC systems. 
    

On-location jobs vs. packouts                                          20 minutes
    

Course Evaluation and closing                                          10 Minutes

Total:   3 Hours
All courses are presented with Power Point
Actual equipment will be in the classroom (when available)