North Las Vegas
Biohazard cleanup in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas is its own city, not a district of Las Vegas. If something has happened in a home here, the officers at the door are North Las Vegas police, and the cleanup afterwards is arranged the same way as anywhere in the valley: by you, with a company you choose.
Someone picks up 24 hours a day, every day
Who to ring in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Police
The number the city gives for contacting the department. Use it to ask about a report or whether a property has been released. Emergencies are 911.
Coroner/Medical Examiner
A Clark County office, so the same investigators attend deaths in North Las Vegas as elsewhere in the county.
Victims of Crime Program
A state office. After a violent crime it may help with the cleanup bill.
Two-story houses need a look underneath
Plenty of houses here have two floors, with the bedrooms upstairs. When something happens in an upstairs room, fluid that gets past the carpet and pad meets a wooden subfloor, not concrete. It can travel along the joists and mark the ceiling of the room below.
So ask the company to check the downstairs ceiling and light fittings under the affected room, and to lift enough flooring to see where the edge really is. It is quicker to find it now than after new carpet is laid.
If the street has a homeowners association, phone the management office about work vehicles and any container on the driveway. Most will agree to a short job without fuss when they are told beforehand.
When the officers leave
Get the report number and the name of the officer or detective before they go. If a death is involved, the coroner's investigator will give you a case number as well.
Then shut the room and leave the cooling on. You can phone a cleanup company straight away to agree a time; they will not go in until you confirm the release.
The step-by-step for the days that follow is in after a death at home.
North Las Vegas
A phone call is enough to get started
You don't need to have every answer first. Questions are welcome before the home is released, before the insurer has replied and before you have decided anything.
Talk it through with a cleanup company
Tell them what happened, what kind of home it is and whether police or the coroner have finished. They will say how they would go about it and what they charge for. Whether to hire them is up to you.
Call (725) 223-9153Someone picks up 24 hours a day, every day
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