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Emergency Services.

Immediate Response When Every Minute Counts

Emergency Restoration Services

When Disaster Strikes,
We Respond Immediately

When water, fire, smoke, or other damage strikes your home or commercial property, the immediate aftermath can be overwhelming. Vanguard's Emergency Services division handles the critical details for you during the most crucial moments after damage has occurred, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks while you focus on your family, your tenants, or your business.

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Our in-house team, suited up and ready to deploy across Southern California. IICRC certified. EPA approved. No subcontractors.

24/7
Emergency Response
365
Days a Year
10+
Years Experience
100%
In-House Team

Four Areas of Emergency Focus

At Vanguard, our emergency services include four areas of focus, each designed to stabilize your property, prevent further damage, and prepare for full restoration. Click any section below to learn more.

01
Available 24/7, Including Holidays

Board Up Services

Securing every breach to protect your property and contents from theft and exposure

Whether a fire, flood, or even a vehicle collision into a property, our board up services are available upon a moment's notice. Truly a 24 hour, 7 days a week emergency response, even holidays. We receive calls from homeowners, building managers, business owners, insurance companies, and even other contractors requesting our quick and reliable services.

Immediate board up services means that we will board up doors, windows, and every building breach to protect our customers' contents that are exposed to possible theft or exposure to the elements. Maintaining that all property is contained and protected until further action can be taken is our paramount concern.

02
Roof Protection

Tarp Services

Preventing further damage from weather and reducing more costly repairs

Most homeowners and businesses don't realize their roofs are in dire need of repair until it's too late, which typically is during heavy rains or melting snow buildup. This is when our tarp services are requested. Immediate, 24/7 response means that homes, personal property, or even businesses and their inventory will have no further damages, which will reduce more costly repairs.

Tarp services can be enacted as a preventative measure as well. As weather can quickly change and folks may have an exposed roof for various reasons, Vanguard can help alleviate the possibility of extensive damage by our emergency tarp services.

Our tarp services have been primarily for roof protection from the elements of weather, but we've been asked to tarp various damages to structures including partially damaged walls, ceilings, exterior building structures such as partial decks, or walls. Our 24 hour, 7 days a week emergency service for tarp services are even available on holidays.

03
State-of-the-Art Extraction

Water Removal and Damage Mitigation

Rapid extraction and structural drying to minimize long-term damage

Vanguard Environmental and Restoration has developed an emergency service of water removal utilizing state-of-the-art water extraction units which can extract gallons of water within minutes. Removing water from areas affected from water leaks, pipe bursts, or floods is extremely important to property and contents. With quick extraction and complete drying underway, long-term damage is reduced. Vanguard also employs structure drying machines and systems that can dry carpets and most hardwood floors, providing the possibility of saving extremely high replacement costs.

Mitigation encompasses the clearing or removing of all damaged material whether it is water-damaged drywall, fire-charred ceilings and framing, or smoke-damaged furniture and even mold-infested walls or flooring. The removal of all damaged or affected materials may also include mudslides and the removal of all soaked materials, or businesses and storefronts that have automobile damage or vandalism. Each situation is unique.

04
Insurance Covered

Contents: Manipulation, Cleaning & Storage

Inventory, protect, clean, store, and return your belongings

Contents are carefully separated into three categories: damaged, restorable, or safe to store. The determination of whether specific contents are damaged or restorable will be the decision of our on-site supervisor and the customer. The decision of salvageability will always be discussed with the customer, and the final decision rests with the customer.

If specific contents that have suffered damage are determined salvageable, then steps will be taken to save the item. Whether an item has been exposed to fire, water, smoke, or mold, a cleaning process will be required. All cleaning is conducted with eco-friendly cleansers with the utmost professional care to refresh all items to their pre-loss condition. Once the necessary cleaning has been completed, all items are then stored.

Whether items require cleaning or not, all items are inventoried and stored in climate-controlled, secured remote warehouses or mutually agreed upon on-site storage facilities. Most cleaning, transportation, and storage fees are paid for through insurance claims and typically not out of pocket for the customer.

Once the restoration and rebuilding of your property is complete, a mutually agreed schedule is made to have our staff deliver all contents to your property and placed back to its original location via our inventory specialists. Vanguard has been a part of helping homeowners and businesses alike to get their lives back, and contents is just one integral part of that.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Any property damage situation that is actively worsening or at risk of worsening qualifies. This includes active flooding or water intrusion, the immediate aftermath of a fire, unsecured openings in the building from fire, storm, or impact damage, sewage backups, and discovery of extensive mold that may be affecting occupant health. If the damage is ongoing or the property is vulnerable to further loss, it is an emergency.

  • We maintain crews, vehicles, equipment, and materials in a state of readiness that allows us to deploy promptly after receiving a call. Response times vary based on distance and current demand, but emergency calls are prioritized and dispatched immediately, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.

  • If safe to do so, turn off the water supply if the damage involves plumbing. Move valuable items away from standing water. Do not enter areas with standing water if there is any possibility of electrical hazard. Do not attempt to clean fire or smoke damage. If the roof is leaking, place containers to collect water and move belongings away from the affected area. Document everything with photographs if possible.

  • Emergency mitigation includes actions taken to prevent further damage such as water extraction, structural drying, board-up services, roof tarping, debris removal, and containment of affected areas to stabilize the property.

  • Yes, Vanguard Restoration handles all major property emergencies including fire damage, water damage, smoke damage, mold contamination, and storm-related destruction. We provide full mitigation and restoration services.

  • Yes, we assist customers with insurance claims by documenting damage, providing reports, and coordinating with adjusters to ensure the restoration process is handled smoothly.

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Living room under renovation with exposed wall studs, construction tools, and scattered debris on the floor.
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