What Are Emergency Board Up Services?
Emergency board-up services secure openings in a damaged building to prevent further damage. Crews cover broken windows, damaged doors, and structural gaps caused by fire, storms, vandalism, or vehicle impacts. The work is temporary protection, installed fast, and it holds until permanent repairs begin.
A board-up covers three things: window openings, door openings, and any structural gap wide enough for a person or the weather. Florida Emergency Cleaning secures each one and clears loose debris around the work area before leaving.
Damage compounds fast. Rain entering a broken window soaks drywall, insulation, and flooring, and mould growth starts within 24 to 48 hours of the moisture arriving. Boarding stops the water before the mould problem exists. Florida Emergency Cleaning holds a Florida Mold Remediation License, so the same company that secures the opening can handle it if the moisture got there first.
An open building is a target and a liability. Vandals and thieves work damaged properties because the barrier to entry is gone. Animals get in through the same openings. If someone enters an unsecured building you own and gets hurt, the exposure lands on you. Boarding closes all of it at once.
Florida Emergency Cleaning boards up single-family homes, multi-family buildings, commercial storefronts, offices, warehouses, and industrial sites. A single broken window and a whole damaged building run on the same 24/7 line.
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When Do You Need Property Board Up Services?
Property board up services are needed the moment a building can no longer keep weather or people out. Florida Emergency Cleaning secures properties after fire and smoke damage, break-ins and vandalism, storm and high wind damage, vehicle impact, fallen trees, and crime scene investigations. Vacant and foreclosed properties are boarded to stop unauthorised entry.
Fire board up is the most common call. After the fire department leaves, the building has broken windows, forced doors, and ventilation holes cut through the roof and walls. Florida Emergency Cleaning secures those openings, then handles the soot and odour removal that follows under IICRC fire certification.
Board up is the first step, not the whole job. Florida Emergency Cleaning handles what follows: fire and smoke cleanup with soot and odour removal, water extraction and structural drying, and mould remediation under containment with negative air pressure. Most board-up contractors secure the opening and hand you off.
Property managers and trucking companies call most often on the commercial side, family members most often on the residential side. Commercial board-up services and residential board-up services run on the same line and the same response standard.
Why Florida Residents Choose Florida Emergency Cleaning for Emergency Board Up
772-486-410020 Years in Cleaning and Restoration
Florida Emergency Cleaning was founded in 2020 and grew out of OCD Cleaning, the business Nathan Todd started at 16. Nathan has worked in cleaning for over 20 years, beginning in family cleaning businesses at age 8 and running church cleaning operations by 15.
Nathan moved the business into disinfecting during COVID, then hazmat, hoarding, and restoration, later acquiring Hazmat Cleaners. That path is why one company secures a damaged building and handles every stage of the cleanup after it.
Nathan grew up in a hoarding home and lost a family member to violence. That experience set how Florida Emergency Cleaning treats people in crisis. Callers get condolences before they get a quote.
New technicians complete a minimum of 40 hours of supervised field work before working a job solo. Owner-written handbooks specify the exact product, mixing protocol, and PPE for each job type, and a copy sits in every vehicle.
Florida Licenses and IICRC Certifications
Florida Emergency Cleaning holds five licenses: an EPA ID Number for hazardous waste transportation, a Mold Remediation License issued by the State of Florida, a Biomedical Waste Generator’s License, a Biomedical Waste Transporter’s License, and a Lead Remediation License.
IICRC certification covers five categories: mold, water, fire, odor, and bio. Florida Emergency Cleaning is a member of the IICRC, BOMA, the Stuart Chamber of Commerce, and the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce.
All lead technicians complete the OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER course. Lead remediation work requires a separate 40-hour intensive. Mold remediation licensing carries ongoing continuing education requirements.
The Florida Health Department inspects biomedical waste handling annually. The EPA inspects hazardous waste operations annually. Both are a condition of keeping these licenses active.
Florida Emergency Cleaning carries general liability, commercial auto, pollution liability, and professional liability coverage. Every policy fully discloses hazmat, mold, water, fire, and restoration work, so a claim cannot be denied on the grounds that the work fell outside the policy.
Owner-Answered Phones, 24 Hours a Da
Nathan Todd and operations manager Dan cover the 24/7 line between them. No AI system, no answering service, no call center. You reach a person who can commit a crew on the spot, which is why crews often begin driving before the call ends.
Missed calls are returned within one hour, maximum. Most Florida properties are reached the same day, and the published response expectation is 24 hours. Any location in the state sits within a 10-hour drive of a crew.
Most board-up companies route after-hours calls to a service that takes a message. You describe a fire to someone reading a script, then wait for a callback from a person who has to start over. That gap is where the water keeps coming in.
Calls come in at 3am on holidays and during hurricanes. The line is covered every one of those hours. Nathan or Dan will tell you what to do before the crew arrives, including what not to touch.
Discreet Crews and Statewide Florida Coverage
Florida Emergency Cleaning runs unmarked vehicle options for privacy-sensitive jobs. Neighbors regularly approach crews to ask what happened. Technicians do not answer them. Nothing about the job is discussed outside the property.
Crews run one to two technicians per job. A small crew parks smaller, works quieter, and finishes without turning the property into a spectacle. Night scheduling is available when the street is empty.
Florida Emergency Cleaning operates from Jensen Beach and covers the East Coast corridor from Orlando through Miami. That footprint includes Port St. Lucie, Stuart, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, St. Cloud, and Clermont.
Most Florida county sheriff’s departments list Florida Emergency Cleaning on their preferred vendor rosters. Law enforcement calls this company to scenes it cannot hand to just anyone. Pre-positioned trailers hold extraction and drying equipment for multi-property events.
Our 4-Step Emergency Board Up Process
Call & Dispatch
Nathan or Dan answers the line directly, 24 hours a day. No answering service, no script, no callback queue. Crews often begin driving before the call ends, and any missed call is returned within one hour.
Assess & Document
A full walkthrough photographs every opening, structural hazard, and existing loss before a single board goes up. Your policy requires proof you took reasonable steps to prevent further damage. That proof starts here, timestamped.
Secure & Seal
Windows, doors, and structural gaps closed against weather, intruders, and animals. Crews of one to two technicians work openings in priority order, ground-floor access first, then clear loose debris from the work zone.
Restore & Close Out
Water dried inside the EPA's 24 to 48 hour mold window, then fire, water, or mold remediation under one license set. Itemized invoice and the full photo record go straight to your adjuster.
Does Insurance Cover Emergency Board Up in Florida?
Yes, and most policies require it. Florida homeowners’ and commercial policies obligate the property owner to take reasonable steps to prevent further damage after a covered loss. Boarding up is how that obligation gets met. Skipping it can give a carrier grounds to reduce what it pays for the damage that followed.
Coverage applies to boarding installed after a covered loss: fire, storm, vandalism, vehicle impact. Boarding installed before a storm arrives is treated as preparation rather than damage response and is generally excluded. Coverage applies after the deductible is met.
Florida Emergency Cleaning is not on any insurer’s preferred vendor list. Contractors on those lists answer to the carrier that feeds them work. Independence is why this company can tell you a claim is a bad idea, and it does.
When the deductible sits close to or above the cost of the work, filing turns a small out-of-pocket expense into a permanent premium increase. Florida Emergency Cleaning runs that arithmetic with you before any paperwork gets filed, even though the advice costs the company revenue.
Documentation runs before, during, and after the work, with itemised invoices formatted for adjuster review. Florida Emergency Cleaning invests over 20 hours per claim in adjuster communication and document submission. Keep every receipt; carriers ask for them.
Florida Emergency Cleaning waits for the insurance payout instead of demanding cash before the crew arrives. No lien is placed on the property.
Third-party financing is available for cash-pay customers, with terms handled case by case. Call 772-486-4100 to review coverage and payment before work begins.
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Common Board Up Service Questions
Cost depends on the number of openings, the height of the property, and access. Florida Emergency Cleaning quotes on-site rather than over the phone because an accurate number requires seeing the damage. Call 772-486-4100 for a free assessment.
Most Florida properties are secured the same day. The published response expectation is 24 hours, missed calls are returned within one hour, and any location in the state is within a 10-hour drive. Coverage runs from Orlando and Jensen Beach through Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie counties.
Boarding stays up until permanent repairs are finished, which usually runs from several days to several weeks. The timeline depends on the extent of the damage, how fast the adjuster inspects, and contractor availability. Florida Emergency Cleaning can handle the cleanup phase in between, which removes one scheduling dependency from the chain.
You can, but it usually costs more than it saves. A fire-damaged or storm-damaged structure can be unstable, and climbing it without knowing what load-bearing is is how people get hurt. Insurers also want documented professional mitigation. A do-it-yourself job with no photographs and no invoice gives an adjuster room to argue.
Yes. Florida Emergency Cleaning holds five state and federal licenses and full IICRC certification, carries general liability, commercial auto, pollution liability, and professional liability coverage, and is inspected annually by the Florida Health Department and the EPA.
Yes. Florida Emergency Cleaning provides commercial board-up services for storefronts, offices, warehouses, industrial sites, and multi-family buildings, alongside residential work. Property managers and trucking companies are the most frequent commercial callers. Commercial jobs often run alongside water extraction, fire cleanup, or hazardous waste remediation handled by the same company.
Florida Emergency Cleaning bills insurance directly where coverage applies, requires no upfront payment when insurance is involved, and places no lien on the home. The company completes at least four jobs per year free of charge, across all services, for people in significant financial need. Call 772-486-4100.
