Cars, trucks and vans
Vehicle biohazard cleanup in Greenville
Seats, carpet and headliners soak up fluids, and a closed car holds odor. A detail shop is not set up for this; a biohazard cleanup company is.
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Where is the car now?
If police kept the vehicle, ask the investigating agency when and where it will be released. In Greenville that is the police department at (252) 329-4317; elsewhere in the county, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office at (252) 830-4141.
Tell the cleanup company where the car is: a driveway, a tow lot or a storage yard. Many can come to it, but ask.
Paying for a vehicle cleanup
Auto insurance
Call your auto insurer and ask whether the policy covers interior cleaning or replacement after this kind of event.
After a crime
North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation names “car interiors (cleaning of blood)” among crime scene cleanup costs (NC DPS). Keep the itemized bill.
A work vehicle
Tell your employer before anyone cleans it. They may have their own process.
Other situations
- Crime scene and traumaAfter a shooting, an assault or another violent crime, once police have released the home.What to expect
- Unattended deathWhen someone died alone and was not found for some time.What to expect
- SuicideSo that no one in the family has to go back in and clean.What to expect
- Blood and bodily fluidsBlood or fluids in carpet, flooring, furniture or a workplace.What to expect
- Hoarding with biohazardsAnimal or human waste, spoiled food or other hazards in a crowded home.What to expect
- Infectious disease disinfectionCleaning and disinfecting a room after illness or exposure to bodily fluids.What to expect
When you are ready, one call is enough
Say what happened and where. If the police or the medical examiner are still there, say so; the company will plan around their release. Nothing starts until you agree to it.
Talk to a cleanup company
Call (252) 555-0107Phone answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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