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Just wondering if anyone offers this service for law enforcement, government, or for individual customers. What are the prices like? I`ve heard that biohazard detailing can go as high as $800 per vehicle. Of course, there is a much higher operating cost when including equipment, regulations, insurance, etc.
Just wanted to see if anyone has some input.
Thanks.
We have a customer who does this for a living and vehicles are the lowest on the priority list .. crime scenes are where the big money is at, but the cost of doing this and procuring the proper disposal is something to be considered including the proper clothing, insurance ...etc and having the right connections to get the jobs ...
All i know is he goes through a lot of Enzyme :)
I know most companies that offer this service focus on crime scene cleanup, hoarding cleanup, etc and vehicles are just an additional service that they offer. I would think that the cost of a biohazard detail would be triple the price of a regular detail. I was just wondering if $800 per police cruiser was accurate
I think it would depend on the community and the resources available and how bad the mess is ... throwing away interior parts and replacing them could turn out cheaper ...Quote:
Originally Posted by AtoZDetailing
aka "The Skunk" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Poorboy
You also need training/certification.
I read up on all the training and certification required. I just can seem to find information on pricing. I was hoping someone on this forum had experience in the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronkh
I would think there might be more money/work in crime scenes than cleaning up police cruisers. In this area, many of the cruisers have a solid, molded, plastic back seat along with smooth plastic doors and a plating below the window to the front. Combine that with the plexi-glass shield separating the officer`s front compartment from the rear compartment where the detainees are held, and that rear area is pretty much sealed off. I`ve been told the idea is so officers or the mechanics can simply hose out that entire area if needed. The whole thing can probably be cleaned up with strong hose/pressure washer and a wipe down with a disinfectant.Quote:
Originally Posted by AtoZDetailing
The cruisers over here have the same thing. I just don`t see bodily fluids from detainees (blood, urine, vomit, etc.) being washed out with a hose. I do know that companies offer the service for vehicles, I just don`t know what the price point is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Desertnate
I’ve never had to clean up any “person’s” messes in a car. Co-workers have had to. Yuck!
I do recall when I was a young animal control officer having to clean up from a dog vomiting. I picked up a stray and the reporting family decided Fido would enjoy a slice of pizza. I distinctly remember thinking, “who knew a dog could swallow an entire slice of Pizza Hut pizza”.
Having owned a fair number of LE vehicles with such fittings...NO, they don`t just hose/pw them out. You`d never get all the water dried up/cleared out in a million years, you`d just cause rust/electrical issues. The plastic seat/rubber floor just make conventional cleaning go faster/better.Quote:
Originally Posted by AtoZDetailing
Heh heh...Dog Vomit...BTDT so many times I couldn`t guess within a few dozen. Easy enough if the vehicle`s set up for dog-hauling, still infinitely easier than human vomit even when the vehicle is not...if only because there`s almost always a lot less of it and its production usually had different causes.
Biohazards are a highly overlooked part of detailing, even for the general public vehicles. Those of you in the south know what mold and mildew can do to a "neglected" vehicle and what kind of heath hazards that can pose to a detailer.
The proverbial detailing question of "Can you clean this up?" for a human body discharge/accident poses all kinds of risks from blood-borne pathogens (AIDS, hepatitis A,B, & C,), not to mention the current flu epidemic from a vomit clean-up.
I am not sure many detailers are equipped with the proper safety personal gear (masks, suits, gloves) to handle biohazards.. It`s a reminder of why some of you wear poly/latex gloves, not only to protect your skin from car-care chemicals, but also from these "forgotten" biohazards.
It`s also a reminder of having your tetanus shots and flu shots up-to-date.
Speaking to the crime scene comment above, I represented a client who recently acquired a foreclosure property deal with a biohazard bill/lien. The amount was $32k for cleanup. The prior owner committed suicide in the house and it wasn’t discovered for a while. Pretty gross to think about actually.
People who exercise that option (whom I`d never second-guess) oughta be considerate about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RMD
I think I`ve seen two cases of suicide, no 3, in my line of work. (Insurance carrier, claims dept).
One was fairly recent, and we insure the HOA. Or maybe the property itself? I forget. But yeah, the scene left behind was kind of bad.
I should stop reading this thread....grossing me out
Well, as long as we are on the subject of biohazards and crime scenes, one product I use for odors is Odorcide 210 by Thornell Corp. I found out about it on this forum and then found out that a local carpet and Persian rug dealer was the area dealer/distributor for it. What sold me was that on the company web site was a testimonial about a cleaning agency that used this product at crime scenes clean-up involving homicides. I would think, though, that an enzyme cleaner/deodorizer, like that that Poorboy`s has recently introduced, may be a "better" option for more common "vehicular" odors (like pets).
Since I bought a 16 ounce bottle of Odorcide, it will be some time before I use this up, as a little goes a long way. By the way, if you check out the website you will notice that they have several different "scents" for different application clean-up odors. The original scent I have is eucalyptus-like. It is a great deodorizer for clean-up of garbage cans that have onions smells, even if it takes two applications.
Now, I am waiting for someone to write up a clean-up of a skunk-sprayed vehicle. . Those of you who live in the Midwest Northwoods know what that smell is like when a skunk (AKA , woods pussycat) is killed on the road and someone runs over it to smash the scent gland that secretes this all-too familiar skunk odor on the road surface and you are the "unfortunate" next vehicle to run through road-kill debris. I dodge skunk road kill debris like any dangerous road-hazard that may damage my tires. Even faint traces of skunk spray can linger for several days and you do NOT want to park that vehicle in an attached garage. It is like your vehicle has some leprosy-like plague and no one wants to park next to you in parking lots, and for good reason!
For some chemical reason, the aceadic acid in tomato juice has long been used a odor neutralizer for skunk spray.
Uh-oh...as soon as I think I can go by MY experiences, somebody points out that I don`t know it all :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Accumulator
Over at CrownVic.net there`s a current thread showing that some LE vehicles are indeed flushed out in that that manner! Different rubber floor than any of mine have had, with plugs/seals, all set up for just that kind of process. Learn something new every day if I keep paying attention.
Lonnie- No idea how you`d use it in the HVAC ducts/etc., but all of the Anti-Skunk stuff made for dogs (Nature`s Miracle of course comes to mind) have worked *reaslonably* well for us. The Tomato Juice did *NOT*, such a fail that figured the whole idea was just BS.
Lucky us, we`ve never had it linger from going over roadkill...
I`ve always wondered why some don`t use liners/etc. and keep their trashcans smelling OK (ours smell like IUDJ from the weekly cleanings :D ). Some stuff does need double-bagged before going in the can, liner or not, but gee...what, four seconds of extra work?Quote:
It is a great deodorizer for clean-up of garbage cans that have onions smells..s.