Afternoon snack:
Thank you Mrs. Lalla's Cookies for these perfectly decorated treats! The cookies and chocolate covered bacon were a hit at our continuing education class! 

Leavenworth, Kansas' annual Veteran's Day Parade is one of the biggest in the country and this year was no exception! With a great turnout and unusually warm weather this year's parade was one of the best yet! 

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County offers a variety of continuing education classes. Here is one of our instructors showing a class how to properly put on personal protective equipment. 

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County is located in downtown Leavenworth and is lucky enough to be on all the parade routes. Leavenworth has many parades and here is a pic of us getting ready for one.

We did a Royals gift giveaway on social media one year! We had hundreds of responses and were able to award one lucky person with this fun experience. GO ROYALS! 

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County has found all kinds of secondary damage when going in to homes to clean up after a water loss. Most of the time it is mold from letting a water loss sit for too long. But this is a picture of some termite damage that was found. 

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County knows that in the immediate days after your home or business suffers a fire damage it can seem next to impossible to imagine your property getting cleaned and put back together. Luckily SERVPRO employs specialists with years of experience to help clean almost anything. Visit our Before/After Photo Gallery to see some of our work!

Fires can be not only physically but emotionally damaging as well. SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County understands that cleaning up after a fire is a delicate process. We employ specialists with years of experience to help get your home back to normal and make the process as easy as possible. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention flood waters and standing waters pose various risks, including infectious diseases, chemical hazards, and injuries. To be prepared and knowledgeable about risk prevention and safety visit their website.

Between the rains and the tornadoes it has been a rough spring here in the Midwest and it is important to know that SERVPRO is always here to help. Even if SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County is at capacity, our SERVPRO Headquarters has several traveling STORM teams that can come aid in the event of a natural disaster. 

Call us at 913-772-1818

SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County performs structure cleans for fire clean up. Sometimes there is minimal damage during a fire and sometimes it is more extensive. Whether it is wiping off walls or doing a partial rebuild SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County can help! 

SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County holds continuing education classes to help keep everyone informed. Recently we teamed up with a local fire house to demonstrate fire safety. Here is controlled burn of a simulated bedroom. We were able to show how a fire burns and the damage afterwards.

With all the recent heavy rains there have been hundreds of basement water damages throughout Kansas and Missouri. SERVPRO has Storm Teams at the ready to help out with the overflow of work.

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This means that during a storm event you can count on us to have our highly trained teams ready to go with plenty of equipment ready to help with any size disaster. 

Did you know that SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County teaches continuing education classes on a variety of subjects! Here is our Halloween themed Ethics course with our instructor Dan the Superman!!!

SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County likes to stay involved in our community! Recently we took part in an area home show and gave demonstrations of how cleaning up a water damage works. Here is our Marketing Manager Paul Goode working it out with some special helpers. 

We recently purchased a brand new Promaster vehicle to add to our fleet and were able to use it on a new commercial claim. We were also able to use it to deliver some much needed bottled water to an area on a boil order during a storm event. 

Did you know that SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County works on commercial properties as well as residential! When disaster strikes the damage is not limited to residential properties and our highly trained team is always ready to roll. We have worked on everything from churches to retail stores and are prepared to go wherever we are needed. 

Recently our Marketing Manager Paul Goode joined the American Red Cross' Sound the Alarm campaign. 

Volunteer participants canvass at-risk neighborhoods and install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, and educate families about fire prevention and safety.

In just four years, these efforts have saved hundreds of lives and made hundreds of thousands of households safer.

The employees at SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County are constantly striving to expand their knowledge in all fields. We celebrate and encourage that attitude of growth with our SERVPRO Wall of Fame! 

To learn more about our team members click here

Here at SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County we take pride in our community. Our Marketing Manager Paul made this huge spatula for Leavenworth's annual BBQ competition. Paul and our Operations Manager Drew have competed the last two years and this year they are hoping to take the title! 

To see the rest of our team members click here

Midwest winters are notoriously unpredictable. We recently had a huge influx of frozen pipe breaks due to winter storms followed immediately by rapidly raising temperatures. When pipes burst we are there to help!

Here in Kansas we experience so many different types of weather! Some all in one day!

This photo was taken after a tornado came through our area.  The destruction tornado's cause can be so overwhelming. 

Here at SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte Co. we are always ready to help you make it "Like it never even happened."

Give us a call today at: 913-772-1818

SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County recently participated in the 1st Annual KC Blind All-Stars walk at the Kansas State School for the Blind.

The KCBAS (Kansas City Blind All Stars Foundation is committed to create opportunities for youth who are blind or visually impaired across the state by providing a wide range of programs.

SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County held yet another successful CE (continuing education) class today! As you can see Dan Jr. enjoys getting his students involved in the class!

Call our office today to be put on our list for future Continuing Education Classes! 

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Mold happens in commercial spaces too. Here Jake and Eric constructed containment to remove the mold without interfering with operations.

If you have questions about mold give us a call today! 913-772-1818

These courses have been specifically designed to teach and explain the special procedures used by professionals in storm and large loss response and contaminated water response. Storm events may significantly impact the local area they strike causing damage of a magnitude so great that the storm is followed by chaos and confusion. While the cleanup and restoration following a storm event can be a long, tedious effort, mitigation efforts must begin quickly to prevent storm-damaged properties from escalating to contaminated properties.

November 13th 2014 a sprinkler line burst in an area undergoing renovation at the Riverfront Community Center in Leavenworth Kansas. Originally serving as the Union Pacific Train Station it was built in 1888. Water poured down through the construction area into the main lobby and the lower level of the structure. SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte Co. was onsite and crews were immediately dispatched to begin mitigation. The original wood work in the main lobby was heavily affected. A drying chamber was erected, resulting in the restoration this unique feature of this historic structure without demolition.

During the summer of 2013 high humidity caused extensive microbial growth to twenty-three vacant units in the Single Soldier’s Quarters on Fort Leavenworth. All non-salvageable contents were HEPA vacuumed, sealed in bags, and removed from the building per I.I.C.R.C. S520 standards. Crews moved unit to unit, establishing containment and negative pressure for each to prevent the spread of contamination to unaffected units in the building. Once all affected materials were removed, thorough cleaning and HEPA vacuuming of all surfaces in each unit was performed. Post remediation verification confirmed all units had returned to Condition 1 normal fungal ecology.

During a massive storm event on 7/6/15 water flooded through the back offices, bank, and sales floor of the POST EXCHANGE affecting approximately 30,000 SF. SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte Co. was on site within hours to assess damages and begin a scope of work. Crews were on site shortly afterwards to begin stabilizing the loss site. Containment was set up and store displays were moved in order to allow the facilities to remain open during work.

A 53’ tractor trailer full of drying equipment and supplies was on site within 48 hours to supply crews with everything they would need to properly perform emergency mitigation services. 1 project manager, an assistant project manager, 2 supervisors, and 25 production technicians were on site to get the affected areas back up and running for business as soon as possible. Affected drywall and carpet were removed, drying equipment was set up, and the entire work area was meticulously cleaned.

A lack of climate control, combined with ground water intrusion caused primary water damage resulting in elevated humidity levels contributing to secondary mold damage to building materials. Containment and air filtration devices were utilized to establish negative pressure in the affected area to ensure that unaffected areas of the school would not be contaminated. All affected porous materials (carpet, trim, drywall, and shelving) were removed; all cabinets were removed to inspect the drywall behind them for contamination. All non-porous materials with visible mold were cleaned according to I.I.C.R.C. S520 standards. All surfaces in the contaminated area were then thoroughly HEPA vacuumed to remove any settled spores. Containment area was left under negative pressure for two days after work was completed and post-remediation verification confirmed the area was returned to Condition 1 fungal ecology.

The Newman House is student housing at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO. During the summer of 2012, a broken water line in the second floor laundry room flooded the structure. Vacant at the time, the water intrusion remained unnoticed. Mold caused extensive damage to the majority of the residence. Affected nonstructural porous materials were removed. Affected structural materials were soda blasted to remove excess microbial growth. Non-porous materials were treated with an EPA registered disinfectant. After initial cleaning and soda blasting were completed, all surfaces in the structure were HEPA vacuumed to remove settled spores. Post-remediation verification testing confirmed the building was returned to Condition 1 fungal ecology.

In September of 2014 a fire suppression line on the 3rd floor of US Bank’s downtown Topeka branch broke. Water flooded down through unfinished condominium space, bank offices, and the main lobby. SERVPRO was on site within an hour of receiving the call for mitigation services to begin assessing damage. Crews arrived shortly afterwards to begin extracting water and containing off work areas. Special procedures were used to dry the facility without interrupting normal business operations.

January 5, 2015 downtown restaurant in Topeka, KS suffered a fire resulting in a total loss for the restaurant and severe smoke damage to the surrounding buildings. SERVPRO was called in to mitigate the secondary smoke damage to Clayton Financial Services and Jersey Mike’s Sandwich Shop. SERVPRO also addressed water damage in the basements of both buildings caused by the efforts to extinguish the fire. Jersey Mike’s was cleaned 48 hours following the initial fire and was cleared by the Kansas Health Department on the third day. Two project managers and several production technicians worked simultaneously in both locations to effectively and efficiently clean the soot and remove the odor. All levels of Clayton Financial Services were affected by secondary smoke damage and remained operational through the mitigation process. Measures were taken to control humidity in the areas of Clayton Financial Services that housed their server room and back-up files .

On October 8th 2013 Park University’s Alumni Hall suffered smoke damage from a fire on the 3rd floor. Alumni Hall is used as the University’s theater building and suffered smoke damage to a total of 12,500 SF. Extensive cleaning and deodorization was performed on all 4 floors of the building. High ceilings in the theater needed to be cleaned as well as thousands of costumes; a special thermal fogging unit was used in order to apply an airborne pairing agent to the structure to neutralize every square inch of area in the building. Walls on the 3rd floor of the building had several generations of wall art from theater students; by using special cleaning methods SERVPRO was able to save a significant amount of these artifacts of Park University’s theater program.

On February 22, 2015 Tanglewood Health & Rehabilitation Center in Topeka, KS sustained water damage caused by a broken fire suppression line. A SERVPRO project manager was on site to assess the damage within the hour. Due to the nature of Tanglewood’s operations, extra care was required to assure residents of the facility were able to safely occupy their rooms at the end of each work day. Containment and air filtration devices were used in conjunction with dehumidifiers and air movers to dry each room independently. At the end of each working day, to not disturb the residents equipment was removed to be reset the next morning . A trailer mounted generator was utilized to ensure that medical equipment essential to maintaining the health and safety of each resident was not affected by the power draw from drying equipment. Meticulous cleaning was required every evening before workers could leave the job-site to ensure safety of immune compromised residents in the affected wing.

On June 14th 2015 the offices of the Certainteed Kansas City insulation manufacturing plant flooded with rainwater affecting approximately 10,000 SF of office space. SERVPRO arrived on site shortly after to perform emergency mitigation services. Special odor counteractants were used to help keep the office work environment comfortable for office personnel during the water mitigation. After 4 days of drying the office facility was returned to dry conditions and carpets had been cleaned and deodorized.

On June 4th 2015 at 11:50 PM approximately 13,000 SF of office space at Payless Shoe Source’s national headquarters flooded with rain water. SERVPRO immediately dispatched crews to help stem the tide of rainwater flooding in from three exterior doors to ensure operations could continue the next day. SERVPRO worked with Payless maintenance personnel through the night to extract as much water as possible. Additional crews were on site the next morning to set equipment and perform removal of building materials. Due to high density building materials that could not be removed, drying took 6 days. However, SERVPRO was able to successfully dry these materials in place with minimal interruption to daily operations.

Mold was discovered in this commercial structure. A crew from SERVPRO of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County properly removed the mold. By following the IICRC S520 standard, SERVPRO mold remediation insures the health and safety of the occupants and workers.