Fire is the most common business emergency, and its consequences rarely stop at the flames: soot and combustion products spoil goods far beyond the seat of the fire, firefighting water completes the destruction, and hazardous emissions can shut down an entire plant. An independent post-fire damage valuation turns these losses into a substantiated figure — for the insurer, the court or a write-off.
The Kanzas company performs independent damage valuations after fires, hazardous emissions and industrial accidents. 20+ years of experience.
Fires at business premises
We value the full scope of losses: buildings and structures (fire, thermal deformation, firefighting consequences), equipment and production lines, goods and inventory — including stock that did not burn but lost its consumer properties to soot, odour or moisture. Such inventory is valued as destroyed.
Hazardous emissions and contamination
Accidental emissions and contamination are a distinct type of loss: spoiled products and raw materials, decontamination costs for premises and equipment, production downtime. Laboratory findings and official reports are an indispensable part of the evidence.
Industrial accidents and catastrophes
Destruction caused by accidents at neighbouring facilities, explosions, utility and power grid failures — we value the losses both for the affected parties and within the liability of those responsible.
Documentation
The fire report (State Emergency Service), technical inspection reports, inventories of the damaged and destroyed property, laboratory findings (for contamination), warehouse and accounting records, title documents, photographs.
For private individuals: a flat or house after a fire
We also value domestic fires — flats, houses, personal property: we establish the difference in value before and after the fire, the cost of restoration works and of the damaged belongings — both for the insurer and for the court.
An important boundary: a fire caused by shelling or a strike is war damage, valued under a separate mandatory methodology: war damage valuation.
How fire and industrial accident damages are determined
The difference between the property's value before and after the event. For buildings — reinstatement costs; for equipment and goods — replacement costs net of depreciation and the usability of what survived.
We offer reports accepted by insurers and courts, realistic timelines and an individual approach to every client — from a flat owner to an industrial complex. Write to us by email or messenger — we will discuss your situation and prepare a fee proposal.
FAQ
The goods did not burn but smell of smoke — is that a loss? Yes: inventory that has lost its consumer properties is valued as destroyed.
The insurer understated the payout — what to do? Commission an independent valuation: it is grounds for revision and dispute.
Which documents come first? The fire report and the inventories of the damaged property.
