Evaluating Residences Impacted by Smoke and Products of Combustion, Updates & Advanced Topics

Course Description

The intent of the lunch and learn is to provide the attendee with an in-depth understanding of the modern art and science of evaluating residential living spaces that have sustained impacts from products of combustion (smoke, char, soot and ash) and associated contaminants likely to be deposited within and on the residence from either house fires or wildfires. This course will strive to translate research, observations and the results of sampling and analysis into useful impact classifications. It has been updated to include more advanced topics and Experiences from the California fires.

Contact Hours: 1.5  hours

Learning Objectives:

1. Conduct structured logical, consistent, and largely objective evaluations of residences impacted by smoke and products of combustion.
2. Combine observations and sampling results into a coherent report by using appropriate contaminant screening levels to interpret the results from sampling.
3. Reproducibly select the appropriate impact category according to a set of defined requirements for collecting offsite and onsite information, observations, and data.
4. Use exposure banding of impact categories to objectively link the level of contamination impact found to a minimum set of required remediation and restoration requirements.
5. Create a defensible report for use by the client, insurance companies and public adjusters

Target Audience: Industrial Hygienists and their support staff who wish to conduct evaluations of impacted residence.

Location:

CU Boulder Environmental Health and Safety Center

1000 Regent Drive

Boulder, CO 80309

The Environmental Health and Safety Center is a smaller concrete building located between the parking garage and the large power plant & CU Events Center.

Paid parking is available directly in front of the building (do not park in the parking garage). 

The lunch and learn will be held in the  2nd floor conference room. Enter the building and come upstairs.  Call or text Sarah Kaiman (720-648-7893) with questions.