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This info-graphic entitled ‘Checklist to Identify Smoke Damage to Support Your Homeowners Insurance Claim’ provides us a checklist to identify smoke damage. Smoke from wildfires can cause extensive damage to your home and its contents. If your home was exposed to wildfire smoke and ash, you want to make sure it and its contents get properly inspected, tested, cleaned/treated and restored to pre-exposure condition. Damage to your home and possessions by smoke and ash is covered in your home policy. It's important that you work with someone with the right credentials and experience in order to ensure that you'll receive full compensation for any losses that do not involve structural damage to the home itself.

To get your smoke damage claim settled quickly, you need a clear picture of all the damage to your home. Keep this checklist handy and use it to document everything that was damaged by smoke, ash, or soot. Also take photos before cleanup begins. For more details, refer to the info-graphic below.