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 First General Services Newsletter
April
2008 ~ Vol.
13
Life
is a great big canvas, and you should throw all
the paint on it you can.
-Danny
Kaye
 
March
2008 Weather Tests First General Services' Capabilities
The old adage
that March "comes in like a lion and goes out like a
lamb", has proven ever so true for the "storm
troopers" of First General Services, at
least the "lion" part.
March 2008 has evidenced two (2) very large
commercial losses resulting in at least part from the almost
spring like weather pattern.
March 6th brought a significant combined
storm water and sewer back-up at the Mt. Carmel Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Carmel, Pa. The facility with in excess of 200 patients, suffered almost
total inundation of its 44,000 square foot first floor,
including patient rooms, administrative offices, community
rooms, hallways, kitchen and physical therapy areas.
First General Services needed to
mobilize both the Wilkes-Barre and Bloomsburg staff to
address this serious loss.
Working throughout the weekend, the combined
personnel gained control of the situation and restored all
basic facility services by March 10th.
Cleaning services and demolition work continued
throughout the week, enabling the reconstruction efforts to
be initiated immediately thereafter.
In addition to the mitigation work, FGS
was contracted to complete a significant part of the
reconstruction work. Under
the capable direction of our new Bloomsburg General Manager,
Sean Fogarty, Sean brought to bear his considerable
background in emergency situations and greatly facilitated
the coordination of effort between the combined team of FGS,
facility staff and subcontractors.
At the time of this writing, all patients have been
returned to their living environment and while
reconstruction estimates have not been completed, the
initial Emergency Services work alone totaled in excess of
$250,000.00.
The second major event occurred March 21st
at the Great Wolf Lodge and Resort located in Tannersville,
Pa. FGS received
the call for assistance due to a strong and long standing
relationship developed through FGS previous
work experiences at the Lodge.
A full collapse of the ceiling in a 1,000 square foot
portion of the dining area together with areas below the
dining room that suffered water damage from the sprinkler
system, were addressed by FGS personnel
utilizing our specialized state of the art equipment.
Due to the nature of the Resort's business,
assigned FGS staff committed in excess of 35
hours each over a span of 46 hours, lending further credence
to FGS ability to "step up to the plate". In total several hundred man hours were devoted to this major
loss, with minimal disruption to the activities offered
guests at the Resort.
New
General Manager Named for FGS Bloomsburg (Columbia
County)
First
General Services of NE Pa. is very pleased to
announce the addition of Sean Fogarty to the professional
staff of our Bloomsburg office.
Mr. Fogarty, a native of Hazelton, will be
initiating his responsibilities as General Manager for the
Columbia County operation effective Monday March 3, 2008.
In making the announcement, Colin J. Holmes, Chief
Operating Officer of FGS of NE Pa, stated,
"We consider ourselves to be extremely fortunate to have
secured the professional capabilities of someone as
energetic, knowledgeable and experienced as Sean to
reinvigorate our Columbia County operations.
Sean brings several years of estimating and
remediation experience to his new position.
We sincerely believe that his background and skills
will afford us with better opportunities to serve all we
work with from both the residential and commercial sectors
of the restoration business."
Previously, Sean had worked with restoration
companies in the urban Philadelphia area, supervising both
large and small projects.
His experience will be brought to bear in emergency
response, estimating, and the ongoing supervision of Company
restoration work.
In addition to his work experience, Sean also
possesses IICRC Certification in Water Damage, Odor Control,
Fire & Smoke Restoration, Carpet Cleaning, and Applied
Structural Drying. Sean
also is certified as a Journeyman Water Restorer, Health
& Safety Technician and Applied Microbial Remediation
Technician.
Valentine's
Day Raffle Winner:
AMY
COLWELL, L.C.C.C
We
would like to send out a hearty CONGRATS to Amy
and her husband for winning the
FGS Valentine's Day Raffle Gift Card.
Also,
I would like to say thanks to the rest of you who
participated in the contest. The response was even more
overwhelming than last year!
As
always, please feel free to direct any
comments, suggestions, or requests for future topics directly
to me at dsciandra@firstgeneralservice.com.
I will gladly include your suggestions and or opinions
in one of our future issues...
Sincerely,
Danielle
Joke
of the Day...
GOVERNMENT
HEALTH WARNING: Do Not
Swallow Chewing Gum
New Specialty
Services...
NEW!
INDUSTRIAL
STEAM CLEANING
NEW!
DUCT
CLEANING
NEW!
SODA
BLASTING
NEW!
CONTENTS
INVENTORY
About
our Newsletter...
First General Services of NE
Pa. initiated
the Newsletter in an effort to maintain constant
contact and provide updates on service capabilities to our
colleagues in the restoration and insurance industry.
We are ever mindful of the changing conditions and
needs of the area in which we all work on a daily basis. We believe that in order to maintain and improve our
service, we will benefit from comments/suggestions from our
readers.
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