Safe Clean-up from Tropical Storm Barry

After a hurricane or tropical storm, you may need to clean up all kinds of damage.  Thoroughly cleaning your home can help protect your health and your home, but it is important to stay safe while you clean. 

Returning Home

• Clean up your home
• Personal hygiene and hand washing after a disaster
• Reentering your flooded home
• Flood water after a disaster or emergency​

Clean-up Mold:  The Basics

• Preventing mold after a disaster
• Clean up safely after a disaster
• Cleaning and sanitizing with bleach

Mold, Respiratory Issues and Safe Clean-up

• Protect yourself from mold
• Population-specific recommendations for protection from exposure to mold in flooded buildings
  by specific activity and risk factor
• Interim recommendations: respiratory protection for residents reentering previously flooded areas and homes

Prevent Disease and Injury

• Prevent illness and injury
• Protect yourself from animal- and insect-related hazards​
• Pressure washer safety
• Preventing chain saw injuries after a disaster
• Report spills and environmental violations

Cleanup for Homeowners

• Septic system failures
• Homeowner’s and renter’s guide to mold cleanup after disasters
• Easy-to-read fact sheet: check your HVAC system for mold
• NIOSH interim recommendations for the cleaning and remediation of flood-contaminated HVAC systems: a guide for building owners and managers