{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-15T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accuguardenvir.wpenginepowered.com\/accuguard-portland\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:10:56","slug":"fire-smoke-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.accuguard.com\/location-or-portland\/services\/fire-smoke-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire & Smoke Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Environmental Testing Services<\/p>

Expert Fire Damage<\/span> Analysis
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Surface and dust sampling for soot, ash, and char at Portland properties, with lab-analyzed results and written documentation within one to two business days.<\/h2>

AccuGuard of Portland performs fire damage assessment at houses, apartment buildings, and commercial properties throughout Portland, OR. A technician walks the property, chooses representative sampling areas, and collects surface and dust samples that go to a professional laboratory for analysis of soot, ash, and char. You receive clear written results with the applicable project and chain-of-custody paperwork, generally within one to two business days. We test and document conditions; cleaning and restoration stay with your contractor.<\/p>\n

Smoke is a recurring issue here. Oregon DEQ reports that Portland recorded no days of air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse from wildfire smoke between the start of monitoring in 1985 and 2014, then 26 such days from 2015 through 2022, and in early August 2026 IQAir at one point placed Portland at the bottom of the roughly 120 major cities it tracks. After a structure fire or a heavy smoke event in Beaverton, Milwaukie, Tigard, or Lake Oswego, soot testing shows where residues actually settled.<\/p>\n

Restoration and remediation contractors, property managers, real estate professionals, insurance adjusters, and homeowners use these reports to scope work and support claims. This location is owned by Ben Doebler, who founded AccuGuard after working in restoration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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