Mark Fagala, the founder of Fagala Mortuary & Biohazard Specialists, LLC has been serving the Carolina's since 1988. Mark and his father Otis ran the mortuary division providing transportation & embalming service to funeral homes as well The North Carolina State Medical Examiner's Office. After years of serving as a contract agent for the State ME Office the same questions were being asked. Family members and property owners mistakenly thought that the police and the medical examiner would clean up after a traumatic death. After being told that these authorities did not clean these scenes, families had no recourse but to do it themselves. After Mark's father past away he expanded the business and started offering crime scene cleaning (bio-recovery). Mark went to Ohio and took the American Bio-recovery Association's course & test in 2004. ABRA is a nonprofit organization which promotes education, proficiency, and ethical standards for bio-recovery services. Members are sworn to uphold the highest levels of industry performance. This young industry is basically unregulated and is populated by companies with varying degrees of knowledge and abilities. That is why it is so important to know as much as possible about the companies that you may be referring, or contracting with.
Why Call Fagala Biohazard Specialists?
Mark Fagala has been in the death industry for 20 years. This is all we do. We don't just "dabble" in this, we live this. We are not concerned with fire or mold jobs. We are trained for Biohazard Recovery. Most "mop and bucket brigade" personnel are not trained or equipped to handle biohazardous wastes such as blood or bodily fluids. We will assist you in filing your insurance and in most cases we will waive your deductible.
Crime scene cleanup must be done by professionally trained crime scene cleanup personnel in order to protect current and future inhabitants of a property, as well as to ensure the safety of those cleaning crime scenes.
Homicide cleanup and crime scene cleanup involves the removal and cleaning or disposal of items that have been contaminated with body fluids / blood, or tissue matter, but does not stop there. Those trained in homicide cleaning and crime scene cleanup are adept at tracking down and remediating areas that have been contaminated; areas the untrained eye would not see. Cross contamination by police and medical personnel is one major concern of a crime scene cleanup tech. Grout, cement, wood flooring and sub flooring all have the potential to emanate death odors if they have been contaminated due to the decomposition of human body fluids / blood, and tissue. Fagala Biohazard Specialists uses professional-grade decontaminants to make safe potential biological hazards.
The professional staff at Fagala Biohazard Specialists can help a grieving family by dealing quickly and effectively with crime scene cleanup. Our people are sensitive to a family's grief, and will thoroughly explain the process that may be required for their particular situation. We are happy to work with an agent (a friend or family member) so the family need not be involved in a significant way.
Fagala Biohazard Specialists, LLC Serves homeowners, landlords, law enforcement, public service agencies,hotels, motels, commercial properties.
A few of our Services:
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Homicide, Suicide, and Accidental Death Remediation: Professional crime scene cleaning, disinfecting and removal of all contaminated items to restore the scene to a safe, non-biohazardous state.
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Police Vehicle Cleaning and Decontamination: From basic grime to blood and hazardous materials residue.
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Removal of Contaminated Items in Distressed Properties: Proper itemizing, removal, storage and or disposal of contaminated furnishings, carpeting, building materials and equipment from distressed properties (a.k.a. Garbage Houses).
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Blood and Body Fluid Disposal Complete compliance with OSHA and Federal Health and Safety Codes. Also compliant with the Medical Waste Management Act.
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Methamphetamine Lab Contamination Cleanup: Strictly following Local, State, and Federal regulatory rules, our OSHA approved procedures offer a one-stop solution, including analytical post-sampling to obtain a Certificate of Fitness.
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Distressed Property Rehabilitation: Proper itemizing, removal, storage and or disposal of contaminated property including persistent or reoccurring odor abatement. We also coordinate analytical post sampling to obtain a Certificate of Fitness to release the premises for habitation.
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Hantavirus Prevention: The aftereffects of rodent infestation can bring potentially lethal exposure to Hantavirus spread by infected rodents. Our professional cleanup teams utilize HazMat techniques to remove and dispose of all remains of rodent infestation as mandated by State and Federal regulations, including analytical post cleanup sampling.
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Fingerprint Dust Removal: Removal of fingerprint dust after evidence technicians have powdered the area.
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Personal Vehicle Cleaning and Decontamination:
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Tear Gas Removal
- In the news
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NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
About Teen Suicide
The National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. For the famili
The National Center for Victims of Crime - Home
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Compasionate Friends
North Carolina Department of Justice
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE® (NOVA) ::
North Carolina State Board of Mortuary Sciences
DMORT Mass Fatality Assistance
Children of Hoarders
Compensation Program Directory
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Fagala Biohazard serves all South Carolina cities. Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Andrews, Bamberg, Barnwell, Batesburg, Beaufort, Belton, Bennettsville, Bishopville, Bluffton, Camden, Cayce, Chapin, Charleston, Cheraw, Chesnee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clemson, Clinton, Clover, Columbia, Conway, Darlington, Dillon, Duncan, Easley, Edgefield ,Florence, Fort Mill, Fountain Inn ,Gaffney, Georgetown, Goose, Creek, Greenville, Greenwood, Greer, Hampton, Hardeeville, Hartsville, Hilton Head Island, Inman, Irmo, Johns Island, Kingstree, Lake City, Lancaster, Landrum, Laurens, Leesville, Lexington, Little River, Longs, Loris, Lugoff, Lyman, Manning, Marion, Mauldin, Mc Cormick, Moncks Corner, Mount Pleasant, Mullins, Murrells Inlet, Myrtle Beach, Newberry, North Augusta, North Charleston, North Myrtle Beach, Orangeburg, Pageland, Pawleys Island, Pendleton, Pickens, Piedmont ,Ridgeland, Rock Hill, Saint George, Saint Matthews, Saluda, Seneca, Simpsonville, Spartanburg, Summerville, Sumter, Taylors, Travelers Rest, Walhalla, Walterboro, West Columbia, Westminster, Winnsboro, Woodruff, York, South Carolina.
