Manchester, NH and nearby towns

Biohazard and crime scene cleanup in Manchester, New Hampshire

After a death, an injury or a crime at home, in a rental or in a car, the cleanup should not fall to the family. One call puts you through to an independent biohazard cleanup company that works in Manchester and the towns around it.

Call (603) 555-0105Phone answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Homes, apartments, businesses and vehicles
The work is done by an independent local company
You decide whether to hire them

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If it happened today

Call 911 first. If someone is hurt, or you have found someone who has died, call 911 before anything else.
Leave the room as it is. Police and the medical examiner's investigator may need to see it. Close the door and keep people and pets out.
Wait for the release. Cleanup starts only after the police, and the medical examiner if involved, say the home or car is released.
Then call. Call (603) 555-0105 when you are ready. Nobody will rush you.

Who comes to the home

New Hampshire uses one statewide office, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, for deaths that are sudden, unexpected or unnatural. Its investigators come to the scene. Not every death has to be reported to it; the police or the hospice nurse will know whether this one does.

In Manchester, the police non-emergency number is (603) 668-8711. Call it to ask whether the home has been released, or for the report number your insurer will want.

The full order of events is in after a death at home.

What happened?

Choose the closest match. Each page explains the first steps and what the cleanup involves.

Two workers in white protective suits and respirators carrying sealed red boxes down the steps of a grey house — Illustration. Workers wear suits, gloves and respirators, and waste leaves sealed.

What happens when you call

You say what happened
In your own words, and what kind of place it is: a house, an apartment, a business or a car.
The company explains
How they would handle it, whether they need to see it first, and what affects the price.
You decide
No obligation. If you hire them, your agreement is with them.

Worth knowing in New Hampshire

State compensation

New Hampshire's Victims' Compensation Program helps crime victims and their immediate family with costs such as funerals after a homicide, counseling and new locks. Its published list does not name crime scene cleanup, and it pays only what insurance and other sources do not. Ask the program before you count on it.

Insurance

Homeowner, renter, landlord and auto policies sometimes cover cleanup. Call the insurer before work starts and ask what they need. Who pays

Older homes

Many Manchester homes were built before 1950, and the city's Health Department notes that homes built before 1978 are much more likely to have lead paint. If plaster, trim or flooring has to come out, ask whether the company is EPA lead-safe certified for that part of the work.

At a business

Keep staff and customers away until the police release the space. Employers whose staff could be exposed to blood need a written plan under OSHA rules, so most leave this to a company.

Manchester and nearby towns

Cleanup is available across Manchester, from the North End to the South End and the West Side, and in nearby towns.

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Common questions

Can businesses call too?

Yes. Offices, shops, rental buildings and vehicles as well as homes.

Who pays for the cleanup?

Often an insurer, a landlord or the estate. See who pays.

Is “bio hazard cleanup” the same as crime scene cleanup?

They overlap. Biohazard cleanup covers any blood, fluids or waste; crime scene cleanup is the same work after a crime.

Is the company local?

It works in Manchester and nearby towns. Ask on the phone where its workers are coming from.

When you are ready, call

An independent cleanup company that works in the Manchester area. You decide whether to hire them.

Call (603) 555-010524 hours a day, 7 days a week