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Citizen Voice Honors Steamatic of Sacramento
Steamatic of Sacramento was honored for its contributions to the SAFELY OUT™ project in a celebration held in Sacramento Oct. 13, 2009.
Born out of Hurricane Katrina, SAFELY OUT ™is a project of Citizen Voice. Co-founders Gary and Elyse Dietrich developed it in partnership with the Red Cross Sacramento Sierra Chapter and launched it on the first anniversary of the 2005 hurricane.
The groundbreaking, neighbor-helping-neighbor SAFELY OUT™ Project distributes the unique SAFELY OUT™ Kit designed to assist in the safe evacuation of vulnerable persons during any natural or manmade disaster.
Steamatic was the first business in the private sector to become a supporter of the project with donations of time and money. Company President Charles Cassani also arranged for Gary Dietrich to speak at two national meetings of the trade group, Restoration Industry Association, in Baltimore and Palm Springs.
The Oct. 13 Citizen Voice SAFELY OUT™ Celebration brought together project sponsors, community leaders and elected officials to the E.M. Hart Multipurpose Senior Center in Midtown to celebrate the success of success of the project, to honor those who made the project possible and to announce expansion plans.
Unfortunately, the celebration coincided with the first damaging storm of the season. Responding to water damage losses all over town, Cassani was unable to attend. However, fresh from water damage herself, Natalie Paul, the company’s marketing representative, accepted the award on behalf of Steamatic of Sacramento. |
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| Steamatic’s Natalie Paul accepts the award. |
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Trade Association Recognizes Steamatic Owner
Charles Cassani, the owner and president of Steamatic of Sacramento, was elected to the board of the directors for the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) in March 2009.
RIA is the international trade association that serves cleaning and restoration firms worldwide. More than 1,300 companies representing over 20,000 cleaning and restoration professionals are members. RIA’s mission is to provide industry leadership, support science and promote the best practices in cleaning and restoration.
Cassani was nominated to the board of directors “because of his integrity, his reputation in the industry and the depth of knowledge he will bring to the Board of Directors, and in turn, to the association said Patti Harmon, RIA’s director of communications
Cassani has owned and operated Steamatic of Sacramento since 1972. See his biography for particulars.
“Charles has long been admired for his business insight and commitment to his community. We strongly believe that the business owner who is best prepared to lead his industry association is one who has stepped forward to help provide the leadership at home,” said Don Manger RIA’s executive director.
RIA was formerly known as ASCR, the Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration. It began in 1948 as the National Institute of Rug Cleaning. It evolved over the years and now also encompasses the damage restoration and environmental remediation fields.
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Steamatic Teams Up with Safely Out to Aid Vulnerable
Steamatic of Sacramento is a proud supporter of Safely Out, a simple program developed in Sacramento to help evacuate vulnerable people during an area-wide emergency such as a flood, an earthquake or a wild land fire.
SAFELY OUT is a project of Citizen Voice, a Sacramento non-profit group. Steamatic’s support has ranged from cash donations to sponsoring advertising opportunities and providing staff volunteers for community events.
Charles Cassani, Steamatic’s president, believes that Safely Out is such a natural fit for restoration companies across country that he successfully lobbied for recognition by the Restoration Industry Association, (RIA). In response, the industry trade group published an article about Safely Out in the June 2008 issue of Cleaning & Restoration magazine. RIA also invited Co- Founder Gary Dietrich to be a keynote speaker at the Fall Conference in Baltimore in November 2008 and at the Annual Convention in Palm Springs in March 2009.
The partnership has become part of Steamatic’s overall marketing strategy. “It feels good to give back to the community through a worthy organization that fits so well with our business goals,” Cassani says.
Learn more about Safely Out at www.citizenvoice.org.
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| Steamatic of Sacramento is so committed to the SAFELY OUT mission that we paid for this advertisement in the Business Journal’s special section – Partners in Philanthropy that published Nov. 23, 2007. |
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Grant Napear is spokesman for Steamatic of Sacramento
Best known as the television voice of the Sacramento Kings,
Grant Napear is now the spokesman for Steamatic of Sacramento.
In addition to live play-by-play commentary at all Kings games
with Jerry Reynolds, Grant also co-hosts the most popular
afternoon radio program in Sacramento. Grant and Mike Lamb raise
the rafters with “SportsLine 1140” on KHTK Sports
1140 Radio.
The Steamatic team got to know Grant in 2005. He was on vacation
when a water leak visibly damaged his home and caused hidden
mold. Despite the stress of having his house turned upside down,
Grant couldn’t have been more courteous or pleasant to our
staff.
The Steamatic team was thrilled when Grant agreed to be our
spokesman in November, 2007. He hadn’t been voicing our
commercials on KHTK long before he had another water damage at
his home!
Grant may be reading from a script for our recorded commercials,
but his first-hand experience with Steamatic fixing the damage
in his own home comes through loud and clear. And, beginning in
May 2008, Grant also began voicing Steamatic commercials that
are running on the soft rock station KYMX, Mix 96.
Click to listen to a recent commercial that aired on KHTK Sports
1140 Radio.
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Steamatic is dealer for best portable air purifier
If you need to improve the air quality in your home or business, but don’t want to spend thousands, Steamatic of Sacramento has the solution. We are now a dealer for the NQ Clarifier Standard and Medical portable air purification systems.
These units have four levels of filters as well as an ultraviolet purification zone. The filtration and UV light combination traps or kills viruses, bacteria, yeast, mold spores, allergens, chemical pollutants, and odors. Air volume per minute is an important comparison for return on investment for portable air purifiers. The NQ Clarifiers have the best air volume in the market place.
Read Steamatic’s full-review of the NQ Clarifier here. |
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S.O.S. Uses High-Tech Camera for Water Damage and Moisture Intrusion Inspections
Steamatic of Sacramento (S.O.S) has added a new water-damage and moisture intrusion investigation tool. Our thermal-imaging cameras speed up our ability to examine floors, ceilings and walls for moisture intrusions that aren^t obvious to the naked eye.
Many times after a pipe burst or a roof leak, there
may not be any visual indicators of how far the water
has gone even though the moisture has migrated under
the floor, into the next room or wicked up the walls.
According to the IICRC S500, the industry standard for
water damage restoration, documenting the extent of
the water damage at the beginning of the investigation
and throughout the drying process is critical in preventing
microbial amplification
In the past, S.O.S. relied on moisture meters and hydrometers
to investigate the extent of water damage and to monitor
the dry down. Moisture meters sense moisture below a
surface, and hygrometers measure the humidity in the
air.
The thermal-imaging camera works by detecting infrared
energy (heat) radiating from a surface, which many times
allows the operator to see through walls and floors.
Differences in temperature quantitatively measured by
the camera help us pinpoint the problems. While the
thermal-imaging camera cannot see mold, it can detect
evaporating water behind a wall that could eventually
lead to mold if not properly dried.
While a useful and powerful tool, the thermal-imaging
camera must be used in conjunction with the moisture
sensors and meters. The operator must also be knowledgeable
about construction and building materials to be able
to discern between a reading indicating the presence
of water and a reading that indicates air leakage from
a window.
S.O.S. makes thermal-imaging technology easier for
our clients to understand by pairing it with digital
photography that shows what the eye sees. Side-by-side
digital and infrared photos, along with traditional
surface and air measurements, provide excellent documentation
of a water damage loss.
S.O.S. also uses the thermal-imaging camera with two
other devices to test a structure for leaks either before
or after a water damage. To produce storm conditions,
technicians install a blower door that creates negative
pressure inside the structure while spray bars outside
the house simulate rain. As that is going on, an S.O.S.
supervisor takes readings with the infrared camera to
locate leaks. |
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| Three views of a pantry with moisture in the wall are: the thermal-imaging camera screen, a digital camera photo, and the infrared photo taken with the thermal imaging camera. |
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