Desirable Qualities In Crime Scene Cleanup Carmel IN

By Lena Stephenson


According to news reports, two people were shot in an apparent murder-suicide in Carmel, IN, one day in October 2011. After the law enforcement officers, paramedics, coroners and crime scene investigators go home, the couple's two children were left with a traumatic, indescribable mess. It is hard to believe that right up until the end of the 20th century, there were no crime scene cleanup Carmel IN professionals to help them restore their home to its original condition.

Statistically speaking, Carmel, Indiana, is in the top 20 percent of safest cities to live in the entire United States. No matter what type of community, there are always going to be violent suicides and other deaths and there is always going to be a job for the crime and trauma scene decontamination crew. Their job is to restore normality to animal hoarding sites, abandoned meth labs, unattended deaths, and accidents involving biohazards and other hazmat.

Taking into consideration the threats of bio- or chemical terrorism, Ebola, and the extreme dangers associated with meth labs, it is hard to imagine a time when innocent families were left to cope with the aftermath of these incidents on their own. Cleaning up crime scenes and similar situations is now big business. As the English say, "where there's muck, there's brass, " meaning people will pay a high price for someone to dispose of undesirable substances. Here, that applies to blood, brains, and hazardous chemicals.

You need a special type of personality to handle this line of work. Ultra-sensitive people need not bother applying. While society does have a use for these people, trying to clear up blood while lending a kind shoulder to a relative does not mix. Not only is there the distraction from the work they are purposed to do, the drain on their own emotions would rapidly get out of hand.

Of course, it is possible to go too far the other way and not have any sympathy. A bit of diplomacy and detachment are what is required here. Perhaps even more important is the ability to tolerate really strong, nasty smells without projectile vomiting. While the evidence will have all been collected by the time the decon team show up, nobody needs more bodily fluids to clean up.

Training in HAZWOPER is a must. HAZWOPER stands for hazardous waste operations and emergency response. According to federal regulations, all bodily fluids are considered biohazards and therefore a potential source of infection.

Crime and trauma decontamination specialists (CTS decon) have to have special permits and training to carry out this type of work. They have to know how to deal with the entire spectrum of hazards, from nerve gas to blood borne pathogens. This is highly risky work. One mistake and they are part of a newer, deadlier, crime scene.

One attitude that is definitely not needed here is a hero or a narcissist. Histrionic personality disorders are also contraindicated. What we need in this job is someone with the cool manner of a bomb disposal expert.




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