One morning in July 2003, fire engulfed the 131,000-square-footmanufacturing facility of Accuride, a maker of steel and aluminumwheels. Luckily, the plant in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was only twomiles away from the offices of disaster restoration contractor,Belfor USA.
Fast response times did much to mitigate the damage done to theplant. Fire trucks were on the scene within minutes, and the firewas quickly doused. A representative of the restorer also was ableto get to the fire quickly.
“The moment we noticed the smoke from our office, we received acall from the building's insurer,” said Scott Halliwill, projectmanager at Belfor. “When I arrived at the facility, there were sixor seven fire trucks dumping water on the blaze.”
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