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1-800- 1-800-PACKOUTS PRESENTING A UNIFIED FRONT A fter a flood, fire, or any other nat- ural or manmade disaster dev- astates a home or business, the process of cleaning up generally is orchestrated by the policy owner’s home and property insurance companies who then contract the services of an extensive army of restoration professionals, all playing their own particular part in the claims pro- cess.“You have a mitigation side that sets up dehumidifiers for drying out a structure after a water claim or a fire,”explains Kevin Loner, CEO of 1-800-Packouts.“Then you have a tex- tile company that will come in and remove all the clothes and drapes.” “We handle all the personal property for a claim,” he continues, “which is any fur- niture, any artwork, any brick-a-brac, any keepsakes, basically any furnishings. This handling of personal property is called a ‘packout’- an industry term that the insur- ance restoration field uses.When you have a loss in a house or a business, they look at it and say, ‘Will there be a packout?’ They don’t ask about personal property; they don’t ask about moving it out; they simply call it a ‘packout.’ That’s where we come in. We inventory, pack, and move the items in our own branded boxes and trucks back to private facilities that are not open to the general public. The items are stored in private-room, climate-controlled units that