Red Cross tips on how to safely clean up after flooding

TOLEDO, Ohio (Toledo News Now) -

If not, the American Red Cross, which is the first step to cleaning up after the flood to get rid of water in your home. Then you can clean the affected area.

Leather gloves, disposable gloves, garbage bags, masks, mops, brooms, bleach, disinfectant and a squeegee. This is what you will find free cleaning kits inside can the Red Cross, or you can do it on your own during the cleaning process to buy.

"We have more than 500 cleaning kits within three days," Steve Coots, said Red Cross disaster manager.

Fulco said wear waterproof boots, gloves, masks and clothes. Her skin covered during cleaning He said adult clothing can be cleaned, and some can be disinfected, but the mat and pull the safest choice would be to start all infected items that belonged to a child.

"I had to do with kids, really," said Coots. "Adults, for example, can be washed, has a good spirit" is not that it's bad, that's good; "Adults are good, young people are very good, but youth ;. baby, you really have to see"

Peggy Holewingksi, Red Cross, said that bleach should be used to clean surfaces, and not to mix chemicals. She said that carefully measure one part bleach and 10 parts water.

"Scrub the surface thoroughly, and then you have to leave all of bleach for 10 minutes, so that the set for 10 minutes solution, then rub with soap and water to clean the area thoroughly, and you know, eliminate bleach, but In fact, it is of all impurities that are there after the water rid leave "Holewingski said.

And clean each area, was in the water - the floor, walls and ceiling, everything. Coots recommend getting a dehumidifier.

"This is the liquid absorbed on the walls because water, even if built so high, you do not have the humidity inside the building," said Coots.

Coots and Holewingski also say the windows open and the fan switch during cleaning to blow smoke.

Free Red Cross kits may at 1111 Research Drive in Toledo collect 08h30-17h00 Bring a photo ID.

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