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Fire and smoke damage restoration in Upland, CA typically runs $2,800-$7,500 for a standard room-and-contents job, with whole-home structural fire repair ranging $15,000-$45,000 depending on framing loss. Most Upland homeowners need emergency board-up within 2-3 hours of the fire department clearing the scene, and Wade’s Restoration answers that call live, 24/7. Call (855) 915-0646 and you’ll talk to a real person, not a queue.

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We know Upland’s fire season northeast of the 210, in the foothills above San Antonio Heights. We know how Santa Ana winds push embers into vented eaves along Euclid and Mountain Avenue. And we know the second disaster that follows the first: the debris flows that come off Cucamonga Peak after a burn, when rain turns charred slopes into mud moving through north Upland neighborhoods. Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration crews have seen it enough times to know what insurance adjusters in 91784 are going to ask for. That’s the difference between a contractor who mops up smoke and one who understands the hydrology above your house.

Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Upland’s Preferred Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Company

Wade’s Restoration started in 2007, and the owner, Wade Ferris, still answers his own phone. Not an answering service. Not a franchise call center in another state. Wade puts his name and license number out in the open because he’s going to run into you at the Vons on Foothill Boulevard or the Saturday farmers market in downtown Upland. That accountability matters when you’re deciding who to let into a fire-damaged home.

Upland homeowners tell us the same thing: they want a written scope before work starts, a crew that shows up in uniform, and someone who will talk to the adjuster directly instead of leaving them to relay information. Wade does all three. Every fire, water, and mold job comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, Wade comes back and makes it right. That’s his name on the guarantee, not a corporate logo.

We’re IICRC-certified, RIA-affiliated, and IFA-recognized, with background-checked technicians running professional-grade equipment from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, and XPOWER. Response time to most Upland addresses is under two hours from your first call. In the foothills of 91784, where every minute of exposure means more soot penetrating drywall and trusses, that speed matters.

Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Upland

Emergency Board-Up & Tarping

When the fire department leaves, your house is open: broken windows, vented eaves, a roofline with holes. Upland sits in a gap corridor where Santa Ana winds can hit 60-70 mph through the foothill passes. A flimsy board-up that lets wind-driven debris re-open an opening means more smoke and moisture inside before you even get to permanent repairs. We spec board-up to wind load, not just to cover the hole. In north Upland that means reinforced fastening rated for the gusts that come through the San Gabriel foothills, not the lighter-duty approach a flatland crew might use in Ontario.

Structural Fire Repair

Framing, trusses, shear walls, rooflines. We see a lot of 1950s and 1960s tract construction in 91786 where original lumber has been heat-compromised even when it didn’t fully burn. Butt-cut roof systems from that era don’t handle partial charring well. We scope structural repair with the same documentation discipline we’d bring to a custom home off San Antonio Avenue. Wade’s crew repairs what needs repairing, and the adjuster gets a clear, line-item scope so the claim moves.

Smoke & Soot Removal

Soot is acidic. Left on painted walls, fixtures, and tile in a Upland home, it etches surfaces within days. We use HEPA filtration and Dri-Eaz air scrubbers to pull particulate out of the air and off surfaces. But here’s the thing about Upland’s housing stock: the 1950s-1960s tract homes in 91786 often have original lath-and-plaster walls. Soot gets into the keys between lath strips in ways drywall doesn’t allow. Removing it properly means treating the cavity, not just wiping the surface.

Odor Removal & Deodorization

Smoke odor lives in the places you don’t look: insulation, ductwork, under cabinets, inside wall cavities. We run thermal fogging and hydroxyl generators after scrubbing HVAC runs and opening the cavities that trap odor. For foothill homes with Spanish-tile roofs, smoke can saturate the underlayment and vent the attic even months later. We find it and we treat it. Wade’s crew doesn’t mask odor with fragrance; we remove the source, then verify with air sampling before we call it done.

Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out

Salvageable contents get packed out, cleaned, deodorized, and stored until the rebuild is finished. Upland clients in 91784 tell us they’d rather have their grandmother’s china in our climate-controlled storage than in a garage next to charred framing. We document every item, work with your carrier on contents valuation, and return everything with a photo log. No guessing what’s salvageable; no “good enough” cleaning.

Trusted Brands We Service in Upland

We run Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers and HEPA air scrubbers, Phoenix axial air movers, and XPOWER fans on Upland jobs every week. These aren’t rental-counter machines; they’re ours, maintained and calibrated. That means we don’t show up with whatever the supply house had available. We stock the right equipment for Upland’s housing stock: machines sized for tight 1950s closets in 91786, and units built for the larger custom homes and semi-customs in the 91784 foothills. When a fire happens, you don’t have time to wait for equipment to be shipped in from a branch in Riverside. We already have it loaded.

Common Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Problems We See in Upland Homes

• Ember intrusion through vented eaves in the foothills. Santa Ana winds carry firebrands from the Cucamonga Wilderness into attic spaces through eave vents and gable openings. Fires that start this way often smolder in insulation for hours before visible flames appear, which means smoke damage in the entire attic and every room below.
• Water damage layered on fire damage from firefighter suppression. What the fire didn’t destroy, the hoses often did. In post-war Upland homes with original 1950s plumbing, the combination of fire heat plus water from suppression accelerates damage to old cast-iron and galvanized supply lines, creating hidden moisture problems behind walls.
• Wind-reopened board-ups during Santa Ana events. A standard board-up on a foothill home in 91784 can fail within hours under the gusts that come through the San Gabriel gap corridors. When the board fails, soot and moisture re-enter the structure, and the interior finishes take a second hit before permanent repairs begin.
• Post-fire debris flow contamination months later. After a wildfire above Cucamonga Peak, the next big rain sends mud and debris charging down the fan toward north Upland. Fire-damaged homes with exposed soil, broken drainage, or subfloor access points are especially vulnerable to mud intrusion that gets misclassified as standard storm damage if not properly documented.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Upland

Wade’s Restoration handles fire and smoke damage throughout the Inland Empire foothills corridor, including Claremont, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and Ontario. If you’re in a neighboring community and dealing with the same Santa Ana fire season or wind-driven damage, our Upland crews can be at your door in under two hours, with the same written-scope guarantee and the same Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration standards we bring to every 91784 job.

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