Blood and biohazard cleanup in Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood is in Jefferson County, Colorado. Neighborhoods and districts include Belmar, the 40 West Arts corridor, and Green Mountain's edge. Nearby towns people ask about include Wheat Ridge, Golden, Englewood, Arvada, Littleton, and Greenwood Village.

A request can cover a house, apartment, business, or vehicle in Lakewood and those nearby communities. Matching does not mean a truck is stationed in Lakewood.

In Jefferson County, death investigations go through the county coroner. That office, often with local law enforcement, controls the scene until the property is released to the family or the owner. We are not the coroner and do not work the scene. Request Help is for after the release, when someone needs a cleanup company.

Until that release, do not enter to clean, do not throw belongings away, and do not post images of the scene. If someone is in danger, call 911. If you or someone with you is in crisis, call or text 988.

Elevation keeps Lakewood cooler than the lowland cities in the same state. Winter cold and snow slow decomposition. A warm closed room, or a summer afternoon, still lets odor build. The altitude does not make blood or body fluids safe to handle.

Lakewood housing includes mid-century houses and Belmar apartments. Habitability duties often sit with the owner, but We do not decide that. The person who controls the property — owner, manager, or a family member who has been given authority — is the one who should use Request Help. After a scene is released, the person who controls the property usually requests the referral. That is often the owner or the manager for a rental, and a family member when the household still controls the home. A tenant should not be expected to wipe blood or decomposition residue. Neither one is a reason for the family to do the cleanup.

Colorado treats methamphetamine-affected properties under the state's illegal drug laboratory law and the State Board of Health cleanup rules, 6 CCR 1014-3. Assessment, decontamination, and clearance sampling are done by people certified for that work. A Lakewood house with a few items of paraphernalia is not automatically that kind of property. We do not certify buildings and do not perform the cleanup. A partner that is not qualified in Colorado should decline.

An independent partner that accepts a Lakewood referral typically contains the area, removes porous materials it is prepared to take, disinfects what can stay, and arranges disposal through its own channels. Odor work comes after the source is gone. That company does the work and sends its own invoice. We are not paid by the customer. There is no local office in Jefferson County.

Start with Request Help. The fastest way to get help is the Request Help form; available 24/7/365. You do not need to write a graphic account of what happened.