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Biohazard and crime scene cleanup referrals for Lakeland and nearby Polk County towns

(863) 474-0772

Lakeland and nearby Polk County

Biohazard and crime scene cleanup in Lakeland

After a death, a crime or a serious injury at home, nobody in the family should have to clean the room. One call puts you in touch with an independent company that does this work around Lakeland.

Call (863) 474-0772

Someone picks up 24 hours a day, every day of the week

  • Homes, apartments, businesses and vehicles
  • An independent local company does the work
  • You decide whether to hire it
Two workers in white protective suits and respirators carry sealed red boxes from a pale yellow ranch house under a mossy oak
Illustration, not a real job.

If it has just happened

  1. Call 911. If someone has died or been badly hurt, the police and the medical examiner's office come first.
  2. Leave things where they are. Florida law leaves the body and what is around it to the medical examiner until that office says otherwise (s. 406.12).
  3. Close the door and step outside. You do not need to clean anything, and you should not try.
  4. Call when the home is released. Once the police tell you the scene is yours again, the number on this page reaches a company that can start.

What happened

Choose the situation closest to yours

Each page explains what the work involves and what to do before anyone starts.

What a cleanup company does that a family should not

Blood and other body fluids can carry disease. They also travel further than they look: into carpet pad, under tile grout, along baseboards and into the slab or subfloor below. A cleanup company finds where they went, removes what cannot be saved, cleans and disinfects the rest, and bags the waste for proper disposal.

In a Florida house with the air conditioning off, a closed room warms up quickly, and odor spreads into fabric, drywall and ductwork. Keeping the door shut and leaving the room alone is the most useful thing you can do while you wait.

Some people call this bio hazard cleaning, trauma cleanup or death cleanup. It is the same work, and the same call.

A bedroom doorway sealed with clear plastic sheeting and blue tape at the end of a tiled hallway
Work areas are usually sealed off from the rest of the house.

On the phone

What the call is like

  1. 1

    You dial

    Someone picks up 24 hours a day, every day of the week. The voice on the other end is an independent company that works around Lakeland.

  2. 2

    You say what you can

    Which rooms, roughly how long, whether the police are still involved. Only as much as you are ready to say.

  3. 3

    They explain the work

    Ask what they would remove, how they treat what stays and how they price the job.

  4. 4

    You decide

    There is no obligation on the first call. Take the time you need.

Who usually pays

When the death or injury came from a crime, Florida's Bureau of Victim Compensation lists crime scene cleanup among the costs it can help with. It pays only after other sources, and the crime must have been reported to law enforcement.

Homeowners and renters policies are written differently from one another. Your agent or insurer is the one to ask what yours says. In a rental, the landlord is usually part of the decision.

Nearby

Towns around Lakeland

Each town page names the police agency and the offices that matter there.

Single-story homes with boat docks along a calm lake lined with cypress treesWinter HavenWinter Haven police, the sheriff's dispatch and the medical examiner's office in town.A small ranch house with orange trees along a chain-link fence and a palm in the yardAuburndaleAuburndale police numbers for office hours and after hours.A brick main street with awnings and oak trees, a domed white courthouse at the endBartowWhere estate papers go, and which agency answers outside the city limits.A two-lane road beside rows of citrus trees, a small lake and a water tower in the hazeLake AlfredThe city police number and the Clerk of Courts office in town.Stucco homes with tile roofs beside a pond with a fountain at sunsetHaines CityCity contacts, and why the sheriff may be the agency at the door.

Common questions

Does this website do the cleanup?

No. It puts you in touch by phone with an independent cleanup company, which quotes, carries out and answers for the job itself.

Is there someone to talk to in the middle of the night?

Yes. Nights, weekends and holidays included.

Do I have to own the home?

No. Family members, executors, landlords, property managers and business owners call too. The company will ask who can approve the work and let them in.

Is my part of Polk County included?

Lakeland and the towns listed on the service area page are. A company may not reach every address, so say where the property is when you call.

When you are ready

Let someone else carry this part

You do not have to settle everything today. A company can explain the work and give you its price, then wait while you talk it over with family.

Speak with a cleanup company

The person who answers is with an independent company that does this work around Lakeland. Say what happened, ask how they would handle it and what it would cost. Nothing is booked unless you agree.

Call (863) 474-0772

Someone picks up 24 hours a day, every day of the week

Calls may be recorded. How referrals are paid: disclosure. What is logged: privacy.

Call (863) 474-0772