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Crime Scene Cleanup Salary

Written by bstone1775 on Thursday, August 18th, 2011

While reviewing the stats for CleanupBlog.com, I realized there were hundreds of searches for “crime scene cleanup salary”.  Although I do not proclaim to be an expert on the salaries or hourly rates paid to Crime Scene Cleanup Technicians, this post will give you an idea of what technicians make in the Midwest.  To answer [...]

Collapse of Stage at Indiana State Fair

Written by bstone1775 on Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The staff of Bio-Trauma 911, Inc. was recently called upon to help with the cleanup of the aftermath following the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair. Of particular interest to the dedicated staff at the fairgrounds, law enforcement and OSHA was the triage area used to treat those injured in the collapse.  [...]

Will the real spokesperson please stand up?

Written by bstone1775 on Friday, July 22nd, 2011

With high expectations and a bit of curiosity, on Tuesday night I tuned into  “True Grime – Crime Scene Cleanup” on Investigation Discovery. As I write this post two days later, I’m still a little dismayed, angry and sad at how this documentary portrayed our industry.  Although I won’t launch into the particulars, as so [...]

Degree in Hand – Let Me Clean Crime Scenes

Written by LeatherNeck on Saturday, October 30th, 2010

On a weekly basis, the staff at Bio-Trauma 911, Inc. receives emails and phone calls from excited young college students who think they want to be a Crime Scene Cleanup Technician.  Although the job of cleaning crime scenes is a fairly well paid position, it’s not one that I would recommend to a college graduate with [...]

Guns don’t kill, People do!

Written by LeatherNeck on Monday, December 7th, 2009

As a police officer and owner of a crime scene cleanup company, far too often I find myself dealing with the aftermath of a shooting.  Although I won’t argue the merits of gun control, as I firmly believe in an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, I will preach the art of gun safety. [...]

The Truth About Crime Scene Cleanup

Written by LeatherNeck on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Crime Scene Cleanup Industry.  From illusions of a six figure income to nationwide certification, and a workload requiring several technicians to “I can quit my day job” because I’ll be so in demand, misconceptions abound.  Here, I will make every effort to provide you with the honest [...]

Thank You….

Written by Gary Paradis on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Hello, I just wanted to say thank you to the Bio-Trauma 911 team. I am the sole proprietor of my new business in Maine and I could not have done it with out the Bio-Trauma 911 staff. They not only provided great training and knowledge in the business, the people there are very hospitable and went [...]

Please help me!

Written by bstone1775 on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

I’ve been a police officer for the past seven years.  Too many times, I’ve had the unfortunate experience of being dispatched to the scene of a violent crime or serious accident.  Within minutes, several police officers, firefighters and EMT’s arrive to assist, all rushing about, dilegently performing their duties with the syncronization of a rolex watch.  Somewhere though, in [...]

Authors Wanted!

Written by bstone1775 on Saturday, April 5th, 2008

I am in need of authors for this blog.  I have several people in mind who will be appointed in the next few days.  If you are interested in becoming an author, please take a few minutes and register.  I review all requests and submissions on a daily basis.  I will typically upgrade your status to [...]

Demented or Dedicated?

Written by bstone1775 on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Everyone thinks that you have to have a sick personality to do this work!  That is SO NOT TRUE!  There are so many jobs in this wide world that need doing, that there better be people that not only can do them, but actually are GOOD at doing them! Recently, I was undergoing a minor [...]