Water Colors
The names for the categories of water that describe the level of contamination are sometimes referred to as clear, gray and black water.
What are Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3?
Time stamped/date stamped photos/written reports by licensed professionals are examples of good _____ that can help the association when faced with a potential legal situation.
What is documentation?
Items worn by workers to prevent exposure to potential hazards. Examples include air respirators, gloves, boots and suits.
What is Personal Protection Equipment or PPE?
A machine used to establish a pressure differential in an indoor space.
What is a Negative Air Machine?
The two things needed for mold to grow.
What are Moisture and Food?
Water that carries a significant degree of contamination, or the color your hair may turn as you age.
What is Gray Water or Category 2 Water?
Worn out paint, stucco cracks, roofs beyond their normal life expectancy are all examples of _____ issues that are normally not covered by insurance policies.
What are maintenance?
______ fogging is the preferred method to sanitize a facility due to the added bonus of neutron attachment.
What is electrostatic?
An Air Filter that removes 99.97% of particles 0.3 microns in diameter. A key component of a Negative Air Machine.
What is a HEPA Filter (High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter)?
This chemical is not recommended for mold remediation. It can create harmful or deadly gas, does not penetrate materials well, and actually adds water to mold colonies.
What is Chlorine Bleach?
Water that poses no risk of causing sickness or discomfort to humans or animals.
What is Category 1 Water or sometimes Clear Water?
When a condo unit owner has a _____ policy, damages to the interior of the unit are normally covered regardless of whom caused the damage.
What is a HO6 policy?
TornadoEs, mold, fires, plumbing events and ___________ are challenges associations will have a much better end result with an ERP plan.
What is Hurricane or Bio-Hazard?
A vacuum that is designed for cleaning up materials such as mold, lead and asbestos.
What is a HEPA Vacuum?
_______ or ________ spore can lay dormant for an unlimited amount of time without moisture and can endure extreme temperatures. These types or organisms can make their reservoir in wall cavities, in carpet, in paper pipe covering, behind vinyl, under and behind casework, and in any material that is carbon based. When disturbed, the spores can become airborne.
What is Mold or Fungal?
Water from a roof leak that penetrates a building envelope, is NOT considered this category of water.
What is Clear Water or Category 1 Water?
The state of ____ consistently ranks in the top 5 most litigious in the United States of America.
What is Florida?
When an association board member has had even a casual discussion with a unit owner regarding a possible water and/or mold situation, it can be construed the board has been put on _________.
What is notice?
Whenever possible the exhaust from a Negative Air Machine should be vented to the __________.
What is outdoors?
Hepatitis can be infectious for up to 7 days after it has left its reservoir, whereas mold spores can be hazardous after remaining dormant for _________.
What is years?
Water intrusions in Florida need to be addressed quickly and correctly to avoid this from occurring.
What is microbial or mold growth?
Insurance policies in the State of Florida normally cap _____ coverage at $10,000 per occurrence.
What is Mold Coverage?
Textiles, upholstery, leather, drywall, paper goods and most types of fine art are examples of ______ _________.
What are Porous Materials?
A condition in a room or containment where more air is leaving than coming into the space and is being exhausted to the outside.
What is Negative Pressure?
A toxic compound produced by fungi that can adversely affect animal and human health.
What are Mycotoxins?
Hurricane water that penetrates a building structure and does not appear to be discolored is this type of category or color of water.
What is Category 3 or Black Water?
_____ insurance policies normally contain an exclusion for damages resulting from pathogens or bio-hazards. (Rhymes with biocompatibility.)
What is Liability?
The number of days that HBV (Hepatitus B Virus) can live on a counter for.
What is 7 days?
A barrier used to minimize cross-contamination normally made from 6-mil poly sheeting often with physical reinforcement such as tension poles or framing.
What is Containment or Containment Barrier?
A species of mold that produces high quantities of mycotoxins sometimes nicknamed "Black Mold", "Toxic Mold", or "Killer Mold."
What is Stachybotrys?