Ozone treatment

This applies across all four perils: water, fire and smoke, mold, and biohazard.

Professional requiredThis page explains the work. It does not tell you how to do it, because doing it without training and equipment is unsafe.

A professional deodorization process performed only in unoccupied structures. Ozone is a lung irritant and is hazardous in occupied spaces. The term appears constantly in scopes of work and in policy language, and its technical meaning is narrower than the everyday use of the word.

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Why this needs a professional

This page defines the term. It does not describe how to do the work, because doing it without training, containment and protective equipment is unsafe for the person doing it.

Sources

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  1. T1Policy Terms and Coverage — FEMA / NFIP (accessed 2026-08-22)
  2. T1State insurance departments — NAIC (accessed 2026-08-22)

Guidance that does not name a water category, a smoke type, or the peril and whether the water was internal or external is not specific enough to act on. This page names them.