According to news reports, two people were shot in an apparent murder-suicide in Carmel, IN, one day in October 2011. After the law enforcement officers, paramedics, coroners and crime scene investigators go home, the couple's two children were left with a traumatic, indescribable mess. It is hard to believe that right up until the end of the 20th century, there were no crime scene cleanup Carmel IN professionals to help them restore their home to its original condition.
Statistically speaking, Carmel, Indiana, is in the top 20 percent of safest cities to live in the entire United States. No matter what type of community, there are always going to be violent suicides and other deaths and there is always going to be a job for the crime and trauma scene decontamination crew. Their job is to restore normality to animal hoarding sites, abandoned meth labs, unattended deaths, and accidents involving biohazards and other hazmat.
Back in the old millennium, there were few CTS decon crews to deal with the aftermath of a violent death. The bereaved families were left to manage on their own, mopping up blood and brains through their tears. Today, with the associated dangers of bio-terrorist attacks, the Ebola virus and just trying to live together without killing each other, it's hard to imagine a time when they weren't around. According to an old British saying, "where there's muck there's brass." This means that the people who are willing to pick up what the rest of us can't face, stand a good chance of earning a decent living.
You need a special type of personality to handle this line of work. Ultra-sensitive people need not bother applying. While society does have a use for these people, trying to clear up blood while lending a kind shoulder to a relative does not mix. Not only is there the distraction from the work they are purposed to do, the drain on their own emotions would rapidly get out of hand.
This is not to say that crime scene cleaners need to be completely heartless. A sympathetic, diplomatic nature is crucial to managing the emotions and behavior of the people who are left behind in a violent death. After that, a strong stomach is the most important character for an aspiring cleaner to try and cultivate. Anyone who vomits easily should probably not give up their current job and take this up as a career.
Decon operatives must also be highly trained in HAZWOPER procedures. These are the ghost-busters, the guys who show up to deal with anything from mustard gas to the zombie apocalypse. Under federal law, any bodily fluid constitutes a hazard and a potential infection risk.
Crime and trauma decontamination specialists (CTS decon) have to have special permits and training to carry out this type of work. They have to know how to deal with the entire spectrum of hazards, from nerve gas to blood borne pathogens. This is highly risky work. One mistake and they are part of a newer, deadlier, crime scene.
One attitude that is definitely not needed here is a hero or a narcissist. Histrionic personality disorders are also contraindicated. What we need in this job is someone with the cool manner of a bomb disposal expert.
Statistically speaking, Carmel, Indiana, is in the top 20 percent of safest cities to live in the entire United States. No matter what type of community, there are always going to be violent suicides and other deaths and there is always going to be a job for the crime and trauma scene decontamination crew. Their job is to restore normality to animal hoarding sites, abandoned meth labs, unattended deaths, and accidents involving biohazards and other hazmat.
Back in the old millennium, there were few CTS decon crews to deal with the aftermath of a violent death. The bereaved families were left to manage on their own, mopping up blood and brains through their tears. Today, with the associated dangers of bio-terrorist attacks, the Ebola virus and just trying to live together without killing each other, it's hard to imagine a time when they weren't around. According to an old British saying, "where there's muck there's brass." This means that the people who are willing to pick up what the rest of us can't face, stand a good chance of earning a decent living.
You need a special type of personality to handle this line of work. Ultra-sensitive people need not bother applying. While society does have a use for these people, trying to clear up blood while lending a kind shoulder to a relative does not mix. Not only is there the distraction from the work they are purposed to do, the drain on their own emotions would rapidly get out of hand.
This is not to say that crime scene cleaners need to be completely heartless. A sympathetic, diplomatic nature is crucial to managing the emotions and behavior of the people who are left behind in a violent death. After that, a strong stomach is the most important character for an aspiring cleaner to try and cultivate. Anyone who vomits easily should probably not give up their current job and take this up as a career.
Decon operatives must also be highly trained in HAZWOPER procedures. These are the ghost-busters, the guys who show up to deal with anything from mustard gas to the zombie apocalypse. Under federal law, any bodily fluid constitutes a hazard and a potential infection risk.
Crime and trauma decontamination specialists (CTS decon) have to have special permits and training to carry out this type of work. They have to know how to deal with the entire spectrum of hazards, from nerve gas to blood borne pathogens. This is highly risky work. One mistake and they are part of a newer, deadlier, crime scene.
One attitude that is definitely not needed here is a hero or a narcissist. Histrionic personality disorders are also contraindicated. What we need in this job is someone with the cool manner of a bomb disposal expert.
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