Trauma scene cleaning service relieves families of painful ordeal

As emergency medical technicians, Jimmy and Jenn Corron have often gone on calls with other emergency personnel to remove a body. If the cause of death is homicide or suicide, the scene can be horrific.

Almost any unattended death has the potential to turn awful and those left behind are understandably traumatized.

After the body is removed from the residence, family members often ask, “What are we supposed to do now?” Jenn Corron said.

The Corrons realized what the families needed was someone to make all the physical unpleasantness go away and to return the room or house to a livable space. They need it done competently with compassion and understanding.

“Family members shouldn’t have to deal with it,” Jenn Corron said.


The Corrons researched and found that no one on the Eastern Shore was providing help for this kind of tragedy. They wanted to fill that void.

Jimmy Corron is suited up to clean trauma scenes or gross filth hoarding scenes. He and his wife, Jenn, who has years of experience as a emergency medical technician, own On the Scene Clean.
OCEAN CITY TODAY/NANCY POWELL “We want to restore peace to life,” Jenn Corron said.

They started by taking online classes from Texas Amdecon, a leader in the field. Education is vital because biohazard waste and human remains must be disposed of in a way that meets Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene standards.

Then they started their new business, On the Scene Clean.

Their backgrounds give them the experience needed to cope with what is left behind after a trauma. Jenn Corron, 28, was an emergency medical technician in Ocean City before becoming a teacher at Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin where she teaches seventh grade life science and ninth grade physical science. Jimmy Corron, 30, is a part-time emergency medical technician in Ocean City and a full-time emergency medical technician in Ocean Pines. He is also assistant chief of the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company.

They expect to handle one massive cleaning, disposal and decontamination job in a couple of weeks. It is neither a crime scene nor a suicide scene. It is what they call gross filth hoarding, the name for the behavior of uncontrolled collecting. The collected items can include anything and everything from newspapers and magazines to clothes and dishes, spoiled food and takeout containers, even soiled diapers and toilet paper. The accumulated mess attracts rodents, insects and the bad situation becomes worse, putting everyone at risk for health issues.

Homeowners insurance usually pays for the cleanup for trauma scene cleaning companies, Jenn Corron said.

The price varies according to the scene, the number of rooms to be cleaned, the number of biohazard suits, goggles, shields, masks, gloves and booties that must be worn, the number of biohazard boxes needed, the amount of EPA-registered disinfectants and the number of people working on the job.

Discretion is an important part of the job. To ease the family’s trauma, the On the Scene Clean truck has magnetic signs that can be removed so passersby do not realize what is taking place inside the building near where it is parked.

Because their company is new, the Corrons have just one truck and no employees, but they hope to expand and have multiple trucks.

For additional information about On The Scene Clean, call 443-944-0070 or visit www.onthesceneclean.com.