Smoke and soot specialty
Fire restoration is different from water damage. Shifters flag their specialty.
Hazmat & Remediation
House fires, kitchen fires, commercial fire damage. Insurance-paid work with smoke, soot, and structural damage. ShiftSee staffs the restoration crew.
The moment that matters
Wednesday 8 AM. Residential house fire three days ago, insurance adjuster just approved the restoration scope. You have a crew assigned but one of your specialists — the one who knows smoke damage paint sealing — is tied up on another job until Friday. You need to start today.
ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.
What you get
Fire restoration is different from water damage. Shifters flag their specialty.
Fire and Smoke Restoration Technician cert visible.
Different crews for different parts of the job. Matched correctly.
Shifters understand insurance documentation.
Typical roles and rates
Typical shifter rates by role and region. Rates are always negotiable on ShiftSee — the numbers below are where most shifts land.
| Role | Vancouver Island | BC Metro | Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire restoration tech | $26-44/hr | $28-48/hr | $26-50/hr |
| Smoke / Soot specialist | $28-48/hr | $30-52/hr | $28-55/hr |
| Content cleaning specialist | $25-40/hr | $27-44/hr | $25-45/hr |
| Crew lead | $32-50/hr | $34-54/hr | $32-56/hr |
Why ShiftSee works here
Most of your shift work isn't new work. It's the same work, done again. The same weekend crew. The same specialty staff for peak events. The same closers on a Friday night. ShiftSee is built for that reality — every connection you make gets stronger the more you use it, and every shifter's rating and reliability follows them across every business they work with. After six months, you've built a trusted private crew that compounds in value month over month.
Getting started
(free). 2 minutes.
Everyone you'd text first when a shift opens up. They sign up, connect to you, and they're ready.
Schedule one. Broadcast one. Whatever hurts most.
Pat Rousseau, our co-founder, personally onboards every new business in the first 60 days. He'll walk you through setup, answer questions, and stay available by text during your first week live.
No subscription. No setup fees. You only pay when a shift happens. If ShiftSee saves you a single bad-day disaster, it's paid for itself several times over.
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