Get certified 100% online with IRI. The Fire Restoration Specialist Certification Course covers the full field workflow — assessment, mitigation, safety, and documentation — available now in Los Angeles.
Yes — Los Angeles professionals can earn fire restoration certification 100% online through IRI. The program covers the full field of scope, safe procedures, proper mitigation and cleanup, documentation, and project communication.
Because IRI's course is online, you can complete it from Los Angeles or anywhere with an internet connection. It is built for contractors, restoration technicians, and property-care professionals who want to add fire restoration to their services.
See California fire restoration certification requirements or ask Hope below for a fast answer about what applies to your work.
Yes. IRI's Fire Restoration Specialist Certification Course is 100% online and self-paced with 2-year access. You can start immediately from any device — no need to travel to Los Angeles or a physical classroom.
When you estimate fire restoration work in Los Angeles, California, your price has to stand up — to the customer, the adjuster, or the contracting officer. DryIQ prices every line from federal data: BLS materials indexes and SAM Davis-Bacon wage rates, adjusted to Los Angeles County. When the customer, the adjuster, or the county asks where your number came from, the answer is printed on the line.
Walk the loss. Speak the scope. Hope draws the rooms, prices every line, and prints the estimate — with a federal source on every line, ready for any adjuster or contracting officer in Los Angeles.
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For Los Angeles, California contractors comparing fire restoration training: the alternatives each sell one piece. IRI includes fire, smoke, odor, and contents in one online course — the same $299 all-in from anywhere, including Los Angeles.
| Provider | Total cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| LearnToRestore (association-approved school) | $379 ($299 course + $80 exam) | Fire & smoke course only — odor and contents are separate courses ($1,283 total for all three) |
| Center for Disaster Recovery (association-approved school) | $655 ($575 course + $80 exam) | 2-day in-person/Zoom class on their schedule |
| RestoreTech360 (association prep-course provider) | $475 | Prep course — their own page states it is not the fire restoration certification |
| IRI (100% independent institute) | $299 all-in | Fire, smoke, odor, and contents in one course — exam included, free unlimited retakes, field tools and Hope AI, 2-year self-paced access |
The alternative route prices fire, odor, and contents as three separate courses — $1,283 total at one school. IRI includes all of it in one $299 course.
Prices read from each provider’s published pages, October 17–18, 2026. Exam and retest fees are set by the certifying institute, not the school. IRI’s price is the same nationwide — including Los Angeles, California.
IRI Restoration Certification Course Tracker — market prices last verified October 25, 2026. See the tracker →
Yes. Your IRI enrollment includes the 14 jobsite forms Hope fills from your dictation — safety reports, packout inventory, content disposal — plus the Moisture Mapper and PDF documentation. No subscriptions, no add-on fees.
OSHA-ready safety documentation is standard practice on fire and smoke jobs. The Safety Report Generator builds PPE, containment, and hazard-assessment reports from your phone in minutes — in 12 languages.
Yes! IRI Storm Command turns a new division into a managed crew — certifications tracked, paperwork filed by Hope, and estimating through DryIQ priced from in Los Angeles County right in Los Angeles, CA.
Talk, and she fills the storm documentation. Dictate hands free on the jobsite — equipment, readings, contents — and Hope writes every field, files the PDF, and collects the customer signature on the spot.
IRI’s Fire Restoration Specialist certification is $299 all-in — course, exam, unlimited retakes, field tools, and Hope AI. Association-approved schools charge $379–$655 for a fire and smoke course plus exam, and a prep-course provider charges $475 for a course that is not the certification (prices read October 17–18, 2026).
They split fire, smoke, odor, and contents into separate courses at separate prices — $1,283 total for all three at one school. IRI is a 100% independent institute: one $299 online, self-paced course includes everything, with no classroom schedule to pay for.
Yes. DryIQ prices every line from federal data — BLS materials indexes and SAM Davis-Bacon wage rates, adjusted to Los Angeles County. Every line of the printed estimate shows its federal source, so your number stands up to any adjuster or contracting officer.
Yes. DryIQ prices labor from SAM Davis-Bacon wage tables — the federal prevailing-wage standard on government-funded jobs. Walk the loss, speak the scope, and Hope builds the priced estimate with rooms, line items, and sources ready for the contracting officer in Los Angeles.
Your IRI enrollment includes 30 days of DryIQ free — then $49/month, month-to-month, cancel anytime. Hope AI is included: she walks the loss with you, dictates the scope, draws the rooms, and prices every line.
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