How We Verify
Water Fire Mold Lookup is an independent, privately operated directory. It is not a government agency and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, accredited by or acting on behalf of the IICRC, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the New York State Department of Labor, or any other licensing authority. We do not issue, renew, suspend or process licences or certifications, and we never ask visitors for payment, passwords, account details or identity documents. Official records should always be confirmed directly with the issuing body.
Water Fire Mold Lookup exists because credentials in the restoration industry are easy to claim and rarely checked. Our answer is simple: we never take a provider's word for a credential. Every certification and licence on this site is checked against the body that issued it.
What "verified" means here
| Fact | Verified against | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| IICRC certification | IICRC Certified Firm registry (the issuing body) | August 14, 2026 |
| State mold licence — TX | Texas TDLR daily licence files | August 29, 2026 |
| State mold licence — FL (individuals) | Florida DBPR public licensee extract. Florida licenses people, not companies, so no Florida firm is shown here as holding a mold licence — the question to ask is which staff hold MRSA/MRSR licences, and that is checked at DBPR's own lookup. This file backs the licensing rules we publish, not a firm-level claim. | August 29, 2026 |
| State mold licence — NY | NYS DOL open licence dataset | August 29, 2026 |
| State mold law | Primary statute text, then independently re-verified citation by citation | August 14, 2026 |
How often we re-check
We don't publish a refresh schedule, because we won't promise a cadence we can't guarantee. Instead, every verified fact on this site carries the date it was checked — and that date does not move when we rebuild the pages, only when the record is actually checked again. So you can always see how old a check is rather than trusting a promise about how often we make them.
The practical consequence: treat anything time-sensitive — a licence expiry, a status change, a firm that has since let a certification lapse — as accurate as of the date shown beside it, and confirm it at the issuing body's own lookup before you rely on it. Where a state's file gives a status that contradicts its own expiry date, we show you both rather than pick one.
The rules we hold ourselves to
- Primary sources beat everything. A state registry outranks any directory, review site, or the provider's own marketing.
- Every verified fact shows its source and date. If we can't tell you where a fact came from, we don't publish it.
- Absence of a record is not an accusation. Some states publish only current licensees — a firm missing from such a file may simply have let a licence lapse, or never needed one. We report exactly what the public record shows, and never label a business "unlicensed" from bulk data alone.
- Certification ≠ services offered. Certifications describe verified training. What a firm chooses to offer is its own claim — we label self-reported information as self-reported.
- Payment never touches ranking. Sponsored placements are labeled, separate, and have no effect on organic order. This is a founding rule.
- Cross-verification is disclosed. Firms confirmed in two independent registries carry a cross-verified badge; single-source records don't.
What we don't verify (yet)
Insurance coverage, equipment, staffing levels and reviews are not yet independently verified — where shown, they are labeled as provider-supplied. Cost data is not published at all until we have a source we'd defend.
Found an error?
If any credential on this site doesn't match the issuing body's record, we want to know: report a correction. We re-check reported errors against the issuing body’s record and correct or remove what doesn’t match.