About the Author

Sean Scott, author of The Red Guide to Recovery, is a second generation building contractor, specializing in disaster restoration.  For the past 30 years, Sean’s talent for restoration and construction was nurtured by his father, Craig Scott, the proprietor of a fire restoration business in Chicago. His small furniture restoration business started in 1937, grew into a construction company, which later moved to San Diego in 1964 where he shared his knowledge with his sons, building and/or repairing homes and businesses.

Sean has worked extensively with insurance adjusters, homeowners, property managers, and business owners with property damage claims.  In addition to practical knowledge related to rebuilding damaged structures, Sean has first hand experience investigating structural damages, assessing the scope of necessary repairs, estimating cost of repairs, compiling inventories, and other aspects related to the recovery process.

As a first hand witness to literally thousands of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed by disasters, Sean became aware that survivors were ill equipped to take the next steps to recovery.  Unaided, or misguided, disaster survivors struggled to successfully navigate the complex process.  Necessity became the mother of invention and The Red Guide to Recovery, a resource handbook for disaster survivors, was born.

Sean conveys his experience and knowledge of post-disaster recovery in a simple user-friendly format to help expedite the recovery process, and provide awareness to the many pitfalls that occur in post-disaster scenarios.

Whether a disaster strikes a home or business, or for those who want to be better prepared before disaster strikes and learn about the recovery process, The Red Guide to Recovery will help.   Sean hopes the information shared in the guide and this website, will touch the lives of those affected by a disaster and help speed the return of normal life.