Emergency Storm Service in Ellettsville, IN

When you call Bloomington Tree Service Pros during a storm emergency, you reach a live dispatcher. Not a voicemail. Not an answering service reading a script. A live person who understands tree emergencies and can deploy crews immediately.

Our base of operations is in Bloomington, and Ellettsville is our fastest response area. We can have an ISA-certified crew on your property in approximately 10 minutes. That response time matters when a tree is leaning against your house, blocking your driveway, or tangled in power lines.

Here is exactly what happens after your call. Our dispatcher gathers your location, a description of the situation, and any immediate safety concerns — downed wires, structural contact, blocked egress. If power lines are involved, we coordinate directly with Duke Energy before our crew arrives so that line de-energization is already in progress when we reach you.

Our crew arrives with rigging equipment, chainsaws, a chipper, and a crane truck when access allows. The first action is always a safety assessment. We establish a hazard perimeter, identify energized lines and secondary fall risks, then brief you on the plan before any cutting begins.

Every cut is planned. Emergency tree work is not about speed alone — it is about controlled removal that prevents secondary damage to your home, your neighbor's property, and our crew. We use rigging techniques to lower limbs away from structures even under emergency conditions. Rushing a cut on a storm-damaged tree that is under tension can turn a bad situation into a catastrophic one.

We document everything as we work. Timestamped photographs of the damage, the tree's condition before removal, the removal process itself, and the cleared site afterward. This documentation package is built specifically for insurance claims and has been accepted by every major carrier operating in Indiana.

After fifteen years of emergency storm response across Monroe County, we have seen every type of tree failure Ellettsville produces. These are the scenarios we respond to most frequently.

Tree on roof is the most common call from Ellettsville subdivisions. A mature hardwood — typically oak or maple — splits at a weak union during high winds and drops a major limb or the entire crown onto the roof structure. The weight alone causes damage, but the real danger is water intrusion. Once roofing material is breached, every minute of continued rain drives water into insulation, drywall, and framing. Our crews carry structural tarps and can seal a roof breach within minutes of removing the tree material. This buys you time to get a roofer scheduled without suffering ongoing water damage.

Driveway blockage is the second most frequent call. In Ellettsville's newer developments, driveways often pass through or alongside wooded areas. A single fallen tree can completely block vehicle access. We prioritize driveway clearance for households with medical needs — anyone who depends on regular medical transport, home health visits, or who may need ambulance access gets moved to the front of our queue.

Hung trees — where a falling tree gets caught in the canopy of a neighboring tree — are common in Ellettsville's wooded lots. A hung tree is one of the most dangerous situations in arboriculture. The supported tree is under unpredictable tension and can release without warning. Do not attempt to remove a hung tree yourself. Do not drive or walk under it. Call us and stay clear.

Split trunks from ice loading occur during late-winter ice storms that occasionally hit Monroe County. Multi-stemmed trees with included bark unions are especially prone to splitting under ice weight. When one stem separates, the remaining structure is compromised and the entire tree often requires emergency removal to prevent it from failing onto a structure during the next weather event.

Ash snag failures from emerald ash borer damage are increasingly common. These dead trees can fall in calm conditions, but storms accelerate their collapse dramatically. Entire EAB-killed ash trees have come down in Ellettsville neighborhoods during moderate thunderstorms that would not threaten a healthy tree.

Filing a successful insurance claim after storm tree damage requires more than a phone call to your agent. It requires documentation that meets specific standards, and it requires that documentation to be created before cleanup begins. This is where many homeowners make a costly mistake — they clean up first and try to document later. By then, the evidence your adjuster needs is gone.

Our crews create a documentation package during every emergency response. This includes wide-angle photographs showing the tree's original position and the damage it caused, close-up photographs of the failure point showing whether the break was caused by storm forces or pre-existing decay, photographs of the tree species and estimated diameter for accurate valuation, and timestamped images that establish when the damage occurred relative to the storm event.

We work regularly with State Farm, Allstate, Indiana Farm Bureau, and Nationwide — the carriers that insure most Ellettsville properties. We understand what each adjuster looks for, and our documentation is formatted to streamline their review process. Several adjusters have told us directly that our documentation packages are among the most thorough they receive.

If your policy covers debris removal — and most homeowner policies in Monroe County do — our invoicing is structured to align with standard coverage categories. We separate structural tree removal from debris hauling from tarping so that each line item maps cleanly to your policy's coverage terms.

We can also communicate directly with your adjuster if you authorize us to do so. This is not a requirement, but many Ellettsville homeowners find it helpful during a stressful situation. We explain the technical aspects of the tree failure, the removal methodology, and the necessity of the work performed. This can prevent delays and disputes during the claims process.

When a tree comes down during a storm, you have a narrow window to prevent secondary damage. Water pouring through a roof breach, a leaning tree shifting further toward a structure, a hung limb releasing onto a vehicle — these situations get worse with every hour of delay.

Bloomington Tree Service Pros provides 24/7/365 emergency storm response to Ellettsville. We are ISA-certified, fully insured with general liability and workers' compensation coverage, and we carry the equipment to handle any residential or commercial tree emergency.

You do not need to wait until morning. You do not need to leave a voicemail and hope someone calls back. Our dispatcher answers live, around the clock, every day of the year.

If you have a tree emergency in Ellettsville right now, call (812) 432-2013. We will be there in 10 minutes.