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Emergency tree removal after the storm.

Stay off any wire, photograph the tree, and call the insurer on your policy. A partner tree crew can call after that. Asking is free.

See how a call works

Have a crew call you

Tell us where the house is. A partner tree crew can call about the tree you are looking at.

Tree Down Now is an independent guide. Asking for a call does not hire a crew, pull a permit, or decide an insurance claim.

The tree is on a power line

Stay away. Call 911 or the power company on your bill. Do not touch the tree or the line. OSHA tells cleanup workers to stay at least 10 feet from downed lines. Stay much farther back, and treat the line as live.

An uprooted tree lying across a paved residential street, with the root ball exposed and houses behind it.

Where our facts come from

Checked against SWEPCO, Oncor, Alabama Department of Insurance, Louisiana Department of Insurance, and Florida Department of Financial Services guidance on October 27, 2026.

How a call works

You send five fields. A crew that serves your area may call about the tree. Hiring anyone is still your decision.

  1. Stay away from a wire

    If the tree is touching a line, or you do not know, keep people and pets back. Call 911 or the utility. A tree crew is not the power company.

  2. Photograph the tree

    Take photos of the tree, the roof, the car, and the yard before anyone cuts. Then call the insurer on your policy.

  3. Ask a crew to call

    The form asks for your name, phone, email, state, and city. A partner tree crew may call about the job. The call does not hire them.

Emergency tree removal, and who runs this

Who runs it

Tree Down Now runs this guide. Write to tabular_spout_3y@icloud.com. No licensed arborist is named here, because none has signed these pages.

Email tabular_spout_3y@icloud.com.

What it is, and what it is not

The pages follow public safety and insurance notes from utilities and state regulators. Tree Down Now is not a tree company, a power company, an insurer, or a city office. The form is not a bid, and it does not promise the tree will be gone.

How a call gets matched

You send your name, phone, email, state, and city. Tree Down Now and tree companies near you may call and text. You can tell them no. Asking is free.

Start here if a tree is already down

These are the two moments this guide is for. A wire changes the first call.

A city street covered with fallen branches and leaves after a storm, with a red car at the curb.

  • The tree is on the house, a car, or a fence

    A trunk on the roof, a limb through a window, or a tree on a car or a fence. Take photos before anyone moves it. A tree on a car is a question for the car policy. A tree on a fence is a question for the house policy. The insurance pages quote regulators in Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida.

  • The tree is on a power line

    Stay away. Call 911 or the power company on your bill. Do not touch the tree or the line. OSHA tells cleanup workers to stay at least 10 feet from downed lines. Stay much farther back, and treat the line as live.

Who handles the tree, the wire, and the claim

You, the utility, a tree crew, and your insurer each handle a different part.

You

What it is
You get people back from the tree, take photos, and call the insurer. If a line is involved, you call 911 or the utility.
First move
Stay off the ground near a downed line. Do not touch the tree or the wire.
Worth knowing
You can ask for a call on this site. Hiring a crew is a separate choice you make after you talk.
Read the order to follow

The utility

What it is
The power company deals with a line that is down or with a tree that is lying on a line.
First move
Call 911 if someone is hurt or in danger. Call the number on your power bill for the line.
Worth knowing
A tree crew does not take the place of that call. Read the power-line page before anyone cuts near a wire.
A tree is on a power line

A tree crew

What it is
A crew cuts and hauls the tree once the line is safe and you have your photos.
First move
Ask each crew for a written quote. After Hurricane Milton in 2024, the Florida Attorney General's office told Floridians to get "at least three written, itemized estimates on bids or repairs".
Worth knowing
This site does not print a crew price. The price depends on the tree and the job.
How to judge a tree crew

Your insurer

What it is
Your insurer decides what your policy pays. This site does not decide it.
First move
Call the number on your policy after you have photos, and before the tree is moved.
Worth knowing
Insurance regulators in Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida say removal is paid only in some cases or only up to a set amount.
Insurance and tree removal

Questions people ask before they send the form

Ask about the downed tree
Is Tree Down Now the fire department or the power company?

No. This is a private guide. The crew that calls you is a private tree company. For a downed line, call 911 or the utility on your bill.

Does it cost anything to ask for a call?

Asking is free. If you hire a crew, the price is between you and that crew. Get written quotes from more than one licensed and insured crew.

Can you tell me what the job will cost?

This site does not print a crew price. The price depends on the tree and the job. Ask each crew for a written estimate.

What if the tree is on a power line?

Stay away and call 911 or the power company. Do not touch the tree or the line. Read the power-line page before you ask a crew to come near it.

Read the order before you call

The long guide, the power-line page, and a checklist for judging a crew. Each one names the public page it came from.

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Ask a crew about the tree

Asking is free. If a wire is involved, call 911 or the utility first. You decide what happens after a crew calls.

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