After a flood, homeowners often struggle to understand the requirements and procedures of the , presenting unexpected challenges in an already dire situation. Homeowners must have a clear understanding of the detailed rules and processes of the NFIP — especially the concept of — to accurately assess damage and know what actions will be required as… Read more
If your home or business is in a high-risk area, your insurance agent will likely need an to determine your flood insurance premium. An EC documents the elevation of your building for the floodplain managers enforcing local building ordinance, and for insurance rating purposes. Elevation Certificates: Who Needs Them and Why
Review the contract in a face-to-face meeting. Before signing any contracts, meet in-person with the program manager and the grantee’s designated compliance administrator to ensure all parties have a clear understanding of the contract. At this time, it’s important to: Ensure you have a understand the language in the contract and that you know exactly… Read more
Review the Contract in a Face-to-Face Meeting. Bring all stakeholders, including the contractor and your agency’s designated compliance administrator, together to ensure all parties have a clear understanding of the contract. At this time, it’s important to: Clarify the language in the contract and coach all parties through their questions and common mistakes. Ensure they… Read more
A PowerPoint presentation from that reviews the four keys to effective grant management — assessing capacity, procurement, monitoring and financial controls and procedures. Keys to Effective Grant Management
Download this fillable PDF, created by Ready New York, to identify essential business functions, contacts and resources that will allow your business to stay open during a disaster or quickly reopen after the incident recedes. Ready NY Template: Plan to Stay in Business — Key Business Functions (PDF) *PDF provided created by Ready New… Read more
This quick reference guide, developed by FEMA, helps individuals and families prepare for an earthquake and prevent earthquake-related damage to their homes. The brochure features instructions on conducting earthquake drills and “hazard hunts,” in addition to a checklist of disaster supplies, tips on what to do during and after an earthquake and additional resources. Earthquake… Read more
At the scene of an incident, the news media’s most basic needs are access to information and images. Use these tips from FEMA to help anticipate what the media will want and to setup a media staging area that enhances communications to help guide information flow between the public information officer (PIO) and the media. … Read more
This course covers basic information about the role of a State or local Public Information Officer. The goal of this awareness course is to provide an orientation to the public information function and the role of the Public Information Officer (PIO) in the public safety/emergency management environment. Use this link to take the interactive web-based… Read more
Communicating with the public is one of the most important aspects of disaster response and recovery planning, yet in the wake of disaster public communications often get overlooked for the sake of getting other essential tasks completed. Make sure you have enough Public Information Officers (PIO) trained and on hand to keep residents and… Read more
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