Know Your Zone. Know What to Do

Hurricane season is under way and knowing your zone is the first step to being prepared for a hurricane. Check out the Know Your Zone website, a one-stop shop for information about hurricanes in New York City. The time to be prepared is now. Know your zone. Know what to do.
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Create an Emergency Financial Aid Kit

FEMA Private Sector Resilience Tip 4/13/15: Encourage your employees to create an emergency financial aid kit to help reduce the financial impact of disasters and organize financial records.

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Don't Let Finances Be Taxing

Tax season is under way, and it's a good time to prepare your finances for an emergency. Use the Emergency Financial First Aid Kit to identify important documents you may need in an emergency, including social security cards, mortgages or leases, bank and credit card statements, investment papers, tax returns, and insurance information. Review this information at least once a year to keep it current.
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Prepare Finances for Disaster

FEMA Private Sector Tip of the Week 4/14/14: Create a business emergency financial aid kit to prepare your business's finances for disasters. http://go.usa.gov/kDfG.

IRS Disaster Tax Preparedness

FEMA Private Sector Tip of the Week: During tax season, use IRS Disaster Tax preparedness online business tools.

Invest in Financial Preparedness

Do you have money on your mind? Many New Yorkers don't realize that an emergency can be a costly experience — take the time now to invest in financial preparedness. Get started by putting together an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK), which can help you identify and organize important financial and legal documents. Make copies (and snap photos with your smartphone) of your tax return and other items for your Go Bag and emergency supply kit.
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Guard Your Finances Before an Emergency

Being unprepared for an emergency can be taxing, and it's important to protect yourself against the financial consequences of a disaster. With OEM's Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK), you can learn how to identify and organize all important financial documents. Don't forget to make photocopies of your tax return and other financial documents for your Go Bag and Emergency Supply Kit, and be sure to snap photos of the documents with your smartphone.
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Have A Photo Shoot With Your Taxes

Before you file your taxes on April 17, remember to make copies of your returns for emergencies. Put together an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit, which includes copies of your tax returns, medical insurance cards, credit/debit card statements, and the deed to your home (if you own your own home). If you have a camera phone, take a photo of these documents so you have the information with you at all times. After a disaster it can help insurance providers process your claim faster.

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Taxes Due? Copy That

OEM TIP OF THE WEEK: TAXES DUE? COPY THAT As the tax return filing deadline looms (this Thursday, April 15), OEM reminds New Yorkers to make extra copies of their returns. Following a disaster, insurance providers may request up to three years of tax returns to support a claim. Store copies of your tax returns in your Emergency Financial First Aid Kit while finances are still fresh on your mind. Read the Tip of the Week online

Plan to Protect Your Records

FEMA Private Sector Tip of the Week for 01/25/2010:

Create an emergency plan for your organization’s financial and critical records. Click here to develop an emergency financial aid kit: http://www.operationhope.org/smdev/lf1.php?id=187. (see more tips)

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Stash Some Cash

In the spirit of Financial Wellness Month (January), OEM reminds New Yorkers to set aside small denominations of cash for use in an emergency. ATMs will not work during a blackout and banks may be closed. Make sure you don't come up short: stash some cash. Learn how to make an emergency financial first aid kit (EFFAK) See OEM's Tip of the Week on the website

GET THE EFFAKs

It's tax time again, and while you are focused on your finances, OEM reminds you to update your Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK). After a disaster, insurance providers may request copies of tax returns before they respond to a claim. Store extra copies of these important documents in a safe place while finances are still fresh on your mind.

• Find out what else to keep in your Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK)(PDF)
• Learn more financial preparedness tips
• Read OEM Tip of the Week online

PREPARE YOUR POCKET BOOK

January is National Financial Wellness Month and OEM reminds New Yorkers to prepare an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) as part of their household disaster plans. Disaster relief agencies may require financial documents to determine the best method to support a victim's recovery. Obtaining new copies of any lost documents can be difficult after a disaster and may be avoided by storing a second set somewhere safe.

• Learn how to make an EFFAK
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