How to Prepare for Help for Henri or Ida Damage

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UPDATE

Residents can now go to the town website and complete damage assessment form: https://www.greenwichct.gov/ida

By Beth Barhydt

The Town of Greenwich is working with the CT Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) on an Initial Damage Assessment (IDA) for both Tropical Storm Henri and the remnants of Hurricane IDA. In order to determine if the damages from these events meet the criteria for federal disaster assistance programs, municipalities must report all damages including residential and business damages. In other words: in order to receive help from federal government assistance programs, the Town of Greenwich needs everyone to do the following:

If your home or business sustained damage from either Henri or Ida or both please take the following steps:
• Document damages for each storm event seperately. Write down as many dates and details as you can remember including specifically what was damaged.
• Contact your insurance company to determine if the damages are covered by your policy.
• Take photos of all damaged property and items.
• Keep all receipts for repairs/costs.
• Report details on the damages, provide photos, insurance information and your contact information to the Town of Greenwich. According to Chief Heavey, a special form is being created on the Town of Greenwich website specifically for this pupose. A printed version will be distributed as well. Both should be available today or within the next few days. Check www.greenwichct.gov/

Gather together all of your information and documents so that once it is ready, you can upload your information. This way as much information as possible will be included in the initial damage assessment the town submits to DEMHS making assistance more likely. Once all of the damage data is received, DEMHS will assess whether the damages approach the federal criteria for disaster assistance programs.

If a resident has given info to the Red Cross, they still need to provide it to the town as well. All residents who experienced damage are encouraged to document and share it with the Town of Greenwich even if they will not seek assistance so that the town and DEMHA have an accurate assessment of the total damage.

Thank you to Brenda Bergeron from the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for her help pulling this together.

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