Preparing to Respond: Hurricanes

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Restoration & Remediationand ICS Cleaning Specialist are holding a Mold Remediation Symposium on Tuesday, April 9 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. in response to Superstorm Sandy, where the principals, processes and products of mold remediation will be presented in a hands-on fashion.

OSHA has released a fact sheet to help workers stay safe during the cleanup and recovery of Hurricane Sandy.

The disaster fund likely will run out of money by early spring because of costs from Superstorm Sandy, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Tuesday, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan – two communities hard it by Hurricane Sandy, is urging the EPA and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make sure people assisting with the Hurricane Sandy cleanup stay safe, according to ISHN, a fellow BNP Media publication.

Legend Brands provided distributors and customers with an opportunity to help raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims from November 1-7 through an interactive social media and e-mail campaign in which Legend Brands offered to donate $1 to the American Red Cross for each Facebook “like” or e-mail open.

Inline Distributing Company has deployed its recently unveiled 53-foot Disaster Response Units, which serve as mobile warehouses, to the east coastin response to the damage from Hurricane Sandy, according to a press release.

Here is some front lines information on insurance that everyone working in New York or contemplating working in New York needs to be aware of.

Paul Davis National has mobilized to the Northeast to provide much needed structural clean-up and drying services for residential and commercial properties in the wake of "Superstorm" Sandy, the company announced in a press release.

Hurricane Sandy’s economic toll is poised to exceed $20 billion after the biggest Atlantic storm slammed into the Eastern U.S., damaging homes and offices and flooding subways in America’s most populated city, according to a Bloomberg story.

According to a press release, the International Cleaning and Restoration Association (ICRA) has created a consumer website to help property owners recover from flood waters as a result of Hurricane Sandy and to help understand the restoration process.