Disaster Assistance

Before
The New York State Archives can assist you in preparing for disasters in order to safeguard your records. This resource provides information on emergency preparedness, developing records disaster plans, gathering equipment and materials to protect records, identifying your organization's priority records, and attending disaster planning training.

After
The New York State Archives can advise you on responding to a disaster. This resource provides information on all aspects of recovery and salvage including gathering or purchasing equipment and materials for disaster remediation, contacting disaster recovery vendors, salvaging your records and collections, destroying damaged records, and applying for disaster assistance and recovery grants.