Why DisasterTrack? DT 101 - actively being written 8.28.26

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As most people are aware, when disaster strikes FEMA - the Federal Emergency Management Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security leads federal disaster and recovery efforts coordinating with key partner agencies to deliver relief. The Small Business Administration or SBA Disaster Assistance provides low-interest, long term disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses, and non-profits to cover physical damage and economic injury that far exceed grant limits from FEMA.

I was recently asked, “Why DisasterTrack? What does it do for me?

Great question. DisasterTrack directly addresses one of the biggest friction points in disaster recovery by closing the evidence gap between what survivors owned and the proof required by agencies like FEMA, SBA and even private insurers.

Literally for about $5 a year we work with you to collect the basic information and then should you become a disaster survivor you will be able to update your information efficiently and we will pass it on to your local government disaster assistance as well as the State and Federal disaster assistance programs.

That’s why having an independent system that allows home owners, renters, and small businesses to establish their pre-disaster property and its condition, then in the event that they become disaster survivors they can quickly and efficiently upload images of the actual damages they have suffered.

We developed DisasterTrack because of the critical need for a system that empowers disaster survivors whoever they are and wherever they are. A system that works just as efficiently for a homeowner in Florida as it does for a small business person in Guam and everywhere in between.

Step 1: set up a pre-disaster asset baseline.

Digital inventory: secure, timestamped catalogs of structural conditions, high-value assets, serial numbers, and receipts.