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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Missing or incorrect information could delay the delivery of FEMA assistance. That’s why FEMA encourages homeowners and renters recovering from the March and April storms, tornadoes and flooding to stay in touch with the agency and keep their information as current as possible.

Contact FEMA to update your application, get the status of your case or ask questions about the disaster assistance process.

Information That May Need to be UpdatedYour current housing situation, phone number or mailing addressAdding or removing the name of someone designated to speak for youAdding or changing names of household members and number of people living in your homeChanges in your application for FEMA assistanceCorrecting or verifying home and property damageUpdating your payment preference

A simple way to provide missing or new information is to create an account at DisasterAssistance.gov. If you applied for assistance online or using the FEMA app, then you already have an account. Check your Disaster Assistance account regularly. Click on the ‘Check Status’ button on DisasterAssistance.gov to view your account at any time.

If you do not have internet access and/or need services not available on FEMA’s website, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362. Specialists speak many languages and phone lines are open from 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. If you use a relay service, captioned telephone or other service, you can give FEMA

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A Disaster Recovery Center with FEMA Individual Assistance staff is opening in Wayne County to help people affected by the March 14-15 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and wildfires.

The Disaster Recovery Center opens Monday, June 23.

FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will help impacted residents with their disaster assistance applications, answer questions, and upload required documents.

Opening Monday, June 23LOCATIONHOURS OF OPERATIONWayne County
Tabernacle Baptist Church
402 E Daniels St. 
Piedmont, MO 63957June 23: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
June 24-28: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

To save time, please apply for FEMA assistance before coming to a Disaster Recovery Center. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. 

If you are unable to apply online or by phone, someone at the Disaster Recovery Center can assist you. 

You may visit any location, no matter where you are staying now.

If your home or personal property sustained damage not covered by insurance, FEMA may be able to provide money to help you pay for home repairs, a temporary place to live, and replace essential personal property that was destroyed.

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Disaster Recovery Centers with FEMA Individual Assistance staff are opening in the City of St. Louis to help people affected by the May 16 tornado and storms.

The first Disaster Recovery Center opens this Saturday, June 21.

At all locations, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will help impacted residents with their disaster assistance applications, answer questions, and upload required documents.

More locations in the City of St. Louis will be announced next week.

Opening Saturday, June 21LOCATIONHOURS OF OPERATIONUnion Tabernacle M.B. Church
626 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108Monday – Saturday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday: Closed

To save time, please apply for FEMA assistance before coming to a Disaster Recovery Center. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. 

If you are unable to apply online or by phone, someone at the Disaster Recovery Center can assist you. 

You may visit any location, no matter where you are staying now.

If your home or personal property sustained damage not covered by insurance, FEMA may be able to provide money to help you pay for home repairs, a temporary place to live, and replace essential personal property that was destroyed.

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DENVER – This morning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Forsyth Fire burning in Washington County, Utah near Pine Valley.

FEMA Region 8 approved the state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) after receiving the request Thursday night and determining that the fire threatened such destruction that it would constitute a major disaster.

At the time of the request, the Forsyth Fire was threatening more than 400 homes, which were under an evacuation order. The fire started on Thursday and has burned more than 500 acres.

The authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of the state’s eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for managing, mitigating and controlling designated fires. These grants do not provide assistance to individual home or business owners and do not cover other infrastructure damage caused by the fire.

Fire Management Assistance Grants are provided through the President’s Disaster Relief Fund and are made available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires that threaten to cause a major disaster. Eligible items can include expenses for field camps; equipment use, repair and replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools, materials and supplies. 

For more information on FMAGs, visit  https://www.fema.gov/fire-management-assistance-grants-program-details.

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