More Tennessee Counties Added To Federal
Disaster Declaration
25 Additional Counties Now
Eligible for Federal Recovery Assistance
Nashville, TN (2011-06-03) Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today the federal government will provide
Individual Assistance in two counties and Public Assistance to local
governments in 25 counties under the current disaster declaration for the
severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 25 to April 28, 2011,
with a federal designation of DR-1974.
“I am pleased
the federal government will be providing assistance to additional counties and
individuals in Tennessee
so they can begin rebuilding their lives and communities," Haslam said.
"This has been a trying year for many of our neighbors, and our
local and state agencies are working very closely to make sure we identify
where help is needed so we can recover from these severe weather
incidents."
Individuals in
Knox and Montgomery
counties are now eligible for federal assistance and residents who sustained
losses in these counties can begin applying for assistance immediately through
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), by registering online at
www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362).
More information
on FEMA's Individual Assistance program is available at www.fema.gov/assistance/index.shtm.
FEMA has
approved 10 counties in east Tennessee and 15
counties in middle Tennessee
as eligible to receive federal reimbursement in all categories of FEMA’s Public
Assistance program.
The east Tennessee counties
include: Blount, Campbell, Fentress, Knox, Loudon, Pickett, Polk, Scott,
Sequatchie and Sullivan.
The middle Tennessee counties
include: Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis,
Lincoln, Marshall, Montgomery, Moore, Perry, Smith, and Wayne.
The designation
for Public Assistance allows government entities and certain private
non-profits in the designated counties to apply for reimbursement of specific
expenses related to disaster response and recovery.
More information
on FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at www.fema.gov/government/grant/pa/index.shtm.