Lyon County residents with flood-damaged property can now apply for help from FEMA.
Rick Frevert, Lyon County’s emergency management coordinator, announced Tuesday that the county had qualified for individual assistance. That means home and business owners and other private individuals can call the Federal Emergency Management Agency about damage from the May 5 through May 7 flooding. The number is (800) 621-3362.
A person who calls and registers a case with FEMA will be contacted by a representative to review the case.
“People need to document any expenses, including their time, associated with water damage,” Frevert said. “Have an itemized list of objects damaged, destroyed or lost because of flood water.”
That can include any flood-related damage, he said, such as cars parked on the street or a basement that was damaged to a sump pump failure or power outage. Applications for hail damage from last February will not be taken.
No deadline has been given for applications, but Frevert recommended calling in as soon as possible.
“At some point, this will be closed out,” he said. “And it helps the efficiency of the response if the team has a full list to do when it comes to town, rather than come today for one person and tomorrow for one person.”
Frevert was told Friday by Rep. Jerry Moran that the county’s residents were eligible to apply. A FEMA team arrived in the area Tuesday.
Public agencies such as the city and county government cannot yet apply for aid.
‘We had enough damage to qualify, but the county has not been declared a disaster area on the public side,” Frevert said.
Information can also be found at www.fema.gov. Those with hearing or speech difficulties can call (800) 462-7585.
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daveedailey (anonymous) says...
If FEMA was here and did a house to house search, the damage should have alredy been surveyed. If they did not document and the people here have to contact them, just exactly where did they go and whom did they visit with??? I think we (the public) are entitled to a list of the places that they supposedly surveyed. How many days were they here, if they were? Isn't this a matter of public record. Also, if they did their jobs they would have been giving information to the people who need the help. Why is everything so secretive? FEMA is one of the worst government rip offs of all time. I have yet to see any thing good that they have accomplished! No one that they supposedly visited should have to contact them because they should have had the damage already recorded. This does not make sense to me at all. Of course, if they are like the other government agencies, they put you through so much time and paper work they think you will eventually give up. In other words, most people get tired of the battle.
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