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Arkansas Flood Multimedia

In this clip, the Searcy County Emergency Manager requests emergency drinking water from the state following damage to their water pipeline from a recent storm. Through Direct Federal Assistance (DFA), FEMA was able to mission assign federal assets to deliver water to the community identified by their state partners at ADEM. Emergency protective measures such as sheltering, rescuing, administering medical first aid and keeping the peace are all examples of DFA that FEMA can provide should they be requested by the state partners.

The video on this page was captured April 10, 2008, in Little Rock and in Searcy County, Arkansas. Instructions for the use of these images can be found at www.fema.gov/help/usage.shtm.

Broadcast quality B-Roll of FEMA and other federal agencies responding to the Spring flooding can be obtained by contacting FEMA HQ TV at 202-646-3976 or by e-mail at FEMA-Studio@dhs.gov .

Photos

Briefings for Preliminary Damage Assessments take place at the JFO in Arkansas. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA This house is surrounded by sand bags to protect it from flood waters from the Cache River, a tributary of the White River. Houses throughout the region are threatened by flooding. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Members of the community fill sandbags for an operation going on near a levee in an area called Sandhill. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA Beverly Palmer, a FEMA Individual Assistance specialist, looks over the remnants that have been removed from a residence that had more than 24 inches of White River floodwaters within its walls for several days. FEMA Photo/Win Henderson

Members of the community band together to fill sandbags for an operation going on near a levee in an area called Sandhill. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA Areial of farm builds isolated by flood waters after the Black River flooded after torrential rains. FEMA assesses the damage caused by the flooding to help determine if federal assistance is required. FEMA/Samir Valeja