Mobile Disaster Recovery Center Returns To Rankin County
Release Date: May 29, 2003
Release Number: 1459-36
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Jackson, MS -- A federal/state mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will return to Rankin County beginning Monday, June 2nd, to bring state and federal assistance information directly to those residents affected by the April 6th through 25th severe storms, tornadoes and flooding.
The mobile DRC will be in Rankin County June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and will be located at the Rankin County Annex Building (aka Supervisors Annex Building), 211 East Government Street, in Brandon. The hours of operation will be from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The reason for the return of the mobile DRC is to help residents who have already applied for disaster assistance by calling FEMA's toll-free application number, 1-800-621-FEMA (3362), but still have questions about programs that may be available to them, or have additional questions about their application for assistance. The speech or hearing impaired should call TTY 1-800-462-7585.
Disaster assistance specialists from FEMA, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and other state agencies will staff the mobile unit.
As a result of President Bush's disaster declaration of April 24th, there are now 30 Mississippi counties eligible for federal/state disaster assistance. Those counties are: Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, Wayne and Yazoo.
Last Modified: Thursday, 29-May-2003 16:22:16