Disaster Recovery Center To Open Tuesday In Dare County
Release Date: September 22, 2003
Release Number: 1490-02
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Raleigh, NC - A Disaster Recovery Center to help residents who suffered losses in Hurricane Isabel will open at the Kill Devil Hills Town Hall Tuesday morning, state and federal disaster management officials said today. Hours of operation will be 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
The town hall is located at 100 Colington Street.
Before visiting the center, residents must first have made application for aid by telephone. The FEMA toll-free number to apply for assistance is 1-800-621-FEMA (3362), or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for the hearing- or speech-impaired.
Representatives from the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will help applicants with any questions they have about the applications process as well as provide updates on the status of individual applications.
Officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will also be on hand to help with disaster loan applications. The agency's disaster loan program makes available low-interest loans to homeowners, renters and business owners with disaster-related losses.
Anyone throughout the 26-county disaster declared area may visit the DRC for help. Additional DRCs will open in the hardest-hit areas in the coming days, officials said.
The 26 counties are Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington.
On March 1, 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. FEMA's continuing mission within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages Citizen Corps, the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.
For more information about hurricane preparedness and recovery and additional information concern Hurricane Isabel, visit the FEMA Web site at www.fema.gov.
Last Modified: Monday, 22-Sep-2003 16:01:30