Release Date: September 7, 2008
Release Number: 1786-011
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana citizens can sign up for the Blue Roof program beginning today.
The program is open to those who qualify, as follows:
The following Right of Entry sign-up collection sites are open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Corps is working with the other five eligible parishes - Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Terrebone and St. Mary - to establish a Right of Entry sign-up collection site in these parishes. Residents of those parishes can call a toll-free telephone number, 1-888-Roof-Blu (1-888-766-3258), to find out the location of the Blue Roof Right of Entry collection sites in their parish.
A temporary Blue Roof is generally good for 30 days.
The program is run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Recovery Field Office, in Baton Rouge, as assigned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
Last Modified: Monday, 08-Sep-2008 09:31:44