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Volusia
County Hotline
(866) 345-0345
United Way
First Call for Help
211 or (386)253-0563
Volusia County Schools
West Volusia
734-7190 ext. 20000
New Smyrna Beach
427-5223 ext. 20000
Daytona Beach
255-6475 ext. 20000
Deltona/DeBary
(386) 860-3322
DeLand
(386) 734-1711
Deltona
(386) 561-2109
Edgewater
(386) 424-2400
Flagler County
(386) 437-8202
New Smyrna Beach
Hotlines
(386) 424-2113
(386) 424-2114
Ormond
Beach
Public Works
(386) 676-3220
Police non-emergency (386) 677-0731
Ponce Inlet
(386) 322-6711
Port Orange
(386) 506-5999
FPL Hotline
1-800-4-OUTAGE
FEMA
Assistance number
1-800-621-3362.
American
Red Cross:
(386) 226-1400 (daily)
(866) GET-INFO (during crisis) |
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May 27, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Shelley Szafraniec, APR
Volusia County
rainfall update #17
President Obama’s declaration Wednesday of a major disaster in Florida is
triggering the release of federal funds to help affected residents recover
from the recent rainfall event in Volusia County that began May 17. The
assistance will be to individuals and households. Public assistance has not
been declared at this time.
To apply for assistance, residents must be a homeowner, renter or business
owner in Volusia County with disaster-related damage or loss resulting from
the May 17 and continuing severe storms, flooding, tornado and straight-line
winds. Residents whose properties have been affected by the recent rainfall
can either visit one of two Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) in the county,
register online anytime at
www.DisasterAssistance.gov, or call 800-621-FEMA (3362) or
800-462-7585 (TTY) for hearing/speech impaired from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven
days a week. The DRCs will be open at the following locations beginning from
7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday, May 28:
- Holly Hill Recreation Center,
1046 Daytona Ave., Holly Hill (this is the location of the previous
Essential Services Center)
- Dickerson Center, 308 Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd., Daytona Beach
FEMA representatives (to assist
individuals) and Small Business Administration (SBA) representatives (to
assist businesses) will be at the DRCs to register residents. Residents must
bring the following information with them to the DRCs or when calling the
FEMA hotline:
- Contact information (name,
address)
- Social Security Number
- Household income
information/number of people in household
- Insurance information
- A description of damage to
their home/business as a result of the rainfall event
SBA representatives will be at the
DRCs to meet with individuals and business owners to answer any questions
about SBA’s disaster loan program, help them complete their SBA disaster
loan application and accept the completed disaster loan applications. Anyone
not able to visit a DRC should call the SBA Customer Service Center from 8
a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Friday, at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the
speech/hearing impaired) for information and assistance or visit the SBA
website at www.sba.gov.
ESSENTIAL SERVICE CENTER UPDATE
The two Essential Service Centers remained open Wednesday to offer
assistance to citizens affected by the flooding. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the
Daytona Beach center had provided services to more than 938 people; the
Holly Hill center had provided services to more than 761 people (these
totals are for Tuesday and Wednesday).
The ESCs were designed as one-stop shops where local residents can receive
information on recovery activities, state and local services, and connect to
faith- and community-based relief organizations. The centers were interim
facilities to assist flood survivors while local damage assessments continue
and federal disaster requests were pending.
As of Thursday morning, the ESC in Holly Hill will convert to one of the two
Disaster Recovery Centers, the ESC in Daytona Beach will close and the
second DRC will open in Daytona Beach at the address listed above.
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