Federal Emergency Management Assistance mitigation specialists will be at Bladen County Public Library in Elizabethtown next week to answer questions and offer home improvement tips along with proven methods to prevent or reduce damage from future disasters. Specialists also will offer tips and techniques to build hazard resistant homes.
Most of the information and free publications are geared for do-it-yourself work and general contractors. Recovery topics to be covered include flood insurance, elevating utilities and rebuilding flooded homes.
FEMA advisors will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 through Friday, Jan. 20.
Free reference booklets with information on protecting your home from flood damage will be available. Information about strengthening property can be found at www.fema.gov/what-mitigation.
North Carolina survivors who have questions about their flood insurance policies and coverage should call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 (Option 2) for voice, 711 and Video Relay Service. If you are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability and use a TTY, call 800-462-7585. Specialists can help with service claims, provide general information regarding policies and offer technical assistance to aid in recovery.
For more information on the North Carolina recovery, visit fema.gov/disaster/4285 and readync.org. Follow FEMA on Twitter at @femaregion4 and North Carolina Emergency Management @NCEmergency.
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