FEMA offers free Repair and Rebuilding Advice in O’Brien County

Des Moines, Iowa — FEMA is offering free details about the way to make your house stronger and safer – whether or not it was broken by this summer time’s extreme storms or not.

FEMA will likely be in O’Brien County on the Downtown {Hardware} Hank retailer, 816 Third Ave., Sheldon Iowa 51201 on Oct. 1-4 from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

You may converse straight with FEMA specialists at native house enchancment shops. The general public can get solutions to questions and talk about:

• Confirmed strategies for stopping injury from future disasters.
• Strategies for rebuilding houses.
• Suggestions for decreasing your catastrophe danger – whether or not you personal or lease your house.
• Assist is out there to all owners, not solely these affected by the current storms.

When you’ve got questions on the way to make your house safer, name the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Helpline at 833-336-2487.

If you happen to had flood associated injury or storm-caused bills and stay or personal a enterprise in Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux and Woodbury counties, FEMA help can present grants to assist cowl momentary housing, house repairs and different catastrophe associated wants. 

Catastrophe restoration help is out there with out regard to race, coloration, faith, nationality, intercourse, age, incapacity, English proficiency, or financial standing. If you happen to or somebody has been discriminated towards, name FEMA toll-free at 833-285-7448. For Spanish, press 2. If you happen to use a relay service, comparable to video relay service (VRS), captioned phone service or others, give FEMA the quantity for that service.