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

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

FEMA can 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 communicate immediately with FEMA specialists at native dwelling enchancment shops. The general public can get solutions to questions and talk about:

• Confirmed strategies for stopping injury from future disasters.
• Methods for rebuilding properties.
• Suggestions for lowering your catastrophe threat – whether or not you personal or lease your house.
• Assist is obtainable to all owners, not solely these affected by the latest storms.

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

In the event you had flood associated injury or storm-caused bills and dwell 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 short-term housing, dwelling repairs and different catastrophe associated wants. 

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